Hello Gents,
I posed the same question on another site, but did not get much help. The spent brass from my Remy conversion is quite difficult to remove. I gather that my chambers need polishing. One can clearly see the tooling marks and I do not want to remove too much material. Any suggestions?
Warmest regards,
Christopher Raison
Howdy Mr. Raison.
I have a very specific suggestion. Get a
Flex-Hone of the correct chamber size (caliber) and the special honing oil that Brownell's recommends, and follow the directions. It's simple and can be done easily with a hand drill or small drill press. Don't be stingy with the oil!
It won't take too long, either. Like you, I was worried about taking too much metal, but I don't think you can. The little abrasive-loaded balls will wear out before you wear off too much steel. Start by doing each cylinder/chamber as you count in your head from one to twenty at the same pace, and giving each chamber the same amount of time. Keep the hone (and drill) moving up & down a little at the same time. (Only a little up-&-down movement is needed.) It's easy and not too messy.
Took me less than an hour. One hone lasts for about one sixgun, done properly.
'Taint cheap, but it does a good job ... if you do YOUR part! I did mine when they were about $28 ea. and I thought it was expensive THEN. I see that nothing has changed.
Looky here >>> http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=41630/Product/FLEX-HONE-RIFLE-POLISHING-SYSTEMThey are caliber specific, and the oil is shown at the bottom of the page. You'll end up with enough oil for doing ALL your guns, even buying the small can, but it can be used like any fine oil when you're done honing. (To use ALL the oil, you'll need to buy more hones; i.e. one for
each gun. But you'll have enough oil!) You won't get RID of those scratches that are visible, but they'll be polished to where it works right. (Oh - ignore the "Rifle" wording. It works for revolver chambers, too.)
I'd be remiss if I didn't mention to check your loads to make sure they aren't over-specs and causing the sticking in the first place, but I assume you've done that already.