All,
When I purchased my first rifle at 18 I did not know much about gun cleaning nor corrosive ammo. Fast forward 12 years my Mosin M1939 is all fouled up.
I did, eventually, learned my lesson.
Could some one help me identify what is going on with the rifle bore and is it fixable at this point? Is there anything else i can do to mitigate further damage to the bore?
Pictures below were taken after cleaning last night.
After a 6 hour soak with Hoppe's Elite Gun Cleaner the patches came out looking like this (appears to be rust)
last patch that i ran with just rem oil came out like this:
Lastly, i am looking to sell this rifle at some point, What would be a fair thing to say about the bore as i want to be upfront about the condition.
Thank you for reading,
Len
When I purchased my first rifle at 18 I did not know much about gun cleaning nor corrosive ammo. Fast forward 12 years my Mosin M1939 is all fouled up.
I did, eventually, learned my lesson.
Could some one help me identify what is going on with the rifle bore and is it fixable at this point? Is there anything else i can do to mitigate further damage to the bore?
Pictures below were taken after cleaning last night.
After a 6 hour soak with Hoppe's Elite Gun Cleaner the patches came out looking like this (appears to be rust)
last patch that i ran with just rem oil came out like this:
Lastly, i am looking to sell this rifle at some point, What would be a fair thing to say about the bore as i want to be upfront about the condition.
Thank you for reading,
Len