Some fun pictures with my new Teslong

[Evan]

So I finally broke down and bought one. Curiosity killed the cat for $40. So I stuck one of my prepped pieces of 22BR brass in the rifle and sent the Teslong down the bore for a looksie at this 1000rnd old barrel:


Looks like my cleaning regime is just slightly under-par and my cases can grow a little before they need to be trimmed again!

Here you see the end of the freebore, start of the lands. Little bit of fire-cracking, and again, perhaps modestly dirty. I did not do my normal thorough job after last week's shooting and so it's interesting to see what my quickie clean does. I'm also pleased that there is not more cracking than there is for 1000 rounds of "over-bore" 22BR. This rifle has seen both LG and HG at 1000 yards, shot 3, 5, 10 shot strings at a rapid pace. Not an easy life, but also not terribly abusive either.

Pretty fun toy for $40 and I'll be interested to run it down a freshly dirty bore, clean it as I normally do, and then check it again. If $40 isn't a great burden to you, then I'd recommend you pick one up too!

 

[ShootDots]

You only have mild firecracking. The gray "dirt" is the hard carbon trapped between the cracks and crevasses that is VERY difficult to remove and it will only be replaced after a few shots. Get that copper out and I would say you are good to go!

 

[Evan]

Oh I'll also add that it works out of the box with Linux. I run a minimal Artix system and I just plugged the Teslong in, fired up VLC, and flipped through the video devices until I found it (video2 ), so that was a wonderful little surprise!

 

[jelenko]

You only have mild firecracking. The gray "dirt" is the hard carbon trapped between the cracks and crevasses that is VERY difficult to remove and it will only be replaced after a few shots. Get that copper out and I would say you are good to go!

Aren't there also 'streaks' of carbon in the corners?

 

[ShootDots]

Yes.. The only way you will get the carbon out of tight corners and from the cracks in the firecracking is with a good scrubbing with JB. However, since there IS firecracking, even though mild, the hard carbon will quickly gather there again. Once the firecracking is "more than a bit mild", it will be extremely difficult to get it out.

 

[Evan]

Aren't there also 'streaks' of carbon in the corners?

The streaks are about 3" long before going to a clean barrel - perhaps not so coincidentally about where all signs of firecracking disappear, which backs up what Ben is suggesting.

 

[McFred]

I'd be interested in seeing what it looks like all cleaned up. You can loosen the lock-collar and screw in/out the mirror to focus the camera too.

 

[antelopedundee]

I'd be interested in seeing what it looks like all cleaned up. You can loosen the lock-collar and screw in/out the mirror to focus the camera too.

No lock collar on mine. Just a couple of different mirrors that screw on. Does it approach HD quality. A lot of pics [mine included] look like they came off of a 50 YO videotape recorded at the slowest speed.

 

[McFred]

What's "HD" quality? I'm not a connoisseur of 50 YO film. If the mirrors screw on, then loctite, or a short piece of clear tape should hold it in a place where it's in focus. This is a screen capture from a Teslong I use. It has a lock collar.

 

[antelopedundee]

What's "HD" quality? I'm not a connoisseur of 50 YO film. If the mirrors screw on, then loctite, or a short piece of clear tape should hold it in a place where it's in focus. This is a screen capture from a Teslong I use. It has a lock collar.

HD is high definition much like the difference between SD standard definition and HD for cable television. 50 YO refers to old VHS tapes which were generally of poor quality if you recorded at the slowest speed. How do you focus something that just screws on? Post a pic of your screwed on thingy with a lockring. It seems that the farther away the barrel wall is from the mirror, the better your picture definition will be. I suppose the next time I use it I should try the other 2 mirrors in the box. Why would you want to put Loctite on it if you want to remove it to put on another mirror?

 

[antelopedundee]

What's "HD" quality? I'm not a connoisseur of 50 YO film. If the mirrors screw on, then loctite, or a short piece of clear tape should hold it in a place where it's in focus. This is a screen capture from a Teslong I use. It has a lock collar.

If what you mean by focusing is screwing the mirror tube on until it is some certain/optimum distance from the camera, I'm not sure it matters that much. So I got mine out and tried all 3 of the mirrors that came with it. One screwed all the way on, another halfway.

Here are some pics in no particular order. Barrel is a .25 cal 10 twist Hart chambered in .25-06 with maybe 150 rounds through it, but with no powders used that have a copper fouling reducer added. I have 2 new 6.5mm Hart 8 twist SS barrels to maybe try before shooting anything through them.

 

[Evan]

Yeah, I need to play with the focal distance some to get it in better focus. I will post up some pics after the next shooting session when it's dirty and then again after I've cleaned it as I would normally do.

 

[dolek]

Teslongs are a wonderful thing . Sometimes when a seller claims "Mint" and "low round count" you can see the real truth .

 

[antelopedundee]

Yeah, I need to play with the focal distance some to get it in better focus. I will post up some pics after the next shooting session when it's dirty and then again after I've cleaned it as I would normally do.

Try each of the mirrors with various "focus" distances and see which works best.

 

[6MMsteve]

screw the mirror out for better focus

 

[6MMsteve]

Teslongs are a wonderful thing . Sometimes when a seller claims "Mint" and "low round count" you can see the real truth .

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canning peaches

 

[SSL]

No lock collar on mine. Just a couple of different mirrors that screw on. Does it approach HD quality. A lot of pics [mine included] look like they came off of a 50 YO videotape recorded at the slowest speed.

Should be a tiny locking nut on the stem of the probe. Use that to lock the mirrors in various positions. Have to look close. It's more a "sleeve" than a nut. Screwed tight to the probe head it is pretty hard to see the junction. This picture shows it unscrewed a little for clarity.

 

[Rustytigwire]

So I finally broke down and bought one. Curiosity killed the cat for $40. So I stuck one of my prepped pieces of 22BR brass in the rifle and sent the Teslong down the bore for a looksie at this 1000rnd old barrel:

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Looks like my cleaning regime is just slightly under-par and my cases can grow a little before they need to be trimmed again!
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Here you see the end of the freebore, start of the lands. Little bit of fire-cracking, and again, perhaps modestly dirty. I did not do my normal thorough job after last week's shooting and so it's interesting to see what my quickie clean does. I'm also pleased that there is not more cracking than there is for 1000 rounds of "over-bore" 22BR. This rifle has seen both LG and HG at 1000 yards, shot 3, 5, 10 shot strings at a rapid pace. Not an easy life, but also not terribly abusive either.

Pretty fun toy for $40 and I'll be interested to run it down a freshly dirty bore, clean it as I normally do, and then check it again. If $40 isn't a great burden to you, then I'd recommend you pick one up too!

You have given me my DUH moment for the week.
Now i have to look at all my chambers to compare trim length to chamber reality.
Very Slick idea!
Thanks!!