Luger bore looking rather icky
 

About to buy a DWM 1915 Luger that has been Nickel plated. which sucks.
the gun is all matching, minus the take down lever is broken and the gun itself is nickel plated. But oh well at the price i am paying for it idc.:D But they did mention that the barrel was rather dirty and somewhat looking as if it was pitted? I asked how so, and was told the barrel was messed up from being fired with corrosive ammo. Does any good methods to clean up luger barrels?

The best, although expensive, is electro-bore cleaning.

According to this web site, you can make your own electro- bore cleaning kit without much of an investment.

http://www.surplusrifle.com/reviews/copperout/index.asp

I had an M1 Garand rifle with a bore that looked completely hopeless. I cleaned it as well as possible using Hoppe's #9 Bore Cleaner and a bronze bore brush. No matter how much I scrubbed it, it still looked awful.

On a whim, I entered an NRA sanctioned High Power match and used it. I was amazed that after the match was over, the bore was in near perfect condition. (I did not win, but did respectable.)

So you might try cleaning it as best you can, and then do some shooting with it just to see what it looks like after it has been shot. (Just a thought)

Mauser720 - Ron

Ron, How many rounds did you fire in your Garand

in order to clean up the bore?

Thanks.

Bob

Spartacus38 -

I believe that was a fourty round match if memory serves me correctly. And there were probably 3 rounds to verify zero in the beginning. However, I don't know how many rounds had been fired before it was actually "clean." I just know that when I came home and got ready to clean it and put it away, the bore was amazingly shiny and bright, and even the rifling looked good.

Mauser720 - Ron

I use a very similar process as mentioned above to clean cast iron skillets. Only I use gallons of solution and 40 volts of DC and it takes much longer then 15 minutes to clean one of those nasty skillets.

I second that. I've done the same thing with the same results, on occasion.

It might help and it can't hurt. You lose nothing but a box of ammo, which you still get to shoot! :D

Bore
 

Thank you Ron; I will try it sometime

and see what happens.

Bob

Shame! You should never degrease an iron skillet!

actually after proper seasoning they not only look better but cook better as well.

All that cooked on grease can add up to a few pounds. All that carbon can hide what the cookware really is. The last Dutch oven I cleaned turned out to be marked "ERIE" meaning it was an 1870's Griswold! I made a pot of beans in it last night, slow cooked all day, man were they good! Cleaned up easy and ready for stew today!

I shot a p38 barrel clean. It had been in a drawer since the war and was beautiful.....except for the barrel. I thought it was hopeless after a good cleaning. just 50 rounds later, it was like a different barrel. Not new, mind you, but good and serviceable.......if ya got it, shoot the hell out of it!

Lugers are so accurate, that some bore erosion or pitting seldom affects their accuracy much...