Dirty Cartridges.

[Dullahan 0]

I have two fourtens, an old Belgian s/s folding, hammer gun and a Cooey Single magnum.

Now I use the same manufacturer cartridges in each Ely fourten but the s/s is two inch chambers and the Cooey is 3 inch chambers.

The s/s is a 'Pig' to clean and the Single is quite easy.

I have scoured the Bores with boiling water, put the bronze brush through it several times, used cleaning oil. Is there any possibilty that the quality of the metal used on the old belgian guns is different to the modern guns.

 

Any ideas on how to get this gun clean without taking it to the gunsmith and having reamed (which means having the barrels re-tested)

[SportingShooter 0]

Before I say anything else, DO NOT put boiling water in your gun barrels, especially that of an older gun, because the water is boiling it speeds up the reaction time for the metal to oxidise, this is only serving to wear out your barrels faster.

The metal on older barrels is different in that it is not chrome lined, your coey probably is and makes it easier to clean as the dirt does not stick to chrome as easily as bare metal.

If the barrel is pitted then it is permanent damage and either the barrels will have to be ''lapped out'' or sleeved.

If, however, he barrels are normally clean then I would detach the barrels from your gun, tightly roll up some toilet paper and put it in the breaches.

Spray carbueretta cleaner in the muzzles and leave it to stand for 24 hours with the muzzles pointing skyward. Then, push the paper through with a cleaning rod and you should see that most of the dirt is gone, respray the barrels and push more paper through there and then.

This should clean any fouling out of the barrel, if needs be use a broze brush for any marks and then repeat the spraying process again.

Make sure the bores are completely dry of any liquid as carbueretta cleaner is explosive stuff but a truly excellent cleaner especially for plastic in the barrel.

Regards

SS

P.S I have on old Belgian S/S Hammergun except mine is 2 1/2".

[Dullahan 0]

Before I say anything else, DO NOT put boiling water in your gun barrels, especially that of an older gun, because the water is boiling it speeds up the reaction time for the metal to oxidise, this is only serving to wear out your barrels faster.

The metal on older barrels is different in that it is not chrome lined, your coey probably is and makes it easier to clean as the dirt does not stick to chrome as easily as bare metal.

If the barrel is pitted then it is permanent damage and either the barrels will have to be ''lapped out'' or sleeved.

If, however, he barrels are normally clean then I would detach the barrels from your gun, tightly roll up some toilet paper and put it in the breaches.

Spray carbueretta cleaner in the muzzles and leave it to stand for 24 hours with the muzzles pointing skyward. Then, push the paper through with a cleaning rod and you should see that most of the dirt is gone, respray the barrels and push more paper through there and then.

This should clean any fouling out of the barrel, if needs be use a broze brush for any marks and then repeat the spraying process again.

Make sure the bores are completely dry of any liquid as carbueretta cleaner is explosive stuff but a truly excellent cleaner especially for plastic in the barrel.

Regards

SS

P.S I have on old Belgian S/S Hammergun except mine is 2 1/2".

 

Thanks for that information. I will try that process out to the letter and let you know the result.

[SportingShooter 0]

Before I say anything else, DO NOT put boiling water in your gun barrels, especially that of an older gun, because the water is boiling it speeds up the reaction time for the metal to oxidise, this is only serving to wear out your barrels faster.

The metal on older barrels is different in that it is not chrome lined, your coey probably is and makes it easier to clean as the dirt does not stick to chrome as easily as bare metal.

If the barrel is pitted then it is permanent damage and either the barrels will have to be ''lapped out'' or sleeved.

If, however, he barrels are normally clean then I would detach the barrels from your gun, tightly roll up some toilet paper and put it in the breaches.

Spray carbueretta cleaner in the muzzles and leave it to stand for 24 hours with the muzzles pointing skyward. Then, push the paper through with a cleaning rod and you should see that most of the dirt is gone, respray the barrels and push more paper through there and then.

This should clean any fouling out of the barrel, if needs be use a broze brush for any marks and then repeat the spraying process again.

Make sure the bores are completely dry of any liquid as carbueretta cleaner is explosive stuff but a truly excellent cleaner especially for plastic in the barrel.

Regards

SS

P.S I have on old Belgian S/S Hammergun except mine is 2 1/2".

 

Thanks for that information. I will try that process out to the letter and let you know the result.

No problem, Just drop me a PM when youve done it.