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Posted: 4/21/2012 4:09:05 PM
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT It wasn't non-corrosive. Dammit! I scrubbed and scrubbed, and it still looks like shit. |
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Unique1
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Posted: 4/21/2012 4:50:49 PM
I had an SKS many moons ago that did the same. Never did clean up right. Bought three at the time for $60 each. Ended up selling them all for $600 (with 1200 rds of ammo).
Wish I would have kept those. No clue how to clean it out well. On a side note, are you what your name suggests? RC Plane pilot? |
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Posted: 4/21/2012 6:17:46 PM
yes. Been out of it for a couple of years, but still have my stuff, and looking to start again later this summer.
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WI57
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Posted: 4/21/2012 8:19:00 PM
Try soaking with hoppes, kriol, or some solvent to try to get it to release the rust.
A SS brush back and forth until the bristles fall off might help. I had an old mosin with a bore so bad that if you shot a 180gr bullet out of it by the time it left the muzzle it weighed 175gr.... 
I wrapped a old bore brush with a little 0000 steel wool and worked it back and forth a bunch, never shined up but did shoot better after that. |
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Posted: 4/21/2012 10:11:59 PM
No surplus ammo from the eastern block is non-corrosive. Shoot some and clean right after for best results - I have cleaned up some nasty ones this way.
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dalesimpson
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Posted: 4/21/2012 11:36:11 PM
I once ruined a barrel on an M1 Garand shooting Korean "non-corrosive" ammo.
The barrel was beyond saving and I sold it to a guy who re-barreled it to .308. |
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dIIshoots
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Posted: 4/22/2012 12:45:11 AM
Originally Posted By rcav8r:
I was going over some of my guns, esp. the ones I don't use much. In fact, this M48 mauser, I fired less than a box of shells through it when I got it. I bought the ammo surplus, and it was supposed to be non-corrosive. This was 2 years ago or so. It wasn't non-corrosive. Dammit! I scrubbed and scrubbed, and it still looks like shit. Scrubbed and scrubbed is a good thing... now shoot it...a bunch, and scrub some more. You may not be so bad off. I have owned several sewer pipe Mausers that shot beyond my ability. 
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hawzwood
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Posted: 4/22/2012 1:31:27 AM
Electrolysis.
There are a number of ways to do it and I would do a bit more research but here's the general idea. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMk7jz2AWj8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISB3o2qLvd4 |
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hawzwood
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Posted: 4/22/2012 1:32:49 AM
Originally Posted By Unique1: I had an SKS many moons ago that did the same. Never did clean up right. Bought three at the time for $60 each. Ended up selling them all for $600 (with 1200 rds of ammo). Wish I would have kept those. No clue how to clean it out well. On a side note, are you what your name suggests? RC Plane pilot? Funny. I saw this earlier and thought "what's an arch-a-vator"... then it hit me. Slow I am..... |
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Posted: 4/22/2012 9:26:34 AM
[Last Edit: 4/22/2012 9:27:09 AM by rcav8r]
I just may try that electrolysis method...
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Unique1
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Posted: 4/22/2012 9:29:18 AM
Originally Posted By rcav8r: I got into it a couple of years ago. Have a ton of stuff. Might pick it back up this year also. Let me know. I am a rookie though.. yes. Been out of it for a couple of years, but still have my stuff, and looking to start again later this summer. |
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Posted: 4/22/2012 11:52:09 AM
[Last Edit: 4/22/2012 11:54:56 AM by variable]
2 Copper bore brushes, Sweet's 7.62 or Hoppe's and a drill on low setting.
I have cleaned many a corrosive laidened barrel with a slow spinning borebrush on a rod. It must be done on the user end to ensure barrel groove and rotation of the rod match (so it will not come apart). It usually takes a couple of hours (or yes, days) to include the waiting in between soakings (plug the barrel, fill the barrel and ensure no air gaps are in the barrel = pour in the chamber down a string or thin nail). V OUT |
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Posted: 4/22/2012 5:19:13 PM
Originally Posted By Unique1:
Originally Posted By rcav8r:
I got into it a couple of years ago. Have a ton of stuff. Might pick it back up this year also. Let me know. I am a rookie though.. yes. Been out of it for a couple of years, but still have my stuff, and looking to start again later this summer.
