I purchased a used rifle from a buddy of mine. its a savage 243 with approx 200 rounds through it, some of which were moly coated v-max bullets. I was wondering what kind of products out there will clean the moly out of the barrel and chamber, or if it's something I even need to worry about? Thanks for the help Dan
remington 40x bore cleaner (or equivalent) along with a brand new brass brush will get the moly out, it will take some time and effort but it will go out.
Another thing that works for me is Kroil.It seems to disolve the moly.I use a 7mm plastic bristle brush instead of bronze.The 40x works and so does JB bore compound but I think a good wet patch or two and let the kroil soak in for a half hour and thenbrushing will do the trick.
Oh it's something to worry about. I havn't shot alot of moly, but I did shoot 40 rounds of Winchester Supreme ammo with Nosler Ballistic Silver tips, that stuff they call "Lubalox", whatever it's a black coating. When I went back to shooting just typical jacketed cup-n-core bullets they sprayed all over the place!! Took me two days of overnight soaking and brass brush scrubbing to get the bore clean of that stuff. I understand if coated bullets are used primarily in a gun there's no issue, but changing back, and all the cleaning I had to do was enough for me to see little gained by, and swear off using the coatings. I recently read that Vinegar (mild acetic acid) will clean moly off the bullets. If it does so, then I'd see little harm to using vinegar to clean the moly/Lubalox from the bore. Too bad I'll never know, because I'll never shoot them things again. But that is something to keep in mind when buying a used gun.
