Flex-Hone Chamber Polishing
Posted: 15 Oct 2018 06:18
I figured you all think that I have gone shotgun slug crazy, but not so. I continue to work with my centerfire rifles, prepping them for deer season. My choices this year will fall to my Rossi Rio Grande chambered in 30-30 AI and my SMLE Scout. Now, to back up.
Months ago I decided to polish the chamber on my Rossi 92 454 Casull. A case separation left a trace of a ring that I haven't been able to remove via the "shade tree" method. My research said to use a Flex-Hone chamber polisher. I watched the videos and read the instructions so I bought a 45 Colt brush and the Flex-Hone oil for the R92.
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I became curious about additional brushes as my SMLE's chamber looks like it has a matte finish and after hand cutting the Ackley Improved on my Rossi Rio Grande, I thought I would like to polish both of these as well. I contacted Flex-Hone, and sure enough, they have all kinds of cartridge specific polishers, more than any single source carries. They said that I could use the standard 30-30 Win with the AI and I waited about six weeks for the 303 British. The AI was uneventful.
In that I tend to ponder this type of work for a while, I finally decided to do it this weekend. I took both the Rossi and SMLE apart and got set up. Levergun polishers have a 14" wire shank and bolt action a 9". I was already prepped for the 303 being to short to reach through the action so I did what others had done, JB Welded the shank into a cleaning rod. The polishers are used with a hand drill.
The polishing process takes about 40 seconds. That's it, and the chambers look great. The instructions said to clean the chamber/bore with water and liquid detergent which I did. My garage sink hot water is set very hot so it cleaned it up quick with Dawn Ultra. I blew the water off with compressed air and then soaked the receiver/barrel with WD-40. I use it for what it is, a drying agent. Once the WD had dried, I used my normal lubricants and will assemble the rifles today.
Months ago I decided to polish the chamber on my Rossi 92 454 Casull. A case separation left a trace of a ring that I haven't been able to remove via the "shade tree" method. My research said to use a Flex-Hone chamber polisher. I watched the videos and read the instructions so I bought a 45 Colt brush and the Flex-Hone oil for the R92.
[BBvideo 560,340][/BBvideo]
I became curious about additional brushes as my SMLE's chamber looks like it has a matte finish and after hand cutting the Ackley Improved on my Rossi Rio Grande, I thought I would like to polish both of these as well. I contacted Flex-Hone, and sure enough, they have all kinds of cartridge specific polishers, more than any single source carries. They said that I could use the standard 30-30 Win with the AI and I waited about six weeks for the 303 British. The AI was uneventful.
In that I tend to ponder this type of work for a while, I finally decided to do it this weekend. I took both the Rossi and SMLE apart and got set up. Levergun polishers have a 14" wire shank and bolt action a 9". I was already prepped for the 303 being to short to reach through the action so I did what others had done, JB Welded the shank into a cleaning rod. The polishers are used with a hand drill.
The polishing process takes about 40 seconds. That's it, and the chambers look great. The instructions said to clean the chamber/bore with water and liquid detergent which I did. My garage sink hot water is set very hot so it cleaned it up quick with Dawn Ultra. I blew the water off with compressed air and then soaked the receiver/barrel with WD-40. I use it for what it is, a drying agent. Once the WD had dried, I used my normal lubricants and will assemble the rifles today.