Polishing .22 LR Chamber
Bought this gun and it’s a piece of art. Made in the early 1900’s and possibly restored at some time. Tried 22 Std Vel and the empty case stuck in the chamber fairly tight. It’s a very tight European chamber, most USA made ammo wouldn’t fit. Used SK Standard in it.
Started to shoot 22 CB Long and the empty cases got harder to extract, the 5th one stayed in the rifle till I got home to use a cleaning rod to push out.
Before I ruin anything, figured I would ask here first. I glued an empty 22 cases at the end of a flexible plastic rod to insert from the chamber. This way nothing will rub against the action and scratch it and I am polishing the chamber only. Was going to buy some Flitz to put on the case and slowly turn with a drill to polish the chamber. The gun is roughly 120 years old.
Safe?? I want to shoot the gun even if I have to buy 22 Long CB’s. Thanks, Larry
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