Evening star., 1915-09-12

up so that cleaning after using black
| powder is very messy job.
! r. NJ T.-Do you consider the model Il
| high power slide action aarone with 1Sla-
| inch BARREL % caliber accurate and
powerful enough for deer. bear. wood
chucks. etc? How long should the bar
| rel last, or, in other words, how many
rounds of ammunition could be used
| before the barrel wears out?
Answer-Very satisfactory for this work
| The length of life of barrel depends &C
entirely on the care it receives that it is
very difficult to state a definite date for
a barrel would be good for 1000 to 5000
! rounds before the accuracy fell off to
any noticeable extent, and would un-
doubtedly shoot many thousand more
sufficiently accurate for all hunting
purposes.
E. c. H-Can you tell how I can blue
gun barrel?
Answer would advise sending it to
the makers.
w. B. H., jr.-1. Please give me good
recipe for removing metal and nitro
fouling from a Krag-Jorgensen rife
Answer-A recipe for removing metal
fouEng is as follows:
Ammonium carbonate. 200 grs.
Ammonium hydrate. OF.
Ammonium persulphate, 1 OF.
Distilled water o.
A brass bristle brush and good nitro
solvent oil, which can, of course, be oo-
tanned from any hardware or sporting
goods dealer will remove nitro foul
ing, i.e, the actual powder residue.
2. Does the United States government
sell ammunition for the Krag?
Answer-Yes; but only through the Ma
tional Rifle Association or the National
Guard.
J. DIS it safe or practical to use high
| a. sat,F
1856 rifles not having nickel steel
barrels?
AnSwer-Yes.
+ E. s.-What is good for rust in a rife
barrel?
Answer-If barrel is not badly
rusted, the best thing is good brass
bristle brush and nitro solvent oil and
plenty of ''elbow grease"
What is good to keep rife from
rusting?
Answer-A thorough cleaning and n
thorough coating on the inside of the
barrel with a good gun grease is the
snrest way. Some of the nitro solvent
oils are efficient. although no oil is as
good as a heavy grease.
| have a rifle which catches rust in
about two days after / clean it. When
get done shooting I clean it out good
with Oil. Then l give it coating of
the same oil and set it away until the
side of the barrel until lit shines like
looking glass. The outside gets a
good cleaning, too. Then I give it a
coating of oil and vaseline. In about
two days a thin layer of rust is under
the oil and vaselne. l do not clean my
rifle when it is cold. set it by the
stove until it gets warm and then
clean it good. I have another rifle
which l give the same treatment and |
can set it ava. for six months and 1t
won't have sneck of rust on it.
Answer-You do not say what caliber
the rife is. AS you speak above OF
30 caliber cartridges ! assume it is a
90 caliber rifle. If so. ] am almost
willing to bet you are useing smokeless
cartridges. The best way to stop rust
when using smokeless cartridges is to
stop using smokeless cartridges.
Use Iesp1ok or semi-smoke1ess cart
ridges. They do not have the corro-
sive effect on the barrel that smoke
less powder has. This is not in any
sense knock on any particular make
cf cartridges. as all - caliber smoke
less cartridges have a vicious effect
on the barrel. No Cre has yet sue
ceeded in developing a powder for .22
caliber cartridges which will not have
this effect l would also suggest that
you use a nitro solvent oil instead of
the one you are now using.