bore condition solutions
Have recently encountered a couple of SKS barrels that were in
grease, absolutely looked very good to excellent on the outside,
but upon cleanup revealed a lot of corrosion in the bore. Have soaked
and brushed intensively, but am not succeeding in brightening the
the bores. Perhaps these rifles were put up dirty because the pitting
is fine and grainy. Either that, or the rifles were temporarily in
a high moisture area (i.e. a flooded storeroom or vehicle) after
haveing been cleaned up before, and then regreased and sold after
seller realized the damage (unscrupulous dumping).
They were sold as "very good to excellent" but I cannot believe
rifles with this problem meet those standards.
I don't want to hassle and spend money shipping these rifles back
and forth to the seller, but I want to put them in good shape for
the next shooter if possible. Are there any reasonable cost effective
solutiions?
grease, absolutely looked very good to excellent on the outside,
but upon cleanup revealed a lot of corrosion in the bore. Have soaked
and brushed intensively, but am not succeeding in brightening the
the bores. Perhaps these rifles were put up dirty because the pitting
is fine and grainy. Either that, or the rifles were temporarily in
a high moisture area (i.e. a flooded storeroom or vehicle) after
haveing been cleaned up before, and then regreased and sold after
seller realized the damage (unscrupulous dumping).
They were sold as "very good to excellent" but I cannot believe
rifles with this problem meet those standards.
I don't want to hassle and spend money shipping these rifles back
and forth to the seller, but I want to put them in good shape for
the next shooter if possible. Are there any reasonable cost effective
solutiions?
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If their the Yugoslav barrels, ( only SKS barrels not chrome plated, that I'm aware of ) I wouldn't be worrying about them. Long as your shooting jacketed ammo through them, their OK. SKS's aren't manufactured or sold to be target rifles, little pitting in the bore, not going effect anything, i.e. 4 inches at 100 yds, with east bloc ammo, is all you can expect. 
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Thanks, Rufe-snow. I went to the store and got some JB, a new set of
Hoppe's brushes, including the "tornado brush" and applied elbow grease in earnest. Bores are looking a lot better, and the rifling is ok. The pitting isn't present to the degree I was afraid of
earlier, so I can believe the "very good" claim. I am an older
guy with a renewed interest and it is my experience that people in
this business are some of the most helpful and honest business people
I have ever met. The ethical tone of GB takes it even higher.
What a pleasure to have this reassurance when investing in products.
Thank you for your reply,
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Here's something to try, take the barrels, put a cork in the muzzle end, dump some Hoppe's #9 in the chamber end untill it starts over flowing, and let the barrels sit over night, then, the next morning, scrub the snot outta them.. There's not much for fixing a pitted bore, but it might make them alil shiny again.
It's not war untill someone breaks out the .50 calibers.0
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