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08-03-2012, 02:44 PM | #3 | ||||||
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08-03-2012, 06:54 PM | #4 | ||||||
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Frontier pad
Frontier pads work exceptionally well on fine guns without damaging original finishes. Much less abrasive than steel wool and magic on superficial rust. Keep some oil on it. I like Kroil for this. Just don't let the pad contact the wood.
You can also tear off a piece and wrap it around a bore brush to clean out minor rust deposits inside barrels. Works like a charm. |
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08-03-2012, 08:30 PM | #5 | ||||||
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What is a Frontier pad?
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08-03-2012, 08:51 PM | #6 | ||||||
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They look like the old kitchen scrub pads made of spiral shavings of some sort of alloy. I told Tom about them at the Timonium show when I dropped off my case for Kevin to repair. I think he bought a few. It is amazing what they will do. The fellow at the show was selling them 3 for $10.
www.Big45MetalCleaner.com |
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08-04-2012, 08:53 AM | #7 | ||||||
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Thanks for the heads up.
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08-04-2012, 09:20 AM | #8 | |||||||
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I spun one onto a rod's cleaning brush and chucked the cleaning rod in a drill, then used it to clean the loose rust from an old muzzleloader bore. It did a great job of cleaning without honing the bore.
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08-04-2012, 10:12 AM | #9 | ||||||
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It's amazing what you can do with the "Frontier" pads. I've been using them for about three years foe everything that I need to clean up (I won't use steel wool on a gun) from bores to surface rust on actions and barrels. I used it in the bores of my 28 ga. VHE and was amazed at the amount of lead fouling that came out of those 28 ga. bores. The bores looked shiny and very clean when I first bought the gun but little did I know how much lead fouling was really caked smoothly to the bores... mostly in the foreward 6" of choke constriction.
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08-04-2012, 10:20 AM | #10 | ||||||
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I bought a 1953 Sauer 16 ga at auction which had been stored in a LOM case for too many years. Red rust powder everywhere, so bad you couldnt read the name on the side of the receiver. Paid $65. for it. Brought it home and scrubbed everything with WD-40 and the frontier pad. It looks like a brand new gun! All the case colors were still there and I was amazed at how all the freckling on barrels just disappeared!
Once you develop a feel for the amount of pressure to apply you will be quite pleased with the results. Works well on Damascus barrells, as well. The best part is that it does not dull or scratch the surface. |
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