22LR chamber - polishing technique?

glock24

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  • Sep 14, 2006
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    I have a couple 22LR pistols that seem like they could use a little TLC. I'm not looking to recut or dimensionally change the chamber, just improve the surface finish.

    I was thinking a Dremel tool, but I'm open to suggestions. Is there a favorite polishing wheel and compound out there?
     
    I had an aftermarket 10/22 barrel that wasn't allowing proper extraction from a rough chamber finish.
    A couple of snug fitting patches with the red JB bore bright and maybe 30-40 strokes per patch was enough to smooth it out.
     
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    Take a worn out brush that fits the chamber, place a patch around it that has some JB paste applied. Swab around a few minutes then clean as usual. Take a couple of cotton Qtips, cut the head off leaving about an inch of the stem so that you put in a dremel. Put some Flitz polish on the Qtip and run into the chamber at medium speed. Do that a few times, then run a clean Qtip through, followed by a few clean patches. This should give you a nice polished chamber.
     
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