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PA-08 Upland Barrel Slug Firing (rifled or smooth?)
...  is a smooth bore. Call Wby and I am sure they can help  ...
55.9% much2learn May 24, 2010, 04:07:35 AM
Rough and Smooth Bores - Question?
...  with a barrel than just how smooth the bore is such as concentricity (How centered  ...
...  the bore in the barrel), uniform depth/width of  ...
...  a little yaw when the bullet leaves the bore, opens up the group. Of course this  ...
...  it does not matter if it has a rougher bore than other rifles unless you are a comp  ...
55.1% CircuitRider April 29, 2008, 10:32:20 PM
Free Bore?????
...  got a 'bee and it's got plenty of freebore, and yet it shoots sub-.5" groups at  ...
55.1% bkelectricinc February 09, 2009, 02:15:31 AM
bore sight
...  : I have never had much use for any bore sighter. I suppose there OK for blind  ...
...  tree, center the ball looking thru the bore and adjust the scope. Then take it to  ...
55.1% hunter dude June 20, 2009, 03:04:21 AM
Weatherby SAS "Bore type"
...  to be two general weatherby 12 ga. "bore types" or sizes (.730 and .735). I  ...
...  is and help me figure out which "bore type" my shotgun has. Any help here  ...
55% CiberBosco September 15, 2007, 06:10:47 AM
30-378 Weatherby Magnum Bore Cleaning, Preparation and Cleaning...
...  by spreading moly over a contaminated bore surface. The importance of starting out  ...
...  a clean bore. Nobody enjoys it, but a good-old- ...
...  job by selecting a standard, bronze bore brush one caliber oversize, and  ...
...  Bore Cleaner. Be prepared to push a little  ...
... 's 7.62, Hoppe's Benchrest, Butch's Bore Shine, or go with J-B's Non-Embedding  ...
...  Cleaning Compound worked into a bore mop or a patch wrapped around your bore  ...
...  like Barnes CR-10 that can harm the bore when left there too long. If you are  ...
... . When you are comfortable that the bore is free of lead, powder and copper,  ...
... .

How To Treat Your Barrel With Moly Bore Paste:Wrap a cleaning patch around a  ...
...  one bore size smaller than your barrel. Rub a  ...
...  amount of Brownells Moly Bore Treatment Paste into the patch. Warming  ...
...  of the treatment.

Swab the bore with Brownells Moly Bore Treatment  ...
...  twelve to fifteen passes through the bore.) Run a dry patch ten to twelve passes  ...
...  the bore to both remove any excess Moly Bore  ...
...  Paste, and burnish in the Moly Bore Treatment Paste.

Routine Cleaning  ...
... , the time to clean is when the level of bore fouling becomes detrimental to accuracy. ...
...  remove all existing moly residue in the bore and provide a "fresh" bore surface to  ...
...  shooters is Kroil and J-B Non-Embedding Bore Cleaning Compound. Nothing seems to get  ...
...  deep to loosen and lift it from the bore surface. J-B gently removes the  ...
...  a couple patches of Kroil through the bore followed by several dry patches. Resume  ...
...  stoke J-B about ten times through the bore, followed by two patches of Kroil.  ...
...  by pushing dry patches through the bore until they appear clean and dry.

If  ...
... , run a patch of gun oil through the bore to prevent rust and corrosion. Before  ...
... , dry the bore completely and treat a couple of  ...
...  patches or a bore mop with Brownells Moly Bore Treatment  ...
... . Run it down the bore to burnish the moly into the surface  ...
55% weatherbymanCustoms October 23, 2009, 09:25:41 PM
Bullet laser Bore sighters
...  tell me if they know of a Bullet Laser Boresighter for the WBY 257 Magnum? ...
55% lshoap December 09, 2008, 11:21:51 PM
Which brand bore guide for cleaning
...  you're using the stoney point style bore guide, be aware that there are  ...
51.3% Mike27 January 24, 2008, 04:22:50 AM
Break-in cleaning
...  need, one-piece cleaning rod, bore solvent, jag, brush, 100% cotton  ...
... , and lubricant/oil. Bore guide if you have one.

