Col Del Rio Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Some folks have said that I should polish the chambers on my stoeger shotgun for easier reloading. Of course they neglected to say just how to do it. Suggestions? Colonel Del Rio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpaw Gringo, SASS # 74217 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Polishing the chambers wont make for easier reloading but it will make for easier shucking of the fired shells. I did my SxS by using a bronze bore brush for the correct gauge shotgun you got. I lightly wrapped 000 steel wool around the brush and chucked it up in a cordless drill with a section of a bore rod. I went slow and checked progress every 30 seconds. Go as far as the forcing cone. Did this for a couple of minutes. I followed it up using 0000 steel wool using oil this time. Take it slow and check progress. It doesnt take much. For easier loading, you can slightly chamfer the chambers but I would let someone experienced do that if your not familiar with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Big Tree Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Check out this websites shotgun section. It will guide you through as muck as you want to do. http://marauder.homestead.com/irons.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I don't know how legitimate it is, but I've heard tell of some pards using 2000 grit paper, saturated with honing oil, wrapped around an appropriate size attachment on a rod that is chucked in the electric drill. THEN, a finishing touch using a cloth patch saturated with chrome polish (either paste or liquid) using the drill method also. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 There are all kinds of answers on the forums about chamber polishing do's and don'ts. Ribbed vs smooth hulls. We shoot two Stoeger doubles that have stock chambers and most everything falls out of the chambers. The exception being when I shoot BP but I'm not swabbing out bores between stages. Have you shot it much? Different brands of shells? I did lightly chamfer the top half of the chamber opening. I think that helped my reloading. One roughed out, one stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonmaster ward Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I bought a small size brake cylinder hone from one of the local auto parts places. Chuck it up in a drill. Keep it oiled when using. Works great. Only takes a couple minutes to slick them up. Made the empties fall out of my Stoegers very nice. WW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Henry Quick Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 There are all kinds of answers on the forums about chamber polishing do's and don'ts. Ribbed vs smooth hulls. We shoot two Stoeger doubles that have stock chambers and most everything falls out of the chambers. The exception being when I shoot BP but I'm not swabbing out bores between stages. Have you shot it much? Different brands of shells? I did lightly chamfer the top half of the chamber opening. I think that helped my reloading. One roughed out, one stock. THAT's what I intend to do to my Stoeger. I've seen a couple of guns that were chamfered supposedly by pros that were so deep that they chamfered away the ledge that the rims headspace on. One of those guns was having frequent misfires and I felt that his problem was that his cases were dropping out of reach of the firing pin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Doggle Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Flex Hone Chamber Hone. Be sure to use their brand of cutting oil, or you will ruin the hone. http://www.midwayusa.com/find?userSearchQuery=Flex+Hone+Chamber+hone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Might just as well cut the forcing cones to a long taper, too. Reduces felt recoil, chamber pressure and usually makes for better patterns (as if we need) when using plastic wads. Brownells has a reamer for that, and a tapered hone. I really like the flex hones as you get a great finish and no chance of getting the front of the chamber cut larger than the rear, which just makes shucking that much harder. Yes, I've seen several chambers coned so much as to be sloppy and very prone to letting shells sink so deep into the chamber as to cause problems getting a good primer hit. Enough to be fast, not so much to be failing. Good luck, GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakebite Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Might just as well cut the forcing cones to a long taper, too. Reduces felt recoil, chamber pressure and usually makes for better patterns (as if we need) when using plastic wads. Brownells has a reamer for that, and a tapered hone. I really like the flex hones as you get a great finish and no chance of getting the front of the chamber cut larger than the rear, which just makes shucking that much harder. Yes, I've seen several chambers coned so much as to be sloppy and very prone to letting shells sink so deep into the chamber as to cause problems getting a good primer hit. Enough to be fast, not so much to be failing. Good luck, GJ Yes..... and Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Our new Stoegers look to have very long forcing cones already. Dad's old Stevens has no real forcing cone - almost an abrupt step down from chamber to bore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan Disorderly Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 i used my dremel with a cotton polishing wheel and simichrome chrome polish - use it to polish all my parts now, as well as the chambers in my shotgun. Way cheaper than a hone and you're not taking any metal off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Paso Bob, SASS # 71572 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I just ordered 2 hones from Midway last night, 12 gauge and a 20 gauge and an 8 ounce bottle of honing oil. My biggest lost time in a stage is unloading stuck shucks, and it seems the more shotgun targets there are on the stage, the tighter my shucks are stuck. Spent to much on my shotguns to possibly screw them up to save 50 bucks on home made hones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 In the gunsmithing world, the Dremel is called the "gunsmith's best friend". Makes them lots of money, and they never even have to buy one. Good luck, GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I have a Dremal tool and use it for somethings but most often rely on hacksaw, files, stones and emery cloth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phiren Smoke GUNFIGHTER Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 In the gunsmithing world, the Dremel is called the "gunsmith's best friend". Makes them lots of money, and they never even have to buy one. Good luck, GJ I have heard this many times myself, but blaming a Dremel or any other tool when a gun is damaged is a lot like blaming a gun when some one is shot. I am not flaming anyone, just stating my opinion. My apologies for the serious tone, Smoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Hair Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Just remember, no matter how to decide to hone the chambers, REMOVE THE EXTRACTORS BEFORE HONING. I use the Flex-Hone, myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655 Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I wrapped scotch bright around a long 30 caliber dewey cleaning jag. Chucked it up in my drill press used a little birchwood casey gun oil and held the barrels and ran them up and down until barrel started to get warm, switched sides. Check progress repeat, when pretty satisfied with the results put a little of that head light rubbing liquid on the scotch bright and repeated process, got the Baikal chambers really shiny. If you have a drill press I think it is easier to hold the barrels straight than it is to use a vise or something to hold the barrels and run the drill in and out straight. Holding either straight may well be over rated but... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idaho Coyote' Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 BRM Flex-Hone, Industrial Brushes, Wire BrushesThese guys make cylinder hones that work nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Del Rio Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Thanks to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Ron Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Howdy, Clean chambers however you like. Then take a brass brush cover with cleaning patch and dab on the cheapest white toothpaste from walmart; costs about a buck. Give firing chamber a good buffing. Seems to work for pistols, rifle shotgun. And keeps your shootin irons minty fresh.... I did this one time when I had to use Lewis lead remover on my blackhawks. They were so bad 38s would hardly go IN. I could get the fired 38 cases out without using the ejector rod for several shots. Be sure to rinse and spit. Best CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Paso Bob, SASS # 71572 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 BRM Flex-Hone, Industrial Brushes, Wire Brushes These guys make cylinder hones that work nicely Excellent source of Hones, brushes and information, thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooting Bull Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Be sure to rinse and spit. Best CR Unless there's a lady around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 I have heard this many times myself, but blaming a Dremel or any other tool when a gun is damaged is a lot like blaming a gun when some one is shot. I am not flaming anyone, just stating my opinion. My apologies for the serious tone, Smoke It's a gunsmith joke, son, it's just a joke. That is why there were grins and giggles after it. Sheesh. Heavens to Murgatroyd. Who was Murgatroyd, anyway? Murgatroyd, the first frog on the Moon, in First Boy on the Moon, a 1959 children's novel by Clifford B. Hicks ?? Exit, stage left, and Good luck, GJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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