BORE CLEANING AND POLISHING THE JACK FUSELIER WAY

Shooting lead reloads I developed this system for cleaning lead from the bore. I found that this procedure was useful for more than simple bore cleaning. Stainless steel scrubber pads are sold at Gun Shows for rust removal from bluing. They will scrape away rust and leave intact whatever bluing is still present. They are also available at the local grocery at a much lower cost. Use Stainless curl pads only, brass pads will only add more brass fouling. Do not use steel wool, it may only further foul your barrel

Wrap a small clipping from one of these SS scrubbers around a quarter inch dowel for an excellent tool to remove lead, jacket shreds and other fouling from a 9 mm or .40 barrel. A 5/16 dowel or 3/8 dowel works well for .45acp. This procedure will also cut away any steel shreds left on the edges of he rifling when the barrel was broached. It is important to do this procedure with a completely dry pad and dry bore. Any liquid at all may act as a lubricant and allow the scrubber pad to glide over the fouling without scraping it out.

Push the dowel with the SS pad back and forth through the barrel from the BREECH end. Putting the removed and leather wrapped barrel in a vise is best because this does require some force the first time. Don't try to force too big a clipping at first. Remember to always allow the dowel to turn and follow the rifling.

This procedure will clean and polish the chamber, aiding extraction and chambering. Pushing back and forth through the bore will clean and polish the bore and rifling. Always allow the dowel to turn with the rifling. Do not go completely out of the muzzle, stop partway out and pull back to stay in the rifling grooves.

Have no fear that this will injure your barrel, it can not and it will not affect the headspacing either. Do this at least half a dozen times or until you until you feel the barrel become easier to push through. You will be thrilled when you see the results.

Only foreign material and leftover splinters and shards of steel from the rifling broach will be removed. Doing this once after each shooting session will minimize lead and jacket fouling. After each time run a patch lightly coated with Moly grease through the bore. Extraction will be easier and velocity and accuracy may be improved as well.