billytheghillie Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 19 hours ago, das said: Toilet paper, 2 sheets rolled up, light sqirt of WD40 down the barrel, push the paper through and you're nearly done. Miroku a lot easier to clean than the Beretta (like a mill chimney after a hundred cartridges). and if paper is clean you can recycle it on your ***! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 5 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: By the way, the next cartridge will take an awful lot of the carp out of the barrel, leave it damp with oil and a load of the carp will come out of the metal, Leaving oil in a barrel and then firing a tight fitting piston (wad) through it was always reckoned to be the most likely way to bulge a barrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, London Best said: Leaving oil in a barrel and then firing a tight fitting piston (wad) through it was always reckoned to be the most likely way to bulge a barrel. Yes dieseling could cause problems but the merest film of oil in the barrel would not be a problem. Edited December 2, 2020 by TIGHTCHOKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 Just now, TIGHTCHOKE said: Yes dieseling could cause problems but the merest film of oil in the barrel would not be a problem. The theory behind the advice was that the wad would push the oil before it until the oil was thick enough to cause an obstruction (somewhere around the thinnest place on the barrel wall), and the barrel may bulge at that point to relieve pressure. I have always stored barrels oiled inside and always dried out before firing. Perhaps Gunman or Fil might like to comment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, London Best said: The theory behind the advice was that the wad would push the oil before it until the oil was thick enough to cause an obstruction (somewhere around the thinnest place on the barrel wall), and the barrel may bulge at that point to relieve pressure. I have always stored barrels oiled inside and always dried out before firing. Perhaps Gunman or Fil might like to comment? Maybe they might, I have never bothered to dry a shotgun barrel yet, they are not wet with oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted December 2, 2020 Report Share Posted December 2, 2020 A quarter sheet of dry newspaper rolled into a loose (but tight) ball pushed through with the end of a wooden cleaning rod does, methinks, the same job as these felt wads. The reality is that if ANY of these new methods using a product that existed in the 1900s - pushed through felt wads - were any good then the Edwardians would have adopted them. The real useful advances are in the water based KG cleaning fluids and the the Kleenbore "Lead Away" cloths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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