carbon ring tool

[boiler_house7]

Does anyone make a tool to address the carbon ring issue. I just got my first in the dasher. I did the JB paste method in the throat area and got it to come back, thanks goodness as it was my best shooting barrel. I have heard of people taking a aluminum arrow shaft and putting a taper on it and notching it to clean. any thoughts on how well this might work.

 

[johara1]

That is what i use on the carbon at the end of the chamber………. a XX 75 1816 arrow turned to about a .001 smaller than the neck…….. jim

 

[boiler_house7]

Thanks Jim, This is what I needed to know. I'll have to pilfer through my son's shafts, surely he won't miss just one if he has got the right size. I really don't know why it got so bad. My brass Is 1.550 trim and chamber is 1.560 and I do go after the carbon first.

 

[Erik Cortina]

Thanks Jim, This is what I needed to know. I'll have to pilfer through my son's shafts, surely he won't miss just one if he has got the right size. I really don't know why it got so bad. My brass Is 1.550 trim and chamber is 1.560 and I do go after the carbon first.

Are you sure the chamber is 1.560" or you are going off the print?
I don't trust reamer prints.

 

[boiler_house7]

Hello Erik, I did verify my reamer chamber length when the barrel was new with a modified brass with the pilot and calipers at 1.560 as my other barrels run. I check all my barrels for this before firing. This barrel right at 300 round count. I was running a product in this barrel that is graphite and alcohol based on final swab after cleaning, Dunno maybe this was the issue. I'm thinking there could be a market for a pilot cleaning tool specific for this task on routine cleaning but then again I guess I need to look at my cleaning regiment. Just never had this before in several other barrels. Thanks for the reply.

 

[johara1]

My chamber is select 1.560 and it is 1.564 but the diameter is what you need, mine is .266. I turn the 1816 down to .265+ and for a length of .400, this gives me enough to face it off once in a while. I use Kroil on it to lube it a little. I just cut the shaft in half to start with and it will make two. Take a wood 1/2" dowel rod and make a handle and epoxy it on. It doesn't mark anything and it keeps the carbon in check and it doesn't hurt the throat like spinning a brush on it…….. jim