Rust in chamber

[Dirt_Nap]

I live in dry AZ but my brother asked to use my custom 300prc on an elk hunt in Utah. He never cleaned the rifle when he was through and when I got the rifle back, I cleaned it and noticed some rust spots in the chamber. What should I do besides get a new brother?

 

[Frog4aday]

0000 Steel Wool and some oil or solvent with some elbow grease (scrubbing) and that rust will come off.

Brothers...what are you going to do? Schizen happens. Good luck.

 

[David_h]

Did he get an elk?

 

[wvbearhunter]

I hope you educated him on rifle.care

 

[traper]

I use a short cleaning rod chucked in cordless drill with bronze brush. run in 0000 steel wool until it collects approximately size of chamber; oil and run in chamber at low speed.

 

[4g64loser]

I use a short cleaning rod chucked in cordless drill with bronze brush. run in 0000 steel wool until it collects approximately size of chamber; oil and run in chamber at low speed.

This but I specifically use Kroil. A little work with the above mentioned rig, then let it set a day or so. Repeat. I've had good luck cleaning up shotgun chambers and.barr3ls that waterfowl hunters have neglected, too.

Can't really suggest much on replacing your brother.

 

[8x68s]

no more familial loans. make him buy and maintain his own rifle.

 

[Phil Rizzo]

A few knots and bruises seem necessary with brothers, for long term memory modification.
Size and age matter very little, except for tactics required.
I've been giver and receiver on various occasions. Mostly giver.

 

[Hobo335]

Soak it in cleaning vinegar ( it takes rust off hand tools ) until the rust is gone. Shouldn't take long for that light rust. I'm unsure if the vinegar is safe for bluing so what I do is pack a piece of paper towel in the area of rust and soak it with the cleaning vinegar. Afterwards I take a tight patch on a short cleaning rod put a bit of Flitz metal polish on the patch and spin it with a drill. Should look like new when finished

 

[BRADMOTO]

Dang homie, that's the easy rust! Lol
Actually looks like some super heated grease/oil as if some might have been present in the chamber.
Thorroclean, Flitz, or metal polish on a piece of 0000 wool, heck maybe even a paper towel cut out piece large enough in diameter to stick tight in chamber when placed over a bore brush.

 

[nicholasjohn]

A few knots and bruises seem necessary with brothers, for long term memory modification.
Size and age matter very little, except for tactics required.
I've been giver and receiver on various occasions. Mostly giver.

I'm of the same mind. I was mostly a receiver when still very young, but the lessons learned put me on the other end of the transaction by about age seven. Then there was a phase in adolescence that went the other way for a while, but that passed soon enough. It's a necessary part of growing up, and some guys take longer than others to get it figured out. It sounds like this guy's brother got stuck in one of those phases. Maybe a few more lumps would make the difference .....

 

[Mistyrkool]

Kroils has Exrust, it's the most effective rust remover I've seen. It's a bit expensive but worth it...

 

[ford32]

Put some CLP on it first and then clean.

 

[ofbandg]

Just run cleaning rod through it with a quality gun oil and shoot it. If there is any pitting it won't get worse and it will never get better. It probably won't effect it much. Next time you lend it out, (if ever), put a pull-through in a plastic bag with a couple patches and a small bottle of oil and tell them to use it if it gets wet.