Richard in LA
Mag Whore
how much do you spray down the bore?
I dunno, I just wing it and spray it down there until a good flow comes out the other end. I guess a couple ounces or so?
how much do you spray down the bore?
Using corrosive ammo sure sounds like a pain in the butt.
Most old European ammo used potassium chlorate in the berdan primer.
The berdan primers have two tiny flash holes for better ignition than one large flash hole.
The potassium chlorate must last a long time, as I shoot surplus ammo from the 1920's & 1930's that still shoot like new ammo.
The potassium chlorate becomes potassium chloride after firing. You can find potassium chloride in your grocery as a substitute for sodium chloride.
No Salt is the brand that is substituted for common table salt.
Crystals of potassium chloride or sodium chloride attract water molecules & will begin the corrosion process straight away if not removed.
I will refer to the potassium chloride as "salts".
You can clean the bore like always with Hoppes #9, but the petrolium based cleaner does not dilute the salts. It is best to run some hot soapy water through the bore at sometime in the cleaning process to flush the salts.
The bore must then be dried & coated with oil for storage afterwards.
There is much debate & confusion over the topic of corrosive ammo.
Don't be afraid to shoot corrosive ammo IF you can clean the bore properly within a day after shooting. In the Louisiana climate of near 100% humididy nearly 100% of the time, your barrel bore will begin rusting quickly.
Don't use Windex! Windex is for windows.
I use hot dishwashing solution or Castrol Super Clean diluted in hot water.
I put the solution in a bucket, immerse the muzzle in the water, then run my cleaning rod from the breech end out through the muzzle & back to the breech again. I flush this out with clean water, as the dishwashing soap or the super clean are alkaline & will cause corrosion on thier own, but they are great cleaners.
After flushing with water, I blow them dry with compressed air, & continue to clean with Hoppes #9, & oil on the last clean patch.
Do not trust a single pass of the boresnake as a thorough cleaning.
Those old bores need more help than that!
See, if you never clean your guns you have that protective layering of copper and lead lining the barrel keeping those salts from ever touching the steel!
+1 That's the best advice in a nutshell