rust in gun barrel

[vcman]

My pistoils barrel begin to rust , it have a bit of brown rust in it, what type of chemical you guys use to clean it out?

 

[Sweeney]

Lead with a hint of copper.

That's probably a bit of copper and not rust. Is the barrel stainless steel?

 

[1903Collector]

New shooter?

 

[jkelly1229]

I usually just fish my guns out of the lake every time i want to go shooting

 

[Tinkermatic]

New shooter?

Vcman? He’s been around for a while.

As someone else stated, it’s probably more likely copper jacketing than rust. Throw some break-free CLP down there and it hit with a tornado brush if you’re worried.

 

[Uzi2]

Unless you are using corrosive ammo or storing the gun in extremely high humidity, it is very unlikely rust. From the picture it looks much more like a very minor copper fouling.
A nylon brush and some Hoppes should clean it up.

 

[vcman]

Lead with a hint of copper.

That's probably a bit of copper and not rust. Is the barrel stainless steel?

Stainless steel barrel, thank 4 the quick responds guys, ill clean it out with the chemical.

 

[mac1911]

Stainless steel barrel, thank 4 the quick responds guys, ill clean it out with the chemical.

You should at least get it dirty before you clean it.

 

[FisherTech]

For rust I use Kroil. It dissolves most rust. Let sit for a couple of hours and swab it out.

 

[Asaltweapon]

What caliber? I have a few reamers that remove all traces of rust.

 

[meh]

Stainless steel barrel, thank 4 the quick responds guys, ill clean it out with the chemical.

It would be as well to ignore it, I think. I have Patch-Out to remove copper fouling. I bought the bottle when I was just getting into shooting as a hobby. I almost never use it. Last time I used it was on my 357 Henry Big Boy maybe a year ago when I noticed that there was an order of magnitude more copper than what your barrel is showing. And even then, I only cleaned it enough to get it back down to something more like what yours is showing, not to get rid of all traces. But that's me.

 

[bmac10]

electrolysis works great.

 

[AHM]

electrolysis works great.

Word.

 

[Mesatchornug]

Word.

and here, I was thinking ultrasonic...

 

[meh]

and here, I was thinking ultrasonic...

I'd be tempted to try the wet tumbler with stainless steel pins.

 

[Broc]

Bro, choot it.

The bullets will clear that sh*t.

 

[vcman]

What caliber? I have a few reamers that remove all traces of rust.

40mm reamer please .found my can of gun cleaner, this should do it

 

[AHM]

Bro, choot it.
The bullets will clear that sh*t.

Spoiler: Artist's conception

... found my can of gun cleaner, this should do it

Spoiler: Meh, weak

 

[Broc]

Spoiler: Artist's conception

Do you see any rust on that barrel? Lol

 

[AHM]

Do you see any rust on that barrel? Lol

I'm not sure I see any barrel on that barrel.

 

[mibro]

Big 45 Frontier Metal Cleaner.

Sounds like snake oil, is actually the real deal. Amazing stuff. It's not steel wool, it's a proprietary alloy containing stainless steel, nickel silver, monel (a corrosion resistant nickel based alloy), and zinc.

 

[meh]

I'm not sure I see any barrel on that barrel.

You're very perceptive. It's the new BFR pepperbox with convenient built-in bench stand. The stand unscrews from the frame if you don't want it.

 

[looser38]

Do you see any rust on that barrel? Lol

One way to get a close look at the inside of a barrel. Should be easier to clean that way.

 

[cjrubes]

Looks like copper fouling to me...

 

[mac1911]

My pistoils barrel begin to rust , it have a bit of brown rust in it, what type of chemical you guys use to clean it out?

When stainless rusts, lets just say its always on the largest polished surface and its more of a WTF moment.

 

[Deleted member 67409]

I don't think its rusted. The only times when rust in a bore shows up is when people shoot corrosive ammo (black powder or smokeless corrosive primers) and don't clean properly or the gun's stored improperly in humid environments without lube in the barrel.

Copper fouling is fairly easy to ID. If your cleaning patches are coming out blue or green, that's an indication of copper fouling. When you start putting a lot (thousands) of rounds down a barrel, you'll want to try a more intensive cleaning regimen. I've used Big 45 like @mibro mentioned in conjunction with Bore Tech solvents to clean out an especially dirty Ishapore 1940 SMLE barrel. Hoppe's regular solvent or just gun oil isn't potent enough to remove copper fouling in my experience.