Picked up a 1903a3 in great shape. Looked new- except the bore which had obviously seen some corrosive ammo. It was pretty rusty, couldn't even tell it was a barrel, couldn't even see rifling.
Anyway I cleaned it with regular Hoppes, Hoppes copper remover and some foaming bore cleaner (also copper remover).
It actually appears shiny now but I can still see some roughness in the lands. I took it to the range and I believe it shoots about as well as I can with iron sites.
I don't want to replace the barrel because I am content with it's performance and I really don't need a precision 03A3 anyway.
My goal is to get the barrel as rust free as possible and not have it continue to rust. I don't plan on shooting it a lot and I don't want to pull it out of the safe and see the bore as rusty as it was.
Brownell's had an article where it suggested JB bore paste and some other rust preventative. Should I do that? How do you apply the paste?
Search is actually not working for me now, but I will check that later too.
Anyway I cleaned it with regular Hoppes, Hoppes copper remover and some foaming bore cleaner (also copper remover).
It actually appears shiny now but I can still see some roughness in the lands. I took it to the range and I believe it shoots about as well as I can with iron sites.
I don't want to replace the barrel because I am content with it's performance and I really don't need a precision 03A3 anyway.
My goal is to get the barrel as rust free as possible and not have it continue to rust. I don't plan on shooting it a lot and I don't want to pull it out of the safe and see the bore as rusty as it was.
Brownell's had an article where it suggested JB bore paste and some other rust preventative. Should I do that? How do you apply the paste?
Search is actually not working for me now, but I will check that later too.