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August 1, 2025
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A guy whose father-in-law had passed was sent my way. He had a dozen or so guns he wanted to move. The father-in-law, whoever he was, took great care of those guns. It definitely wasn’t a collection, per se; he obviously used them, but I have almost never seen such clean used guns.
A Model 52 and a pre-64 Model 70 (.220 swift), both with immaculate bores. I’ve taken in used guns for 40+ yrs and most of them are dirty if not filthy. I don’t think I’ve ever run a patch through a bore and didn’t get at least some carbon. These two rifles? A wet patch got me the slightest bit of green tint.
It’s nice to know that some folks take care of things.
December 13, 2006
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usmc1978 said
A guy whose father-in-law had passed was sent my way. He had a dozen or so guns he wanted to move. The father-in-law, whoever he was, took great care of those guns. It definitely wasn’t a collection, per se; he obviously used them, but I have almost never seen such clean used guns.
A Model 52 and a pre-64 Model 70 (.220 swift), both with immaculate bores. I’ve taken in used guns for 40+ yrs and most of them are dirty if not filthy. I don’t think I’ve ever run a patch through a bore and didn’t get at least some carbon. These two rifles? A wet patch got me the slightest bit of green tint.
It’s nice to know that some folks take care of things.
I can understand how you got some GREEN on the patch with the swift . . . .but the M52 is a 22 LR rifle, and no jacketed ammo could be used in it, therefore, where did the “green” come from? Maybe from a brass cleaning jag??
November 12, 2018
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While target ammo is generally uncoated, there are some copper-coated .22LR, such as CCI Mini-Mag, and Remington Golden Bullet is brass plated. Both are fine for plinking, and could account for a bit of green tint on a patch.
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