Help!!

[Kurt]

Guys,

I'm at a loss with this one.
This is the Axtel rifle I picked up at the Q a couple years ago and it has been giving me fits trying to clean the lead and carbon fouling out of the bore.
I soaked the bore with Kroil and tight patches and the patches in the beginning where silver with lead and scrubbed it rith nylon brushes with turpentine followed with a doubble tight patch and shot a bunch of PP rounds through hoping the paper woud help clean it out.
Most of the carbon fouling is gone and the lead is maybe 50% out but this last you see just wont budge. The only other option I have is using the otters electric lead remover but I hesetate using this because it will burnish the steel if I don't get it it right. I had gray spots using this once using it on a HP rifle.

This rifle has had nothing but GG bullets shot through it and the bore scope shows the results not getting the gray off that is still on the clean white patch last through the bore.
I wish I could down load the AVI that shows the worse leadding in the bore. These three pictures are the spots I got most of the lead out.

So far I have not found any pitting under the lead, but I still have a lot to get out.

Kurt

[Don McDowell]

Pure gum spirits of turpentine

[Kurt]

Don, that is the first thing I used. I ran several very tight patches through that I had to use a block of wood on the floor and beating the rod through.
I just got done making new washers that are on both sided of the bearings in the handle.
Yes it took a lot of the lead in the beginning but what is in there now just won't budge. The patches come out black but not the lead.
All this cleaned the carbon out so it's a beginning

[Kurt]

here is one looking straight down the bore.

[Don McDowell]

Work some in with a nylon brush, then a wet patch and let it sit.
Then go back in with wet patch/dry patch, and an occasional bronze brush.
Neglected barrels take a lot of clean up.

[Kurt]

in the end there is always Bills way.........Steel wool........ sure miss his calls........

[Don McDowell]

Yup some fine steel wool wrapped on a brush with a dap of 3n1 works sometimes.
Sometimes going in from the muzzle helps to lift stuff out too.

[Kurt]

Ya that's what Bill said too, but he used 1/O

[Gussy]

I've used a brass brush wrapped with 4\0 steel wool dipped in shooter's choice. Then a pounded through patch!

Good luck!

[MikeR]

I would suggest JB bore cleaning compound on a tight fitting cotton patch.