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Originally Posted by acarpenter
Billy, I am thinking about making an offer on an enfield to fix up because I already have a nice no.4 and want to do a project gun for the hell of it. A friend's dad has it and the bore is kinda ugly right now, but as you say hopefully that won't be an issue for just a fun restore/shooter to toss around. How did you try to clean yours? I can't tell if this one is rusted or just got crap in it.
Anyone know any other 20s-40s guns that are cheap to come across that I could restore wood and outer metal if this doesn't work out? (mausers, mosins, other enfields, anything really)
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carberator cleaner and one of these
then a patch soaked in this 2 or 3 times DONT GET IT ON THE GUNS FINISH!
then i finished with this.
Making the Surplus: Homade Electronic Bore Cleaner
p.s. i didnt just try to clean it .
i did clean it.
that bore has jagged surfaces.
it will grab a patch.
thanks to pronounced rifling it shoots fine anyway.