MMA1991
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I purchased a Pietta cap and ball rifle yesterday on consignment for $60. She's a little rough but I thought with some bluing solution and new stain on the stock she would look really nice. Not even sure what caliber it is but that's the least of my worries.
I took it home and removed the barrel. The bore looked rough. I used a 4 section US milsurp cleaning rod, a piece of cotton cloth and some Hoppes No. 9 and went to town. A lot of rust came out. Repeated the process and the leading section of the cleaning rod with the cloth attached backed off/unscrewed from the rest of the rod and is now lodged in the bottom of the barrel.
I have tried to send the rod back down hole in an atempt to align and rescrew it back on but to no avail...:banghead:
I can't be the first person to have done this and wonder if anyone has any suggestions on how to fix this mistake.
Very humbly with hat in hand
MMA1991
I took it home and removed the barrel. The bore looked rough. I used a 4 section US milsurp cleaning rod, a piece of cotton cloth and some Hoppes No. 9 and went to town. A lot of rust came out. Repeated the process and the leading section of the cleaning rod with the cloth attached backed off/unscrewed from the rest of the rod and is now lodged in the bottom of the barrel.
I have tried to send the rod back down hole in an atempt to align and rescrew it back on but to no avail...:banghead:
I can't be the first person to have done this and wonder if anyone has any suggestions on how to fix this mistake.
Very humbly with hat in hand
MMA1991