Getting shotgun bores clean

[Adam Helmer]

skeet,

When I bought my farm in 1988, I found an old Sears bolt action, tube feed, 12 gauge shotgun in the milkhouse-it was loaded with high brass #4 loads. I discovered it was rusty inside and out so I brushed the bore and used some fine steel wool on the exterior metal. I test fired the loads it had contained and also #4 buckshot. The bore looks like the inside of the tailpipe of my old truck, but patterns well.

"Squeaky Clean" for shotgun bores may not be all that necessary like with accurate rifles. The old bolt gun remains in the barn for critters stoked with #4buckshot and slugs. I lightly oiled the old gun, but am not concerned with rust.

Adam