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Old 09-29-2011, 09:51 AM
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Here are a couple of cleaning tips that I probably should have mentioned in replying to the OP.

1. Brush the chambers with a dry brush before using any solvent. The brush actually generates more friction without solvent (especially if it is oversized). I find that brushing alone will usually take out the carbon ring.

2. If that doesn't work, run a swab down the chambers that has been smeared with some J & B bore paste. This is a mildly abrasive compound that isn't hard enough to erode steel but that is sufficienty coarse to eat through carbon. You can buy it online from Brownell's. After you've done that, then repeat brushing with the paste residue still in the chambers. Then swab with solvent soaked patches. You'll be amazed at what comes out! The first 2-3 patches will be totally black.

I find that dry brushing alone will work 99% of the time.
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