I'm curious to hear people's experiences using fancier, more aggressive bore solvents and copper cleaners in milsurp .30 cals like Mosins, Mausers, etc. Especially ones with bores which seem dark, shows some pitting/frosting already, but still seem to have decent rifling left.
Have people had any luck with JB Bore compound or Barnes CR-10 in trying to strip away the years of neglect, rust, cosmoline, etc? I don't want to overclean, but since I'm putting 100 or so rounds down at a time, I figure that doing a decent job with the bore will hopefully keep it shooting well.
I know that the milsurps are probably different in their needs, as well as maximum benefit, from being super clean. After all, you're not worrying about going from sub-MOA to 1.5" groups, since your rifle doesn't do that anyway. I am looking from the prospective of really shooting it for fun and learning how to handle a real rifle (I love my 10/22 but the Mosin seems to inspire me more), iron sights, some offhand and practicing different positions, 100 - 150 rounds per session at the range.
I guess I'm looking for a benchrest inspired approach to taking care of an old, imperfect .30 bore, without overdoing it, causing needless damage in search of accuracy which the rest of the rifle just can't produce, even with the elusive "perfect" bore.
Needless to say, I have my JB Bore, Mpro 7, Hoppe's #9, Butch's Bore Shine, and Barnes CR-10 bottles all staring at me on the shelf. egging me on to do better.
Have people had any luck with JB Bore compound or Barnes CR-10 in trying to strip away the years of neglect, rust, cosmoline, etc? I don't want to overclean, but since I'm putting 100 or so rounds down at a time, I figure that doing a decent job with the bore will hopefully keep it shooting well.
I know that the milsurps are probably different in their needs, as well as maximum benefit, from being super clean. After all, you're not worrying about going from sub-MOA to 1.5" groups, since your rifle doesn't do that anyway. I am looking from the prospective of really shooting it for fun and learning how to handle a real rifle (I love my 10/22 but the Mosin seems to inspire me more), iron sights, some offhand and practicing different positions, 100 - 150 rounds per session at the range.
I guess I'm looking for a benchrest inspired approach to taking care of an old, imperfect .30 bore, without overdoing it, causing needless damage in search of accuracy which the rest of the rifle just can't produce, even with the elusive "perfect" bore.
Needless to say, I have my JB Bore, Mpro 7, Hoppe's #9, Butch's Bore Shine, and Barnes CR-10 bottles all staring at me on the shelf. egging me on to do better.