removing rust.........

use a steel barrel brush and hoppes should get most of it..

Is the rust in the breach? If so, is the breach plug installed? If that is the case, don't use a wire brush, use steel wool. The brush has a tendency to hang up when the bristles reverse on the return trip.

Alot of people use a piece of scotch bright pad too.

I know more than a few who thought leaving an oiled patch in the bore would be a good idea. For some reason it draws moisture and more times than not it will result in rust where the patch sits. Live and learn...we all get a dose of it.\


edit...don't wory about scoring the barrel with fine steel wool ect. Alot of times a cut patch is experienced with a new barrel and the recommended cure is to lap it with steel wool..or a piece of scotch bright pad.

If it is light rust, some J&B bore cleaner. A slightly abrasive greasy substance, on a jag will remove some rust.


4 ought (0000) grade steel wool is so fine it usually won't harm the bore.

For something a little more aggressive, the white car polishing compound from the auto supply stores (comes in a flat can like paste wax) on a cleaning patch. (Don't use the red, it is far more abrasive)

Wrap a cleaning brush with 0000 steel wool. Saturate with gun oil - clean away.

x4 on the oil and 0000 steel wool and a gun oil.