How to protect your muzzle crown cleaning from muzzle.
04-26-2016, 05:44 PM
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Aiken, South Carolina
Posts: 55
How to protect your muzzle crown cleaning from muzzle.
When cases get tired they can be recycled for a new life. This is what I do with 30.06 cases to give them a new life in saving barrels from unnecessary damage from cleaning rod.
Many semi autos and lever guns are cleaned from the muzzle. Its a five step process for 30 cal.
1. Clean your brass and neck size only without the expander in your full length die. I first size in 30.06 FL die.
2. Next remove expander from 308 Win die and roll shoulder back a little bit at a time relubing before every move.
3.Next remove the expander and run in 7/08 die. Do this in about three stages and re-lubing the neck shoulder and roll the shoulder back.
4. Remove expander from a 260 die and reduced neck down making it smaller.
5. Chuck case in lathe and drill out as indicated. Try your cleaning rod. It is doesn't want to slide on rod run case in 260 die with expander in place.
When you get through you can scrub your barrel to make it cleaner without fear of damaging crown and ruining your accuracy. Also works on 35 cal 44 cal barrels to protect the crow
Many semi autos and lever guns are cleaned from the muzzle. Its a five step process for 30 cal.
1. Clean your brass and neck size only without the expander in your full length die. I first size in 30.06 FL die.
2. Next remove expander from 308 Win die and roll shoulder back a little bit at a time relubing before every move.
3.Next remove the expander and run in 7/08 die. Do this in about three stages and re-lubing the neck shoulder and roll the shoulder back.
4. Remove expander from a 260 die and reduced neck down making it smaller.
5. Chuck case in lathe and drill out as indicated. Try your cleaning rod. It is doesn't want to slide on rod run case in 260 die with expander in place.
When you get through you can scrub your barrel to make it cleaner without fear of damaging crown and ruining your accuracy. Also works on 35 cal 44 cal barrels to protect the crow
04-26-2016, 07:16 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: gilbert az
Posts: 1,168
great idea ! question for you on the subjects of inverted crowns for muzzleloaders what do you recommend to touch up and or doing a inverted crown some are saying they use a round ball that chucks up to a drill probably carbide ? what's your thought on it. don't forget lot of people don't have a lathe in the garage so hand tools are the only option. thanks !!
07-17-2016, 05:59 PM
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Eastern PA
Posts: 12,746
great idea ! question for you on the subjects of inverted crowns for muzzleloaders what do you recommend to touch up and or doing a inverted crown some are saying they use a round ball that chucks up to a drill probably carbide ? what's your thought on it. don't forget lot of people don't have a lathe in the garage so hand tools are the only option. thanks !!
