My dad is 78 years old. He lives alone in his home on 42 acres, about 2 miles from me. Why don't I live with him? UM, NO! But, I do have a nice outdoor range in his back yard.
Anyway, he just recently had to go into a nursing facility for a short term stay. One of his favorite firearms is a 15 year old Heritage Rough Rider .22 LR. revolver. While over at his house today picking up some clothes for him, I noticed his nasty, dirty, not oiled, HRR .22. I decided to take it home and clean it for him.
After I do a safety check and unload ANY firearm 1st, I always check the barrel with my bore scope to see its condition. When I inserted the BS I couldn't see out the other end, and just black. I took a cleaning rod with a plastic tip and tried pushing it thru the barrel. No go. I then tried with a bore brush. Nothing. I used just a cleaning rod and tapped on it very gently with my brass hammer. Out popped a .22 bullet! I tried pulling the cleaning rod back thru, and it wouldn't come out. I looked at the cleaning rod end and ANOTHER bullet was stuck in the cleaning rods threaded end (Note the cleaning rod end is now flared)! 2 BULLETS STUCK IN THE BARREL? HOW, without the barrel blowing up?
Anyway, that gun was so dirty, and DRY as a bone! I used 72 misc. sized cleaning patches, a 1/2 can of BG Throttle Cleaner, about a 1/4 oz. of Grizzly Grease, and about 1/2 oz. of Ballistol, along with 3 hours of time, to get it clean!
Below are before and after pics. I should have taken a better before pic (3rd pic), but wasn't thinking.
Anyway, he just recently had to go into a nursing facility for a short term stay. One of his favorite firearms is a 15 year old Heritage Rough Rider .22 LR. revolver. While over at his house today picking up some clothes for him, I noticed his nasty, dirty, not oiled, HRR .22. I decided to take it home and clean it for him.
After I do a safety check and unload ANY firearm 1st, I always check the barrel with my bore scope to see its condition. When I inserted the BS I couldn't see out the other end, and just black. I took a cleaning rod with a plastic tip and tried pushing it thru the barrel. No go. I then tried with a bore brush. Nothing. I used just a cleaning rod and tapped on it very gently with my brass hammer. Out popped a .22 bullet! I tried pulling the cleaning rod back thru, and it wouldn't come out. I looked at the cleaning rod end and ANOTHER bullet was stuck in the cleaning rods threaded end (Note the cleaning rod end is now flared)! 2 BULLETS STUCK IN THE BARREL? HOW, without the barrel blowing up?
Anyway, that gun was so dirty, and DRY as a bone! I used 72 misc. sized cleaning patches, a 1/2 can of BG Throttle Cleaner, about a 1/4 oz. of Grizzly Grease, and about 1/2 oz. of Ballistol, along with 3 hours of time, to get it clean!
Below are before and after pics. I should have taken a better before pic (3rd pic), but wasn't thinking.