Hello all,
I bought a 45 caliber Thompson Hawken off of Gunbroker. I will not be buying another gun again without insisting on bore pictures. I accepted a written response that it was good.
Well after a lengthy fight to remove a rusty nipple as well as a few hours on an ugly bore I still have some questions.
It looks like most of the bore is pretty clean but the muzzle still looks a bit rusty and dirty. I used the JB compound and mirror polishing pastes as well as Hoppes 9. What else can I do to clean up this barrel?
Sometimes the patches would get stuck at the bottom and even hold onto the cleaning rod to the point I needed help getting it off. Is this because it is pitted up from a charge left in it?
I am new to the closed breech style guns only having in lines for the last ten years. Thanks for your help.
SR1
I bought a 45 caliber Thompson Hawken off of Gunbroker. I will not be buying another gun again without insisting on bore pictures. I accepted a written response that it was good.
Well after a lengthy fight to remove a rusty nipple as well as a few hours on an ugly bore I still have some questions.
It looks like most of the bore is pretty clean but the muzzle still looks a bit rusty and dirty. I used the JB compound and mirror polishing pastes as well as Hoppes 9. What else can I do to clean up this barrel?
Sometimes the patches would get stuck at the bottom and even hold onto the cleaning rod to the point I needed help getting it off. Is this because it is pitted up from a charge left in it?
I am new to the closed breech style guns only having in lines for the last ten years. Thanks for your help.
SR1