So, today I got home, and before heading to sleep I decided to check my Mosins. I brought a few to the Milsurp shoot and cleaned them thoroughly with Hoppes and M7 afterwards.
So, I'm checking them and most look nice. Then I come to the 91/30 ('25 Izhvesk). The bore is black. I mean, there's rust all over the inside. I must have run half a bottle of Hoppes through this thing and at least 20 patches through. What the hell?
I don't have time to clean it tonight so I sealed the muzzle end, filled the bore with oil all the way to the chamber in hopes of stopping what little damage hasn't been done yet until I can get to it tomorrow. This has happened once or twice before and those rifles still had shootable, although not great, bores afterwards, but this particular 91/30 shot really, really nice out of the box and now that's likely gone...
I know, it's a $70 rifle, but I'm still really bummed out. Gonna have to go back to the hose and funnel method with ammonia followed by thorough Hoppes cleaning...
So, I'm checking them and most look nice. Then I come to the 91/30 ('25 Izhvesk). The bore is black. I mean, there's rust all over the inside. I must have run half a bottle of Hoppes through this thing and at least 20 patches through. What the hell?
I don't have time to clean it tonight so I sealed the muzzle end, filled the bore with oil all the way to the chamber in hopes of stopping what little damage hasn't been done yet until I can get to it tomorrow. This has happened once or twice before and those rifles still had shootable, although not great, bores afterwards, but this particular 91/30 shot really, really nice out of the box and now that's likely gone...
I know, it's a $70 rifle, but I'm still really bummed out. Gonna have to go back to the hose and funnel method with ammonia followed by thorough Hoppes cleaning...