polishing bbls...yall take it easy

[DirtNap647]

tried steel wool and gotta admit im thinkin my gun didnt like it ...

[fountain2]

ok...i didnt start this to start crap or to hear that im crazy for using this or that.  i put it out to maybe help others in the future to NOT do what i did.  maybe it was the wd40...maybe it was the alcohol..heck i dont know.

any of yall ever goofedd around and did something out of the ordinary?  if not, then you may not belong here.  i have used wd 40 and steel wool  before with absolutely no problems...after reading on here by some that they too did it and it worked well for them.  honestly, im just after a good, clean bbl.  i cant sit still long enough to swap 7 different abrasives, 3 different comppunds and all that to polish a bbl..and honestly ive never saw the need to.  i just want it good and clean to possibly help with the pattern.  i just dont see 45 mins to 1 hr to polish..just not for me.....not saying it doesnt help, i just cant see myself doing it.

when i shot this gun saturday it was a rodeo from the get go.  it shot crazy at one time and then 2 hrs later and nothing changed it shot back to normal and threw some good patterns.

again, i put this out there to mayne help some others..even if 1 person takes something useful from this, then ive done what i wanted to do.  i didnt put it out there to sart a peeing contest.  live and learn right?  we all learn by doing.  to truly polish or not...i dont know and wont worry about it, just want a good clean bbl to sling some shot through.  i will now back up and regroup from here and go at it again.  both bbls have already been cleaned and dried and are ready for more..hopefully that will come tomorrow.

thanks for looking and putting your comments out there. 

[vaturkey]

  To be honest I have never polished any of my shotgun barrels. BUT I shoot alot of centerfire, muzzleloader, & tons of rimfire. I clean all of these guns with Shooters Choice Solvent. It gets them absolutely spotless. It cuts all of the plastic loose from shooting Sabot muzzlerloader bullets & ballistic tip bullets. I totally saturate a bronze brush & clean the bore ( with a bore guide ) then run saturated patches through the bore then dry patches. The bore looks like a mirror when finished . Even a muzzleloader that's really nasty takes less than 10 min. Try some Shooters Choice ! It's good stuff !

  vaturkey   

[Crutch]

Fountian2, thanks for posting, some good dialogue resulted, some not, but the wheels are turning and that makes this a great site.

In the end, when the truth of the cause is known, everyone will benefit.

[ILIKEHEVI-13]

Fountian2, thanks for posting, some good dialogue resulted, some not, but the wheels are turning and that makes this a great site.

In the end, when the truth of the cause is known, everyone will benefit.

I was just getting ready to post something like this, but you beat me to it.  

I agree.

Nobody even argued here.

I know everybody has their way to do things.  But I myself would not run steel wool thru any of my barrels.  Now some may do so and that is their choice, and it may work for them.  But I have 2 great shooting guns and I don't plan on changing them by running steel thru them.  And I myself can't recommend doing so is all I'm saying.

[msgobblergetter]

Title: "polishing" bbls...yall take it easy...

A little work is required for "Polishing", otherwise your results will be inconsistent at best.  You can't expect much more.

Maybe you should have went with the "deep cleaning" method instead.  "Allaboutshooting" can help you with that.

Threads like this one will absolutely turn people away from polishing, when polishing isn't actually what was being performed. 

Fountian2, I am not trying to bash you at all, so forgive me if it appears like that.  I just know, that when "polishing" is done correctly, it has proven to be a valuable method of optimizing pattern density and consistency.

I hope the problem you had works out for the best.  Have a great season.

[Nick_The_Tinkerer]

 

This is funny.  Guy has a problem, states problem, then does not want to listen to possible answers to his problem.  I believe the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and expecting a different result.  I will not waste any more time here.

[fountain2]

yup, real funny...i solute u both....

[SumToy]

Every body has go over the edge with this.  The barrel is not that bad.  It got a mark in it and it not from the polish.  It from something else.  It can be fixed as long as it dont get fooled with anymore.   The Polish maid it slick and like everything else folks look down it after they do it and shoot it.   Now it shows up more or you just see it until now.  I had never looked down it until the number fell off. 

Now the numbers came back after a few rounds to get the barrel back in shape.  I have seen this more then one time that a gun on KILL will be a funny thing to tune/set up.  Some like clean some like dirty.    This gun like to be oil free or dirty. 

[fountain2]

yup the 20 has something inside it, but its fixable and not bad.  the only thing i have against me now is time..i head to s florida friday to hunt.  i have options tho......

sumtoy, i get with ya tomorrow if u have time.

[coyotetrpr]

ok...i didnt start this to start crap or to hear that im crazy for using this or that.  i put it out to maybe help others in the future to NOT do what i did.  maybe it was the wd40...maybe it was the alcohol..heck i dont know.

any of yall ever goofedd around and did something out of the ordinary?  if not, then you may not belong here.  i have used wd 40 and steel wool  before with absolutely no problems...after reading on here by some that they too did it and it worked well for them.  honestly, im just after a good, clean bbl.  i cant sit still long enough to swap 7 different abrasives, 3 different comppunds and all that to polish a bbl..and honestly ive never saw the need to.  i just want it good and clean to possibly help with the pattern.  i just dont see 45 mins to 1 hr to polish..just not for me.....not saying it doesnt help, i just cant see myself doing it.

when i shot this gun saturday it was a rodeo from the get go.  it shot crazy at one time and then 2 hrs later and nothing changed it shot back to normal and threw some good patterns.

again, i put this out there to mayne help some others..even if 1 person takes something useful from this, then ive done what i wanted to do.  i didnt put it out there to sart a peeing contest.  live and learn right?  we all learn by doing.  to truly polish or not...i dont know and wont worry about it, just want a good clean bbl to sling some shot through.  i will now back up and regroup from here and go at it again.  both bbls have already been cleaned and dried and are ready for more..hopefully that will come tomorrow.

thanks for looking and putting your comments out there. 

Thank you.

[fountain2]

no prob bud.  i had a problem, and i figured more did too ( i was right) and wanted to put it out there as to what i did and what happened.  aint no shame in my game.  everybody gonna screw up. live and learn.  it still is a dealy gun and will shoot with the rest of em..but thats not the issue..i just wanted to throw out a heads up.  they both have been worked over since and are shiny, but the cd has a little bad spot in it i didnt see when i got it..no biggie.  thats life...at least for me