I got into it in about 87-88-89 (mind is goin' ). I flew a LOT back then, being single. Went into pattern, placed in top 3 at the 3 major contests in this area in my 2nd year, novice class. Lost interest in pattern after that. Just flew around for years. Started slowing down after having kids. Last year, I sold my Ace Micropro radio and get a 2.4ghz system. Haven't flown yet. Electrics really are taking over the hobby. I maintained my membership in the AMA and local club even when I wasn't flying. |
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Unique1
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Posted: 4/22/2012 8:20:42 PM
Originally Posted By rcav8r: Originally Posted By Unique1: Originally Posted By rcav8r: I got into it a couple of years ago. Have a ton of stuff. Might pick it back up this year also. Let me know. I am a rookie though.. yes. Been out of it for a couple of years, but still have my stuff, and looking to start again later this summer. I got into it in about 87-88-89 (mind is goin' ). I flew a LOT back then, being single. Went into pattern, placed in top 3 at the 3 major contests in this area in my 2nd year, novice class. Lost interest in pattern after that. Just flew around for years. Started slowing down after having kids. Last year, I sold my Ace Micropro radio and get a 2.4ghz system. Haven't flown yet. Electrics really are taking over the hobby. I maintained my membership in the AMA and local club even when I wasn't flying.Got into it maybe three years ago. Here are a few pics. I also have another trainer (built), another cub (bigger and built), and another midwing to build yet. Went to 2.4 ghz. Glad I did too.   And the flying crazy plane. This thing is NUTS to fly.   |
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Posted: 4/23/2012 9:48:04 AM
Is that the MARCS club field I see? Sure looks like it!
I used to have a twist too. Had a Saito .65 in it. Sold it when I got tired of it. |
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Unique1
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Posted: 4/23/2012 12:33:36 PM
Yes it is the field by the heap of trash. Ever swim in that creek at the far side of the field? I did, to retrieve a lost plane of mine.
Dozen people there too. Didn't know there were two foot bridges. I never stunk so bad in my life. Great place to fly from though! |
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Posted: 4/23/2012 2:38:10 PM
Here pal, let me help you with a gentle reminder of that fateful day.
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Aphex
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Posted: 4/23/2012 3:20:02 PM
[Last Edit: 4/23/2012 3:21:03 PM by Aphex]
Originally Posted By none:
Here pal, let me help you with a gentle reminder of that fateful day. That is a Kodak Moment™ if I ever saw one.
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Unique1
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Posted: 4/23/2012 3:46:43 PM
Originally Posted By none: Here pal, let me help you with a gentle reminder of that fateful day. http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a310/alfull/plane.jpg I forgot you were there. Damn.  |
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Posted: 4/23/2012 8:12:27 PM
[Last Edit: 4/23/2012 8:13:17 PM by rcav8r]
ARe you a member there? I'm surprised nobody else from the club helped you, informing you of the bridges and that there are poles you could use to pull your plane closer. :(
I lost a plane in that creek for 2 months when I was a beginner. Nobody could see the damn thing until some members flew over in a ultralite and spotted it. That's the club I belong to also. |
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Unique1
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Posted: 4/23/2012 9:03:55 PM
Originally Posted By rcav8r: ARe you a member there? I'm surprised nobody else from the club helped you, informing you of the bridges and that there are poles you could use to pull your plane closer. :( I lost a plane in that creek for 2 months when I was a beginner. Nobody could see the damn thing until some members flew over in a ultralite and spotted it. That's the club I belong to also. Yeah, nobody said a word. Was a member for two years, didn't fly last year at all. Started a new business, never have time. But I might get back into it this summer, if time frees up. Did you fly out there any time in the last few years? I should think about re-joining. |
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Posted: 4/23/2012 11:09:38 PM
I tried to start flying again last year, guess my fuel is too old, cause it deadsticked on my first pass, I landed, and broke the prop. Didn't have a spare, so went home. But haven't really tried again since then.
Like I said, I keep up my membership, but haven't flow other than above for a few years. |
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Unique1
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Posted: 4/24/2012 8:40:01 AM
Originally Posted By rcav8r: I tried to start flying again last year, guess my fuel is too old, cause it deadsticked on my first pass, I landed, and broke the prop. Didn't have a spare, so went home. But haven't really tried again since then. Like I said, I keep up my membership, but haven't flow other than above for a few years.  One prop? Ha ha ha! I figure that in my costs every time I go in the air. If I don't break at least one prop, it means I never left the ground. Still haven't figured out this whole angle of attack thing on landing yet. |
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Posted: 4/24/2012 11:52:13 AM
I still have my prop from my first plane. Flew that trainer for years, including fun flies. Yes, I broke a few before this one, but once I had that sucker mastered, never broke a prop on that plane again.
Would you believe the reason I'm not working too hard on this hobby right now is because of lack of table space?? I don't have any place to put a plane on to work on it. |
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Unique1
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Posted: 4/24/2012 11:58:32 AM
Originally Posted By rcav8r: I still have my prop from my first plane. Flew that trainer for years, including fun flies. Yes, I broke a few before this one, but once I had that sucker mastered, never broke a prop on that plane again. Would you believe the reason I'm not working too hard on this hobby right now is because of lack of table space?? I don't have any place to put a plane on to work on it. Would I believe it? I'm in exactly the VERY same situation. I have a nice 4X8' table in the basement along with two other 2X8 tables/benches, and they're covered in crap. Yeah, I get it. I still have a plane in a box to build. No place to build it. Guess I'm going to have to work on that sooner or later. It is a lot of fun building them, working on them. ALmost more fun than flying them. |
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Posted: 4/24/2012 6:48:02 PM
I get you there. I have a big stash of kits, 4 or 5 planes in various stages of build, and a whole bunch of plans, and see a few more plans I'd like to get.
It's like ARFcom and ammo...you never have enough. |
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