This is a post from the box o truth.....

 

I've made a simple bore cleaning device mostly with stuff I already had, and was pleased with the results. I read a reviews of a commercial product at the surplusrifle.com website, along with articles about home-made devices, and comments by members at that websites forums, so I thought I'd pass on how I made my creation and the results.

After removing the stock and fore-end and routine cleaning, followed by degreasing the bore with brake cleaner and blasting it dry with compressed air, I plugged the breech end of the .30-30 bore with a size 000 rubber stopper (purchase price 15 cents) and fixed the rifle with the muzzle upright and plumb, with the receiver end in a shallow plastic bowl. I used an old cell phone charger for the power source, 3.7 VDC, 0.35ma rating. I stripped the cord, and attached alligator clips, red to the positive, and black to the negative. I insulated a plain steel rod at the end, in the middle, and where it exited the muzzle. I filled the bore almost to the top with non-sudsing ammonia ($0.99), re-inserted the rod I had pulled to fill the bore, and wiped up the ammonia that was displaced. I also tied a rag around the muzzle end of the barrel to soak up any ammonia that foamed out. I applied power by attaching the black, negative clip to the steel rod, and the red, positive clip to the front sight blade. After 5 minutes, I disconnected the power and pulled the rod, which was covered with thick black slime, and wiped it clean. I re-inserted the rod, topped off the ammonia, and hooked the power back up, leaving it for 30 minutes. After removing the power, pulling the rod (which was again coated with black goop, but not so much), I dumped the bore contents into the plastic bowl, pulling the rubber stopper, and observed bluer (the ammonia started out pale blue) ammonia with a swirl of black. I took the rifle outside where I had previously degreased and air blasted it dry, re-blasted it, then filled the bore with WD-40, holding a finger over the breech. I then dumped the WD-40 into a empty can, and re-blasted the bore dry.

When I cleaned and lubricated the bore, using Hoppe's Elite and Break Free CLP with a plastic slotted tip and a nylon brush on a carbon fiber rod, there was absolutely no evidence of copper on the patches, and now the rifle cleans up much faster after use.

Has anybody else done this, or used the commercial product?

Was there any rifling left :?: :?:

Was there any rifling left :?: :?:

 

Chad ! Chad ! Chad ! Just spend the $ 108.00 and buy the Foul-Out System before you blow up the house.

Is that .22 still leaded up ?

hahaha yeah, I gave up on them...they are sitting, full of lead. I quit! lol I guess I will just spend the $108.00 like you said. BOOOOM! ! ! ! ! !

I use this setup about once every 4 or 5 range trips. When i shoot, i really put some rounds down range. 400 rds out of the rifles and about 250 out of the pistols. I can personally vouch for this setup. I bought a yugo mauser that had what looked like a sewer pipe as a bore and did this. It now glistens like the day it was made, sharp lands and grooves and no pitting. I would now rate this barrel as an excellent+. There is quite the extensive sticky on http://www.surplusrifleforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=80&t=39312 definately worth a try if you have a really snotty looking bore. But i am just passing on info, use at your own risk. If you have any questions feel free to ask.