Unfrosting frosty brarrel

[dalek]

So I received my T53 carbine last week. And then took it apart and did some cleaning/cosmoline removal (oven involved); probably there is still some left in the wood but at least my fingers do not sink on it anymore.

The metal looks very nice and clean, not a spec of rust (cosmoline to the rescue I take). I looked inside the barrel and it looked a bit frosty. I did not clean it much besides running a patch wet on Hoppes and a bore snake, so I wonder if some vigorous (sounds like I am talking about about a viagara clone) rubbing (I rest my case) with a brass brush would clean it all out. Thoughts?

On an unrelated note, taking the bolt apart in the Nagant is much easier than in a Mouser IMHO.

This afternoon I plan on trying it out. I am taking some Wolf, Winchester, and milsup ammo. And then when i get home I was planning on doing some serious brush rubbing...

[Mike]

I've found that a couple of hundred pieces of copper shoved through the barrel at 2500fps cleans dark and frosty bores better than anything.

[Junk Yard Dog]

If the frosting is caused by thousands of micro pits down in the lands and grooves of the bore then nothing you do will fix that. The pits represent metal that is now gone, a very common thing to see in antique rifle bores, especially military ones. This does not mean that you can't shoot it, or that it will be horribly inaccurate, most of the time it just means you will need more time to clean it after shooting as the pits can hold crud in the bore.