got first mosin, now how do i get all that crud out of the barrel??

[yesterdaysyouth]

i've flushed the barrel with brake cleaner for about 30 mins now im going to start brushing, i can barely make out the grooves at this point....

got any ideas that will help

 

[jame]

If it's anything close to what my Yugo SKS was, it goes like this:
1. Soak patch in Hoppes #9 and run through bore to coat.
2. Brush bore with oversized bronze brush.
3. Let soak for 15 minutes.
4. Run patches through bore until dry.

Repeat 1000 times.

I dunno. It took me about a week, but it worked for me. I'm looking at a shiny bore now.

 

[yesterdaysyouth]

i just brushed and swabbed it for the past half hour and i can't tell a difference at all....

the first 5-10 passes with the brush (.30) were real tight but now it just glides through.... think i'll go up to .44 and try again...

 

[Stinger]

Good luck with a .44 brush

Elbow-grease works best, it takes time, but you'll get it. I assume you are talking about cosmoline...brake cleaner will work, HOT soap and water, bore cleaner, degreasers, etc. It'll take a little time, but hopefully you have a good barrel under there somewhere, keep us posted.

Stinger

 

[Andrew Wyatt]

if it's cosmoline, then use unleaded gas.


i'd take the barrelled action out of the stock and soak it for awhile.


the gas should dissolve it in pretty short order.

 

[Midnight]

Putting about 60-100 rounds through it will shine up the bore as well. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't spend more than 1/2 hour on it before you shoot it the first time.

 

[Redlg155]

Some good copper dissolving solvent such as Sweets works pretty good. Just get in there and start cleaning for a good bit.

Then take her to the range and shoot a few rounds through her to get the barrel nice and hot and immediately start cleaning it while still hot. Repeat the process until you either run out of ammo, shoulder feels like it's going to fall off, or the bore comes out shiny. In the case of the bore becoming nice and shiny before the first two happen, continue shooting until you reach one of the first two reasons to stop shooting!

Worked pretty good for me.

Good Shooting
Red

 

[OEF_VET]

shoot it out

That's pretty much how I cleaned my M44. I put about 30 minutes into running patches and solvent through the barrel, and then, off to the range.

 

[WhoKnowsWho]

I must have been lucky, my Mosin barrel was really shiny and clean. I barely cleaned it before I took it out the first time. The rest of it had a lot of Cosmoline, but otherwise, it wasn't bad at all.

 

[WalkerTexasRanger]

JB cleaning compound OR

GM Top Engine Cleaner... good stuff..

 

[Powderman]

For real problem barrels, I use a liberal dousing with Sweets, worked with plastic brushes until I see the grooves. Then, a tight fitting patched jag with lots of oil and JB.

 

[BenW]

Another vote for the JB products. I started using them after I got my C&R license and they sure beat using a gallon of Hoppes and a pound of patches in some of the gooped up barrels I've gotten.

I also do an initial barrel cleaning, then fire some rounds, then finish the cleaning after the bullets have done some of the work for me.

 

[Tropical Z]

Plug barrel-stand on end-fill barrel with mineral spirits-let soak 24 hours-drain-swab bore and repeat if necessary.

 

[foghornl]

I used Tropical Z's method on my M-44. Plugged the muzzle end and used a small flexi-funnel to help fill the bore with mineral spirits. Soaked 24 hours, drain, brush, plug, refill, soak 24 hours.

Used bronze brush w/mineral spirits, the jag with tight fitting patches, then patches with Shooter's Choice Black Powder "gel" solvent.

Took a few days, but the barrel was so plugged with cosmo that a .22 cleaning rod would barely pass through.

 

[MonkeyMan]

The best thing I've found for cleaning really nasty barrels is RB-17. I can't tell you how many patches and different types of solvent I used on an old Turkish Mauser that had a DARK bore. Clean, shoot, clean again didn't seem to do much either. RB-17 gave the old gal some shine in her bore though, frosty, but some shine.

 

[DnPRK]

Read Midnight's post.
Read Midnight's post.
Read Midnight's post.

After a brief scrubdown, run 60-80 FMJs through it and clean immediately, while it is still hot. You will be suprised how the bore shines afterwards.

 

[yesterdaysyouth]

well i've got 40-50 rnds through it now, first thing on the todo list is get a new stock.... one without the steel buttplate, sportsmans guide has a nice synthetic i like...

well now the 30 cal brush slides right through the barrel, the lands actually look a little shinny, but the grooves on the other hand haven't changed much...

i think im gonna be soaking it soon, cause the green shoulder is telling me no more without the new stock....

 

[Okiecruffler]

I've had good results plugging the barrel and filling it up with oven cleaner. Now I have a heat gun that I use to heat the barrel up, cosmoline just runs out.