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I have a VZ24 that I have been cleaning up. I have finished with everything but the bore. I've cleaned the bore but there is still some rust left in it. What are some ways to get the rust out. My methods have not removed all of it. My method is brushing with various bore solvents.
Thanks
Butch Parker
If it's not too bad, run a few rounds through it and clean it while the barrel is still hot from those rounds using a good solvent and a bronze brush.
Ive had luck with wipeout bore cleaning foam. However, the level of rust in the barrel may put a damper on your possible outcome.
Thanks guys, I've been using Wipe Out ever since it came on the market. I have used it and Bore-tech Eliminator in my 1000 yd. BR rifles with good results. I put Wipe Out in my vz24 and my no4 mk1 and it did remove some of the rust. I'm not going to do any more cleaning until I shoot them, maybe that will help get the rest of the rust out.
Butch Parker
Wipe-out's great! It generally won't take all the rust crusties out by itself though. (it works GREAT on copper and fouling). You will need some mechanical cleaning, preferably while the bore is hot.
Somethimes you can take a bucket of boiling hot water and add a lot of Dawn dish detergent in it and burn down a couple of nylon brush's, keep going for awhile even after the soapy water comes out without color, then pour boiling water through it to rinse then patch dry and oil. Sometimes you need a hair of the dog that bit ya, HTH-SDH
Get a can of "KROIL", mix it 50/50 with "CLEENS" and swab th barrel liberally with a loose patch so that a lot of the solvent mixture stays behind. Let it sit for 30min to 1hour and run a brush that is one size smaller than you would normally use, one that you can pull back and forth in the barrel. Then clean with another soaked patch and repeat the process until satisfactory results are achieved. Might take 3-4 tries, but has never failed for me.
Kroil is usually avaiable at most gunshows or gunshops that are well stocked.
Kroil is short for Kreepy oil, it is one of the best penetrants I've ever used. It works better than any of the industrial products I've tried and doesn't appear to be toxic.
Kleens is available from the General Motors parts department for about $12/500ml.
I've cleaned up some really grungy, crusty bores, made that way by corrosive ammo, and they came out shiney. It and nothing else will remove the rust though not the pitting and every time you fire the rifle, it will foul terribly. DUHHH, Sorry for the obvious. bearhunter
Gotta stop you there. You cannot remove pitting. It's metal pits. They can't be removed. You CAN clean the grunge out of them, but the pits WILL remain to foul again ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by bearhunter
You got me there Claven2 I should have printed rust, Duhh, of course the pitting is permanent.Thanks for the heads up, edited the post accordingly. bearhunter