Picknlittle
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I told ya'll that my T53 landed last week, but I was headed outta town for a few days, so I disassembled it and sprayed all metal and the bore very liberally with WD-40. I got back Sunday afternoon and went to work. This thing was nasty! Plenty of funk & gunk and the bore at first glance was questionable at best.
I wiped the exterior metal parts down and was very surprised at the crud that just seemed to have melted away. I brushed the bore maybe 90 seconds then with a Hoppes 9 soaked patch I pushed out some serious funk. One more soaked patch, let set for 10 then scrub maybe 2 minutes. After my third dry patch I was amazed at how lite gray the patch was so I took a peek down the barrel. WOW! No black, no pits, just sharp rifling and shinny metal.
I filled the barrel with copper foam and got a cup of coffee. 20 minutes later I swab it out and soak another #9 patch. When I dry patched it the second and third times I was blown away.
Then I went to work on disassembling everything else. Geez, the crud was thick. I two hours I had a clean, tho somewhat rusty gun. A wire wheel and brushes will be needed here. Off to the bathtub with the stock. Glad my bride is outta town,....this would have been war!
After 30 minutes of brushed, brillo pads, very hot water, dawn detergent and a mess of elbow grease, the stock was ready to reassemble with clean, oiled barrel and receiver, to dry.
I still have a bit of work to do but I am so amazed at the general condition of this gun. Sweet! My 440 rnds of Hungarian 147 gr light ball ammo arrived yesterday! Life is good!!!!
I wiped the exterior metal parts down and was very surprised at the crud that just seemed to have melted away. I brushed the bore maybe 90 seconds then with a Hoppes 9 soaked patch I pushed out some serious funk. One more soaked patch, let set for 10 then scrub maybe 2 minutes. After my third dry patch I was amazed at how lite gray the patch was so I took a peek down the barrel. WOW! No black, no pits, just sharp rifling and shinny metal.
I filled the barrel with copper foam and got a cup of coffee. 20 minutes later I swab it out and soak another #9 patch. When I dry patched it the second and third times I was blown away.
Then I went to work on disassembling everything else. Geez, the crud was thick. I two hours I had a clean, tho somewhat rusty gun. A wire wheel and brushes will be needed here. Off to the bathtub with the stock. Glad my bride is outta town,....this would have been war!
After 30 minutes of brushed, brillo pads, very hot water, dawn detergent and a mess of elbow grease, the stock was ready to reassemble with clean, oiled barrel and receiver, to dry.
I still have a bit of work to do but I am so amazed at the general condition of this gun. Sweet! My 440 rnds of Hungarian 147 gr light ball ammo arrived yesterday! Life is good!!!!