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Removal of Metallic Fouling
How a gun is fouled and how particles of lead are scraped from the bullets on going through the barrel has been described in a chapter that has gone before.
The following solution for removing metallic fouling is also recommended by the War Department: Get y2 ounce of ammonium persulphate; 100 grains ammonium carbonate, 3 ounces of 28 per cent ammonia and 2 ounces of water, which will make enough remover to clean ten rifles. When you buy these chemicals have the persulphate and carbonate powdered; then mix them together, add the ammonia and water, stir the solution well and let it stand for half an hour before using.
Push a cork into the breech end of the barrel, fill the bore with the solution and cork up the muzzle. Let the solution stay in the bore for a couple of hours, or until it has cut the metallic fouling, when it must be emptied and the bore cleaned out with dry flannel as before. You must be mighty careful to remove every particle of the solution from the bore, for it will rust it very quickly. The solution, which is rather costly, can be used several times.
Collins, A. Frederick. Shooting, for Boys,. New York: Moffat, Yard and, 1917. Print.
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