Anyone polish their bore

[burntmuch]

Ive polished centerfire bores. Just wondering if anyone does it with Muzzleloaders. Does it help break in a barrel.

[cayugad]

I have personallyintentionally polished the bore of a muzzleloader. If you think about it.. when you JB Bore Paste them you are technically doing that, so yes I have. A lot of times a rifle, old or new, can have burrs or ruff spots in them.. Some mild abrasive like JB Bore Paste or some use a jewelry paste would have the effect of smoothing out the ruff spots. So I think a lot of us do.

As to whether it helps break in a barrel faster... without doubt. I have seen rifles do a day and night change over on the range with a simply application of bore paste. Especially in the traditional roundball barrels. It used to be said, never get too excited about your muzzleloaders accuracy until you have a couple hundred rounds through it. That was because many of the old barrels, that were rifled were done in such a manner that the bore was ruff in spots, had burrs, etc.. and it used to take 200 rounds to smooth them out. The new barrels I personally feel are much better as far as the ruff spots in them.

[SuperKirby]

Being a rookie and all, I've never done this with either a centerfire of a ML.Could you perhaps explain a little better what it is and how to do it? You said it helps epsecially with roundball barrels,would it make a noticeable difference in my KRB7?

[hossdaniels]

I used some JB bore paste on the bore of my savage to smooth it up a little. Just put some on a patch and run down and back about 5-10 times(breech first better), then do itagain, and again, and again. I've heard anywhere from 100-500 strokes. I did 100, and still clean with it occasionally. Smoothed the bore ajust a little bit. I dont think you can hurt a bore with this stuff, as it is a very very mild abrasive. Old benchrest shooters swear by the stuff.

[Chris W.]

I've never done the JB bore paste, but I make a point to put a full box of conicals through a new rifle before starting to shoot sabots. That seems to smooth things out nicely enough.

[cayugad]

When I want to JB Bore Paste a rifle, I first clean the rifle bore spotless. Then put a coat of oil in the bore. Next have a number of patches, a cleaning jag, all the stuff you might need, and the bore paste. It helps to have the barrel in a vice or a helper. Take a tight fitting patch, smear it with the Bore Paste, and then start the process. Work in long smooth strokes muzzle to breech. As you work the bore you will actually feel if there is a ruff spot sometimes, through the ramrod or the way it slides. Pay special attention to those areas..

After 15-20 stokes of the Bore Paste, change patchs and work another patch through the bore... Depending on how the bore feels, I have done as many and four patches with twenty strokes each. After that give the rifle a real good cleaning. I like to start with a hot soap and water bath. Then run some solvent patches through the bore. And finally a brass bore brush with some solvent. I scrub the bore good, and then solvent patch it a little more. This is to make sure all the bore paste is out of the bore. Then dry patch it and be sure and put a new coat of oil in the bore because you have removed any protection to the metal that might have been in there.

[Gotbuck]

I'm Polish and I polish my bore[:-]
Just kidding, all I do is run a silicon lubbed patch in the bore right before storage. If you shoot a lot of conicals it pretty much takes care of any burring in new rifles and is a heck of a lot of fun in the process.