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CZ LONG ARMS => CZ BREN => Topic started by: ArtieTheOneManParty on November 18, 2017, 04:16:31 PM

Title: Barrel discolored after first usage
Post by: ArtieTheOneManParty on November 18, 2017, 04:16:31 PM: I shot my Bren 805 for the first time today, and it was great! I'm just curious about the barrel, it seems to have changed color (lighter), and I wanted to make sure this was normal.

I'm trying to use photobucket for my pics, so lets see if it works:

Before:
(http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p782/preardon10/IMG_20171114_212005_zpsfj2awkof.jpg)

After:

(http://i1351.photobucket.com/albums/p782/preardon10/IMG_20171118_153922_zpsrejgx3gy.jpg)
Title: Re: Barrel discolored after first usage
Post by: Grendel on November 18, 2017, 04:18:01 PM: Looks like you burnt the oil out of it. CLP it.
Title: Re: Barrel discolored after first usage
Post by: ArtieTheOneManParty on November 18, 2017, 04:25:02 PM: Sorry, but I'm a newbie to firearms. What exactly do you mean? I have CLP in my cleaning kit, but I'm not sure what you are telling me to do with it.
Title: Re: Barrel discolored after first usage
Post by: Earl Keese on November 18, 2017, 05:01:09 PM: Quote from: ArtieTheOneManParty on November 18, 2017, 04:25:02 PM
Sorry, but I'm a newbie to firearms. What exactly do you mean? I have CLP in my cleaning kit, but I'm not sure what you are telling me to do with it.
Rub it down w/CLP.
Title: Re: Barrel discolored after first usage
Post by: ArtieTheOneManParty on November 18, 2017, 05:04:51 PM: Thanks, that's what I thought he meant, but I wanted to make sure first.
Title: Re: Barrel discolored after first usage
Post by: Earl Keese on November 18, 2017, 07:05:12 PM: Congrats on the new gun by the way, very nice!
Title: Re: Barrel discolored after first usage
Post by: armoredman on November 18, 2017, 09:25:44 PM: Nothing to worry about, just give her a rub down with your usual oil, light coat. Great rifle, ain't it?
Title: Re: Barrel discolored after first usage
Post by: M1A4ME on November 19, 2017, 08:33:06 AM: It's a good idea, to wipe the steel/iron parts down with an oily rag/cloth after cleaning.

Even the old/tough Parkerizing used on US military weapons needs some oil on the surface of it to help keep it from rusting.

I'm not sure that oiling a cerakote finish does much good, but I do it anyway. Sooner or later it'll wear through somewhere and without some oil on the bare metal wear spots they'll rust.

Rust/corrosion = bad. Bad for appearance, bad for functional reliability, bad for you if you depend on that weapon. I remember my father-in-law saying that semi-autos ran better "dry". I also remember him trading his off every few years for a new deer rifle/pistol when reliability issues or accuracy issues developed.
Title: Re: Barrel discolored after first usage
Post by: ArtieTheOneManParty on November 21, 2017, 10:44:19 AM: Thanks, I can't wait to get back to the range to shoot it some more! I just picked up a cheap red dot as well.
Title: Re: Barrel discolored after first usage
Post by: armoredman on November 22, 2017, 04:18:22 AM: Which one? I have the inexpensive TRS-32 on mine, and the 5 MOA dot is big at 100 yards, it's still very, very usable.
Title: Re: Barrel discolored after first usage
Post by: ArtieTheOneManParty on November 22, 2017, 08:12:14 AM: I gave the AT3 Tactical RD-50 a shot. It says it's a 2 MOA. I entered a raffle to win won (and didn't), but they gave me a coupon code for $15 off, so I think it ended up being around $70 with a height adapter.