Do you folks suggest polishing the chrome lined Benelli barrels ?
I have heard that you should not. Thanks for any advice .
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All I've heard is that it is not recommended or needed. I would deep clean it, and call it good enough. I do not polish my Benelli's. Mike
Bad idea.
A good deep clean is all that should be done.
What exactly is "a good deep cleaning"? What is involved and how is this done? Sorry if this is a dumb question. Roy
Quote from: rtsj on June 30, 2011, 10:55:02 AM
What exactly is "a good deep cleaning"? What is involved and how is this done? Sorry if this is a dumb question. Roy
http://allaboutshooting.com/article_info.php?articles_id=282
Quote from: goblr77 on June 30, 2011, 11:25:47 AM
Quote from: rtsj on June 30, 2011, 10:55:02 AM
What exactly is "a good deep cleaning"? What is involved and how is this done? Sorry if this is a dumb question. Roy
http://allaboutshooting.com/article_info.php?articles_id=282
thanks goblr77. There are many great links on that site :icon_thumright:
They are smooth as silk for sure if only they were a little larger ID. Oh well, you can't have it all.
I know this is an old thread.
I do in moderation use JB bore paste then follow up with JB bore shine on my Benelli barrels. I use a guide rod with a bore guide by hand. About 10 or so strokes with the paste and 30 or so with the shine. Gets them shinning like a mirror. I've never had any problems. I don't go overboard with it though. I even use this method on my Rhino chokes as well. My whole set-up is shinny. :icon_thumright:
what you are doing is not enough to cause a problem and probably cleans effectively. What is being described in this thread is placing a cleaning rod in a electric drill, soaking a skotch brite pad in JB and oil, wraping the pad around a cleaning brush and high speed polishing the barrel with this setup for 15 to 30 minutes, replacing pads often. This should not be done to a chrome lined barrel. In fact the chrome is there so that polishing a bore to this extend is not needed. Now polishing a choke is not recommended. You actually want a choke to grab the wad and slow it down to help the shot seperate from it cleanly. If yours is working for you though no big deal. Most of us put a flush Improved cylinder choke in the gun for this type of polishing.
None of my guns will ever see a drill. Of course they are all chrome lined except my O/U. I put my cylinder factory tube in while polishing. The Rhino chokes come with a polished finish.
Quote from: Skeeterbait on February 12, 2013, 05:17:51 PM
what you are doing is not enough to cause a problem and probably cleans effectively. What is being described in this thread is placing a cleaning rod in a electric drill, soaking a skotch brite pad in JB and oil, wraping the pad around a cleaning brush and high speed polishing the barrel with this setup for 15 to 30 minutes, replacing pads often. This should not be done to a chrome lined barrel. In fact the chrome is there so that polishing a bore to this extend is not needed. Now polishing a choke is not recommended. You actually want a choke to grab the wad and slow it down to help the shot seperate from it cleanly. If yours is working for you though no big deal. Most of us put a flush Improved cylinder choke in the gun for this type of polishing.
A standard choke is not going to 'grab' the wad. Not no way, not no how.
He was referring to a Rhino choke, a ported choke. The sharp internal edge of ports in chokes help slow wads. You do not want to blunt those edges by polishing.
Quote from: 01Foreman400 on February 12, 2013, 08:37:49 PM
I put my cylinder factory tube in while polishing
That clarifies it.
Ports in chokes help to reduce muzzle jump andrecoil by releasing some of the gasses. Studs inside the choke may help slightly slow the wad,but ports, nope.
Well... your just plain wrong.
I'm not quite convinced polishing a Chrome bore has a advantage - I would like to see a before and after comparison before I give it a try
Ports .....pick up a all ready shot , shotgun wad/cup and you will notice some score marks from some makes of ported choke tubes its from the ports
Kicks , Rhino , Puregold and many more use ports in varying angles to catch the wad , different chokes have varying effects on a wad as it passes - some have ports at oncoming 90 deg others have i t in the parallel section ,other forcing cone area
some use wad catchers like Indian Creek , wad catchers are rings in the forcing cone they catch the wad for a fraction of a second
some use straight rifling like william {sumtoy } Indian Creek , M.A.D and Primos/Jelly Head have diagonal porting that has a straight rifling effect
Indeed ports slow the wad, that is why they are there!!! If you look at an already shot shotshell wad you will SEE the proof.
To expand further on this, ports slow wads in two ways working together. The sharp rim of the port physically grabs the plastic wad as it is compressed thru the choke. As the back of the wad passes ports, gas is vented resulting in a compression release effect like a compression release on an engine assists the brakes. This further assists the leading ports to grab and slow the wad as some of the driving force behind the wad is bled off simultaneously. It doesn't have to slow it much to assist the shot collumn to move on out ahead of the wad and reduce chances of disruption of the shot string by the wad in flight. Recoil reduction by ports in a choke is negligable because the radial ports vent gas in all directions. This is different from ports in the top of a barrel which vent upward only to counter muzzle rise.
I would bet that if blind folded you could not tell the difference in the "felt" recoil of a ported choke and non ported choke.
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