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Slugging a barrel

redneckandyredneckandy Member Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭✭
edited February 2009 in Ask the Experts
Got some Cerrosafe and I am getting ready to slug an old German double rifle. This will be the first time I have tried this so is there any tricks to it?
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  • redneckandyredneckandy Member Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How big do you need a soft lead slug, when measuring barrel size? Are they any change of getting a slug stuck in a pistol barrel? Thanks for any info.
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  • nononsensenononsense Member Posts: 10,928 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    redneckandy,

    This is going to be brief.

    - Clean the barrel and chamber.

    - Lightly lube chamber, LIGHTLY.

    - Plug barrel with a tight patch just above the chamber.

    - Invert barrel muzzle down.

    - Melt Cerrosafe and pour into chamber.

    - Cool, carefully push out with a cleaning rod.

    Midway has a short video of this process located in their Video 'How-To' section on their opening page.

    Best.
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  • mrbrucemrbruce Member Posts: 3,374
    edited November -1
    The only thing I will add, is to be sure you take it out soon enough, if you leave it in to long it will not come out......................
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by redneckandy
    Got some Cerrosafe and I am getting ready to slug an old German double rifle. This will be the first time I have tried this so is there any tricks to it?


    Cerrosafe is used for casting the chamber... not for slugging a bore. Bore slugging is accomplished using a pure lead slug that is slightly larger than the bore diameter, and it involves pushing the soft lead slug through the length of the bore with a push rod. Slugging the bore will determine the exact bore diameter so that proper sized bullets can be determined.

    WACA Historian & Life Member

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  • nononsensenononsense Member Posts: 10,928 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Or it could be he used the wrong term, 'Slugging' in place of what was really meant, 'Casting a Chamber'.

    Only redneckandy can clear this up for us...

    Best.
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  • redneckandyredneckandy Member Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I meant casting the chamber. Anyways I got it done last night without any problems. The rifle is a 9.3x57R like I thought. Just wanted to make sure before I bought dies and bullets. Now, if anyone has a spare set of 9.3x57R dies laying around I could use em...
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by redneckandy
    I meant casting the chamber. Anyways I got it done last night without any problems. The rifle is a 9.3x57R like I thought. Just wanted to make sure before I bought dies and bullets. Now, if anyone has a spare set of 9.3x57R dies laying around I could use em...


    Thanks for the update[:)]

    WACA Historian & Life Member

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