Missouri and Illinois on June 11th

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regular ole automotive brake cleaner? Do I need to let it soak for a while or what? ( will probly have to plug the gas port to do that )
 
Strip the weapon of the plastic. use a rag to plug the end, spray the barrel.

Brake pads are essentially, carbon pads. That black crap, is pretty much mostly carbon. Spray some, let it rest..spray some, let it rest. Do this outside, lotta bad fumes.
 
what about chromed barrels? I believe the Woos are chromed.
And you gotta admit publicly, that though the Daewoos may be the ugliest rifles made, they still rocked the house and you loved shooting them :neener:
 
Chrome is generally used because chemically, it's pretty much inert. Things don't stick to it, you need more than generic cleaners(brake cleaner included, I'd imagine) to harm it, and it's hard enough that it doesn't scratch easily and wears well.

Brake cleaner is made to be used on steel. I'd imagine it'd be safe for chrome.
 
I've got a chromed barrel, but thats never stopped me. Rifle's ok with it, if your worried you can use Carb cleaner.

Carb cleaner is far less powerful, but it helped me turn my smoothbore Mosin Nagant single pellet shotguns into rifles again.
 
I'll try the carb cleaner first, then the brake cleaner if that doesnt work. I'll pick up both and some more brushes next time I get to town.
Thanks guys :)
 
Over several cleanings nearly a whole bottle of Hoppes #9 and then Bore Scrubber ( not Gunscrubber ) when the Hoppes didnt seem to be doing the trick. They got them down to where rifling is showing but looking in the muzzle end you can tell there is still some grunge between the rifling, and a brand new .22 brass brush is almost tight enough in the bore to kink the rod! My calipers show over a 1/16 reduction of diameter on a brand new brass brush after one cleaning, I dont believe the bore should be THAT tight.
 
Some pics IF they show:
The cake that I made at 4:00AM the night before the shoot lol
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A jammed AK! Have a look you might not see one again for a long time
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the bowling pins never stood much of a chance lol
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Kace hacked the 7.62 lead out
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AK vs 7.62 round of the FAL
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"can't"? send me one, I'll change your mind lolol

I got Gunscrubber, brake cleaner and carb cleaner today, I'll spray them all into a jar, mix them up, pour down the barrel of one of the Daewoos and plug the end with an M-80 and light it. THAT should work LOLOL.
Got 3 more bristle brushes too, but I'll use an older brush first after a dose of Gunscrubber.
 
total failure, none of them made any differance. I wonder if the Woos could just have a realy tight bore? A new brush compared to a used one ( not heavily used or worn out, just used ) shows nearly a 1/16th of an inch differance in diameter!
 
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Key things: It's my younger brother's computer, and it's a 486 on a 128K connection, so bare with it. But, it's up.

Pics from the range trip
 
ok, some VERY carefull scraping inside the bore ( between the lands down in the grooves ) of my back-up Daewoo with some jewelers files has pretty much confirmed that there is a VERY hard layer of something, most likely carbon, lining the bore. I was able to gouge a pair of shallow troughs with the end of the file in the top and bottom of the bore. The trick is finding the chemistry to dissolve it out.
 
After some Googling last night "Ed's Red" seems to be the ticket for ridding carbon. I have assembled the componants and will try and mix some up tonight.
 
the Eds Red IS working, VERY slowwwwwly. Have to keep the bore soaked and occasionaly scratch it with the brass brush, push a patch and then drench it with another wet patch and let it set some more. Wish I knew which ingrediant has the biggest affect on the carbon so I could use it full strength.
 
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