The Home made electric bore cleaner.

[KARL THE GRUNT]

A very good way to clean a rifle or MG bore.

I read about an electric bore cleaner a few years ago as I recall is built like this:

Parts: a stainless steel rod about 3 ft long and thin enough to fit inside the bore without touching the inside of the bore.

wires, a a six volt battery, four alligator clips, a and a 50 /50 mix of ammonia and water and a couple of
insulators.

Construction:

Take the rod and put one insulate on the bottom, one in the middle and one at the muzzle.

Get a six volt battery.
Using about 4 feet of wire for each alligator clip attach the battery pact wires to the clips.

Use:

Remove the barreled receiver from the stock and clamp it upright.
Plug the chamber with a cork and pair in the mixture.

Put the rod in the bore and let about a foot stick out.

attach the wires One, I think the ( N ) to the steel rod and (P) to part of the receiver.

The mixture will start to bubble up. I wrap a rag around the barrel to catch the overflow.


Last step:

Clean the bore and oil the rifle inside and out.
Put him together and head to the range.

I don't know if this would be good for an M-16 as you may have a hard time getting the mixture out of the gas tube (this will annoy the gunny), but it will clean any bolt action rifle.

I used it on a Vz-24, I would have sworn was clean, you know how we are with rifle cleaning, and to my horror,tons of black carbon came off..it looked like jungle mud.

The only problem is that now I have to "electric clean" all my rifles. : )

Karl

[KARL THE GRUNT]

Fellas,

a Doctor friend of mine said to keep the voltage to about 2 volts or you may pull iron molecules out of the bore.
Since he is smarter than me in these matters, I tend to listen when he talks about science.

Again make that 2 volts NOT 6.

karl