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What are your opinions of using J-B Bore cleaning compound, or shooting Jacketed bullets? Thanks in Advance… Bill
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J B Bore cleaning may or may not help a rifle with a dark bore shoot any better. I have found that a rifle with a pitted, dark bore does not shoot lead bullets very accurate. Jacketed bullets shoot much better.
Of the opinion that overly agressive ‘cleaning’ of a bore can do more harm than good. I don’t typically buy guns with dark bores, but when I have it’s not with the intention of making the bore shiny again. I’d just run a patch with some Hoppe’s thru a couple times and shoot the gun
If you can’t convince them, confuse them
In my day I have bought black powder guns with nasty bores and shot everyone. If the bore was lead fouled I used a lead solvent until most of the rifling showed. If the bore had rust barnacles I used a brush with Hoppe’s until they came loose, but bore not shinny. Then shot jacketed, after 20 or 30 rounds the copper took off some of the high spots and plated some of the low spots. Sometimes I had to go to a larger diameter bullet, but it usually worked. Many times I could go back to cast bullets.
If their is any damage or sever erosion to the last couple inches of the bore, your wasting your time. I have had poor bores shot good and good bores shoot poorly. Some times it takes a lot of experimenting with loads to make a gun shoot good even if the bore is good.
My experience is with old black powder guns, modern high speed guns the condition of the bore is everything.
T/R
I’d do what TR said. But, a little JB or Iosso won’t hurt. Smear some on a cleaning patch that is over a jag and scrub back and forth about 10 times. Pro shooters do this all the time to remove hard carbon deposits. You may only have to do this once.
As to jacketed bullets, Hawk Bullets in Salem, NJ work well on
dark or well-worn bores. Their soft jackets with annealing may provide better accuracy. Have used them with success in 1886 and 1885
Winchester rifles. Particularly good as hunting bullets. They also may smooth the rough spots while obdurating to fully engage even worn rifling.
Bo Rich said
J B Bore cleaning may or may not help a rifle with a dark bore shoot any better. I have found that a rifle with a pitted, dark bore does not shoot lead bullets very accurate. Jacketed bullets shoot much better.
This has been my experience as well.
Tedk said
Of the opinion that overly agressive ‘cleaning’ of a bore can do more harm than good. I don’t typically buy guns with dark bores, but when I have it’s not with the intention of making the bore shiny again. I’d just run a patch with some Hoppe’s thru a couple times and shoot the gun
This is a good point.
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