TC Hawken with a BAD barrel

[SteveH]

My new hunting buddy (this past season) asked me to store his TC Hawken in the off season after our last hunt. No problem, I have the space in my safe. Before putting it away, I had a suspicion that he was not the best at maintenance so I ran a patch down soaked with Cabelas Black Powder solvent. It came out a dark, dark brown. Over twenty patches later with more BP solvent, CLP, and even near boiling water, the patches are still coming out brown, improved but still pretty bad.

I shoot a stainless inline with BH209 so I'm a starting from scratch here. A search recommends kroil soaking and JB's. I have the JB but I don't want to drop $$ for a can of Kroils for a gun that's not even mine. I do have a penetrant product called "Blaster". Would this work?

http://www.blastercorporation.com/PB_Blaster.html

I know, I need to give my friend a lot of grief for neglecting this gun.

 

[cayuga]

The JB Bore Paste will remove a lot of the surface stuff. It will not help if the rifle is pitted. And you might never get a "clean" patch. I have one rifle that always puts a gray tinge on the patch. But since there is no brown, I figure what the heck. It too was abused.

After using JB Bore paste I would try that Barrel Blaster too. Never used it but read a lot of good reviews on it.

The main thing is after you get that barrel as clean as you can, be sure and saturate a patch with a good gun oil, and swab that bore heavy. The paste takes the barrel back to metal, so you need to treat it or it will rust.

 

[Dwayne]

STeve, take that gun out and shoot it about a dozen times. . .then come back and clean it. . .

 

[SteveH]

cayuga, hanks. I'll give the JB a shot.

After using JB Bore paste I would try that Barrel Blaster too. Never used it but read a lot of good reviews on it.

Actually, it's not Barrel Blaster, it's just called "Blaster" and it's not a gun care product, but a general use penetrant.

I got it to free up some bolts a while back and figured it would work similar to Kroils.

 

[JStanley]

This is a great post in which cayuga lists his technique for treating a mistreated barrel. Worked great for a T/C Hawken I rescued.

http://www.modernmuzzleloader.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=15280&highlight=corner+pitted

 

[Aquastang]

Alot of sound advice here. I just got done rescuing a knight LK-93 barrel...similar issues with pitting and rusty patches. Decided to try my hand at electrolysis. It worked out well once I went with 4 electrodes instead of the 2 I started with. Then went with Cayuga's suggestions. Barrel still has pitting, but shoots good...and, I am now in control of further deterioration. Here is a link if interested:

http://www.rowand.net/Shop/Tools/Electrolysis.htm

 

[HawgHunter]

Try this.
http://www.evaporust.com/