Poll: Is this rust or copper fouling?

[Member 34319]

Is it just me or does anyone else wonder who voted rust?

 

[11Charlie]

Is it just me or does anyone else wonder who voted rust?

It was you just to throw a loop in everything!

 

[Kruel J]

Is it just me or does anyone else wonder who voted rust?

After the recent influx of "members" I could venture a guess.....

 

[MrRob96]

The tattle tale sign, besides the coppery color, is the uniformity of the lines and their concentration in the shoulders of the rifling.

Rust will not only be darker and not shiny, it'll also be kind of spotty and random about the barrel.

If you start shooting lead, look for dull gray material in the shoulders of the rifling.

 

[Kruel J]

The tattle tale sign, besides the coppery color, is the uniformity of the lines and their concentration in the shoulders of the rifling.

Rust will not only be darker and not shiny, it'll also be kind of spotty and random about the barrel.

If you start shooting lead, look for dull gray material in the shoulders of the rifling.

Mind. Blown.

 

[MrRob96]

Well I kind of shat a brick too the first time I saw lead fouling in a barrel of my S&W 1006.

It was super heavy so the lead fingers actually separated from the rifling shoulder, I thought I had destroyed the barrel somehow.

I wanted to indicate how to tell the difference just in case he ever sees that other common fouling type.

 

[Kruel J]

Well I kind of shat a brick too the first time I saw lead fouling in a barrel of my S&W 1006.

It was super heavy so the lead fingers actually separated from the rifling shoulder, I thought I had destroyed the barrel somehow.

I wanted to indicate how to tell the difference just in case he ever sees that other common fouling type.

I know brother. It was my lousy sense of humor that wrecked things. You did good.

 

[Member 5605]

Rust.

Throw it out.

Actually, keep shooting it until it loses it's accuracy. Then clean, season the barrel again and keep shooting.

 

[MrRob96]

Or give it to me for proper disposal.

 

[Kruel J]

Or give it to me for proper disposal.

Was just thinking that.

 

[solv3nt]

You guys just beat me to it.... Rust, definitely rust. I'll take it off of your hands for a nominal recycling fee.

 

[edzz]

JB Bore cleaner.

 

[Member 34319]

Well I kind of shat a brick too the first time I saw lead fouling in a barrel of my S&W 1006.

It was super heavy so the lead fingers actually separated from the rifling shoulder, I thought I had destroyed the barrel somehow.

I wanted to indicate how to tell the difference just in case he ever sees that other common fouling type.

Lead fouling is fun.

Especially a brick or two through a 10/22, type lead fouling.

 

[bsa1917hunter]

Cu



(copper)

Cupric