http://www. ...
...  accumulates quickly on an un-lubricated bore and will degrade accuracy.
 ...
49.8% pignjig March 17, 2010, 08:52:19 PM
Big bore Vannie?
49.5% imr4198 September 01, 2010, 02:02:12 PM
Freebore & C.O.A.L.
...  free bore is there to lower case pressures,  ...
49.4% RugerM77.270 December 03, 2008, 05:32:54 PM
freebore
...  false length measure from a custom freebored barrel. I wouldnt think this could  ...
49.4% 54deg December 31, 2007, 05:31:22 PM
257 Freebore
...  somebody says it should have more freebore,then do it,it's your money.
Also,my  ...
49.4% Twud March 03, 2008, 01:28:16 PM
African Antelope
... .
Why beat yourself up with a large bore that you must calculate drop for when  ...
48.8% LUV2AT8 August 24, 2010, 10:13:18 PM
Shooting a new out of the box Weatherby
...  toy. Use WipeOut or Barns CR10 in the bore to remove all the copper, which ever  ...
...  removal of all the copper use some JB Bore Paste and Kroil, follow the  ...
... ) Run the patch back and forth in the bore 20-30 times or so, use a bore guide for  ...
... . Then run a dry patch through you bore and chamber. I was amaized at the  ...
48.2% eaglesnester August 17, 2010, 02:50:05 PM
Comments about - Butch's Bore Shine
...  anything away for the product ("Iosso Bore Cleaner") I was using. This still  ...
47.8% RSABear October 20, 2008, 04:40:25 AM
Accumark 7mm Question????
... , yes Weatherby only free bores it's own cartridges, all other  ...
46% austin19 February 05, 2010, 02:20:02 AM
First Time Shooting My New 338-378!
...  everyone is aware of that so I will not bore everyone by restating the obvious. I  ...
45.5% haber July 10, 2010, 09:11:27 PM
Bore Guide
...  was wondering what opinions are on bore guides. Are they necessary? What is the  ...
45.4% David January 25, 2010, 04:14:19 AM
Hoppes Boresnake Good or Bad
... Bore Snakes are washable so that any grit/ ...
45.3% npituley February 24, 2009, 06:30:07 PM
Bore guides????
...  six lug 7mm-08 and am intending to buy bore guide no. 18 by Possum Hollow from www. ...
...  for it fitting your rifle. There is a bore guide chart listed and it says the no.  ...
... /staticpages/pdf/Chart_PDFs/EJS_Bore_Guide_Chart.pdf Hope this helps. I  ...
...  been using a bore snake up until now. ...
45.2% George January 27, 2009, 03:24:30 PM
I think I am done with Barnes
...  like to hear more about the use of JB Bore paste.
I have not heard about the  ...
45.2% james7mmwby August 18, 2010, 02:45:21 AM
Who says Weatherbys ante accurate?
...  are not very accurate because of freebore should shoot mine. I do believe that  ...
42.6% eaglesnester December 20, 2009, 02:23:19 PM
Great Book on F. C. Selous!
...  adventurer.

His experience with a 4-bore elephant gun that his gunbearer  ...
...  and the gun went off--it was a 4-bore elephant gun, loaded twice over, and  ...
41.6% Philip June 02, 2010, 09:40:25 PM
Model 70 chambered in 300 weatherby
in Elk

...  in a Weatherby cartridge will be free bored for safety reasons. Norma ammo is very  ...
...  ammo and without a freebore there would be some pressure issues to  ...
...  custom smiths that will minimize freebore on a Weatherby cartridges but will flat  ...
40.4% mackl1 January 11, 2009, 12:07:37 AM
Snake
...  on. i'm pretty picky about how clean my bore is. also if it wont shoot 1/2" at 100  ...
... .
the only cleaners that go in my bore are Montana Extream and Bore-tech  ...
40.3% Richard October 28, 2007, 07:37:03 PM
Scope for big bore rifle.
...  game so I'll be shopping for a big bore in the next couple of years. When I  ...
40.3% james7mmwby July 17, 2009, 01:36:34 AM
Are all/any weatherby shotguns backbored?
...  Browning over/under shotguns are back bored. Check the Browning website- they  ...
40.3% Trenton June 20, 2009, 04:58:49 AM
Cleaning Your Rifle
... , but I have started using the Otis 085 bore cleaner. Have you used that at all? I  ...
40.2% elk_hunter January 05, 2008, 03:04:15 AM
Weatherby Mark V .308 Win
...  hunter. I will do my best to keep my bore dry but is very hard to do in Alaska  ...
40.2% Hawk74 August 19, 2008, 08:07:26 PM

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