Carbon Ring Removal - Pretty Easy!

[highplainsdrifter]

You hit the nail on its head . Due to 150 rounds with no cleaning you have described the first step of improper cleaning. Maybe a little effort in at least using a pull through occasionally during the day might help. Remember....American ingenuity won the war.

Not since 1945, Jeff. I know. I pulled triggers in one of them. The kind of shooting that I do though doesn't lend itself to a quick clean between volleys, anymore than brealking your 16 in half and trying to dislodge a stuck case with your cleaning rod in the middle of a firefight did. Clint won't wait. So, I work on getting the ring down with sweat equity. I haven't eliminated one yet but I have reduced them until there is no effect on velocity. I have yet to spin brass wool on the end of a drill - I am too faint-hearted for that, but I think I have tried every chemical and cleaning technique. It is a lot of work!

 

[JEFFPPC]

Hpdrifter, you are certainly correct in a sense about not since 1945. Although lack of ingenuity is not the problem as much as like of political will and integrity. But I digress. Yes, some forms of competition lend themselves to certain problems. This discussion is part of why I am enjoying my Springer airgun. Shoot good clean ammo , little or no cleaning required. Have you used Iosso as part of your regular cleaning regimen?

 

[moondog]

Tony Boyer explained his method in his book. Works

 

[highplainsdrifter]

Hpdrifter, you are certainly correct in a sense about not since 1945. Although lack of ingenuity is not the problem as much as like of political will and integrity. But I digress. Yes, some forms of competition lend themselves to certain problems. This discussion is part of why I am enjoying my Springer airgun. Shoot good clean ammo , little or no cleaning required. Have you used Iosso as part of your regular cleaning regimen?

Jeff: Iosso, yes. With a lot of work, I have gotten the rings down in terms of thickness. I have reduced them to the point where they have no effect on pressure or accuracy, but they remain visible with the borescope. The problem is, I haven't gotten too aggressive with them due to my fear of actually eroding the stainless steel of the barrels. I am probably just going to go for it though and accept the possibility that I will have to buy another barrel if it does cause too much steel erosion.
And yes, like you, I maintain that we never actually lost a fight. The victories were simply forfeited at the end by a low form of human life referred to as a "politician."

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Jeff: Iosso, yes. With a lot of work, I have gotten the rings down in terms of thickness. I have reduced them to the point where they have no effect on pressure or accuracy, but they remain visible with the borescope. The problem is, I haven't gotten too aggressive with them due to my fear of actually eroding the stainless steel of the barrels. I am probably just going to go for it though and accept the possibility that I will have to buy another barrel if it does cause too much steel erosion.
And yes, like you, I maintain that we never actually lost a fight. The victories were simply forfeited at the end by a low form of human life referred to as a "politician."

You wont hurt the barrel with a patch and iosso running it by hand if you stop when the carbon is gone.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

If you own your own reamer just carefully put it in the chamber with a few drops of oil an give the reamer a clockwise twist.

GONE!

The reamer won't touch the throat or hurt a thing (with a tiny amount of common sense). KEEP it minimal and the reamer will flake it off like a bad paint job.

@No manches"
Using a reamer to get rid of carbon without damaging anything is pretty simple. The throat never gets any shorter, so the reamer won't touch an old throat unless you deepen the chamber. But if there is a buildup of carbon, it will knock it right out, no issue at all. Like Dusty said, "no drill required". Lol!

 

[Doublejake]

You're probably right!

I used a ryobi lol

 

[Logbuilder35]

Somebody will make it faster with a milwaukee drill

Guaranteed

 

[boltman13]

I have removed a few fairly thin carbon rings with : first a few hour soak X2 with a bore mop and C4, then if the carbon is not gone I use a blue very stiff nylon brush and Flitz on a short piece of old cleaning rod chucked in a 12 volt battery powered drill and run slowly. I check before doing this with my Lyman Borecam, and always use a boreguide. I think Boretec makes the nylon brush. Prevention is the best way do deal with a carbon ring and it isn't there or gone with out a borecam examination. Clean patches lie.