I bought a 64-7 off gunbroker. The statement about the gun was it was a police trade in; I picked the revolver up yesterday and oh my it is the dirtiest and had a some minor surface rust. I took it apart and began to clean, 2 hour later and it looks totally different, but there is a a peice of a copper jacket left in there. This is what I have tried hoppes synthetic, butcher's bore shine and brush and many patches. Now what I have tried is leaving a patch were the piece is and dumping some hoppes and letting it sit for extended periods of time.
Cleaning a chunk of copper Jacket ?
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I am not a proponent of all the fancy-pants solvents/cleaners and use a home brew of ATF/Acetone mixed 50-50 about 95% of the time, but I would try this if I were you. It is a foam and will stay on the jacket. Spray the bore full, let it sit a few days, then I bet everything will scrub right out.
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I just dealt with a similar thing. I ended up dragging a Lewis Lead Remover thru the barrel. Did the job.
Oracle
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I was in the Coast Guard, the gunners mates on the ship managed to get a barrel swab stuck in the barrel of a five inch mount. They raised the barrel up to the stops and poured gallons of ATF and acetone down the barrel. It worked after a several day soak.
Enigma
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KG-12 Copper Solvent will actually dissolve copper, given enough time.
First confirm the barrel is not bulged at the spot where the jacket is lodged. If you don't see anything like a dark ring at that point in the barrel, run your fingers along the outside of the barrel to verify if you can feel a bulge.
The way these are usually removed and easily is to slug the barrel with a cast lead bullet of the same caliber. If you don't reload and have an unseated bullet around, pull one from a loaded round. Use a wood dowel or brass rod. You can't hurt anything by using this method.
The way these are usually removed and easily is to slug the barrel with a cast lead bullet of the same caliber. If you don't reload and have an unseated bullet around, pull one from a loaded round. Use a wood dowel or brass rod. You can't hurt anything by using this method.
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My pleasure. Pls let us know how you make out.
cowboy4evr
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You don't want to be using the butt end of the grip frame as support while pounding the jacket out . You need to remove the cylinder and let the forcing cone rest on a narrow piece of wood that will fit in the window of the frame where the cylinder rests . I would either use atf/acetone 50-50 mix or just use some liquid wrench poured down the barrel and stand the gun up on end for a couple of days letting the liquid seep around and down past the jacket . Do NOT tap lightly , as you will "swedge " it even tighter in the barrel . You need to use a heavy hammer , at least 3#'er with fast solid blows . I have found that placing a cartridge case over the end of the dowel that I'm hitting with the hammer helps stop splintering on that end of the dowel . Good Luck , Regards Paul
gwpercle
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Put the "synthetic's" aside ...time to go old school ...
Nasty acetone / ATF (50-50) long soak and a stiff brass brush.
Hoppes Synthetic is made to be nice and gentle... you don't want nice and gentle you want mean and harsh ...plug the barrel , fill with 50-50 and soak for several days. Brass bore brush it good ...repeat as needed . Long soaking is good !
Time to get tough !
Gary
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These things work fantastic. I first found them probably 30 years or so back. I bought a police trade in model 66-1 (still have it) that I leaded up the barrel in, in my early reloading days.
Let a solvent/bore cleaner of your choice soften up the gunk in there, and pull the screen through. My first pull clogged the screen so badly I just tossed it and ran another. It was clean as new in just a few minutes.
I have also used an Outers electronic bore cleaner with good results, but it's a good bit more expensive, and it takes an overnight soaking (or more) to get everything.
Just looked and the Outers Foul Out was discontinued a few years ago!
I've got to get out more.........How about a picture of that freshly cleaned 64?
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