Nature Boy
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I got one of these as a replacement for my Lyman borescope from amazon and as far as I’m concerned it is a must have, particularly for determining how well you are cleaning your rifles.
An area that often gets overlooked is the chamber, particularly a ring of carbon that builds up where the mouth of the case ends. Not keeping that clean leads to accuracy issues and a baked on deposit that’s damn near impossible to remove.
Here are the images from the Teslong in one of my .308s that I was cleaning this weekend. You can see the ring forming on the left and removed on the right.
I use these giant Q-tip looking things called Ramrodz to get at this. They come in different sizes and the 45 cal works great for .308 based chambers. If you stay on top of it you can remove it with your favorite carbon remover. If you let it build up and get hard you’ll have to use a chamber brush and a lot of elbow grease.
You can see here how the ring came off on my Ramrodz Q-tip
Here are some views of the bore of my BLR .358. While the outside hides its 36 years well, it’s led a hard life hunting the swamps and brackish waters of south Louisiana.
It also sat in my safe for a long time, not seeing much action until I started reloading for it a few years ago. The bore shows the effects, however, even with all that pitting it’s still an accurate and capable hunting rifle.
Ever wonder if your brass might need trimming? There’s the same BLR with case inserted. Brass measured 2.010”. Time to trim it back to 2.005”
I’ll post more when I get a chance.
An area that often gets overlooked is the chamber, particularly a ring of carbon that builds up where the mouth of the case ends. Not keeping that clean leads to accuracy issues and a baked on deposit that’s damn near impossible to remove.
Here are the images from the Teslong in one of my .308s that I was cleaning this weekend. You can see the ring forming on the left and removed on the right.
I use these giant Q-tip looking things called Ramrodz to get at this. They come in different sizes and the 45 cal works great for .308 based chambers. If you stay on top of it you can remove it with your favorite carbon remover. If you let it build up and get hard you’ll have to use a chamber brush and a lot of elbow grease.
You can see here how the ring came off on my Ramrodz Q-tip
Here are some views of the bore of my BLR .358. While the outside hides its 36 years well, it’s led a hard life hunting the swamps and brackish waters of south Louisiana.
It also sat in my safe for a long time, not seeing much action until I started reloading for it a few years ago. The bore shows the effects, however, even with all that pitting it’s still an accurate and capable hunting rifle.
Ever wonder if your brass might need trimming? There’s the same BLR with case inserted. Brass measured 2.010”. Time to trim it back to 2.005”
I’ll post more when I get a chance.
