The barrel, after a whole lot of Black while wet - Grey/Brown when dry material had beenĬleaned out, it slugs maybe 0.001" wider - but with just a hint of one groove I can feel an edge between the blued and bare metal in some spots. One of my attempted cleaners cleaned the Bluing off the barrel in a strip !Ĭame off like paint thinner on paint - vanished. I guess I really boogered this 303 Martini-Enfield up. My Typo's are because of my lousy eyesight up close - bear with me - I correct them. Got some on my skin and it BURNS ! Methylene Chloride - nasty stuff !īTW - I took off the Stock Front Piece so's I don't booger up the finish. I have some "Klean-Strip" Premium Stripper, but THAT stuff is NASTY ! I'd like to try Hydrogen Peroxide, but Oxygen would corrode the Iron.īasic - Acidic - Oil Based - Water Based.what's left.? Trying to release it in pieces instead of a thousandth at a time with brushing 50x. I want to find something where CHUNKS of Groove Goo come out. I have Sweets 7.62 Solvent.may try that later.
I had tried Wipe-Out-Patch-Out.some good. I am trying to find something that will cut into that hardened, Baked in, "Residue" fromĪll that hard residue probably protected the lands over the years ! I decided to go crazy and am soaking the Bore with "Gunk" Automotive Engine De-greaser.
9, Dow Surface & Window Cleaner, then Mineral Spirits. Maybe someday I'll find a 303 M-H barrel for sale.unshot out. Wish one of these in 303 Enfield or even Metford would show up ! Just slugged one of my Lee Enfields.yikes ! the L-E.
I was planning on shooting WW Cast Bullets with TRAIL BOSS loads.Įssentially a Musket ! I wonder if I can hit the ground if I aim down with it ?! The bore looks OK with a Bore Light - I can see rifling plainly. 303 Martini-Enfield rifle on GunBroker (Duke Morosky- for $375. This thread has been moved here from a special Projects thread (it was "off Topic" there,
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