97B"E" borescope video, target results for 4-23-20 range visit 50/100 yds

[Joe L]

I got a new Teslong borescope a couple of weeks ago and posted some results for my P-09 and P-10 pistols in the polymer forum.  Next I got my 97B"E" bullseye pistol out for the first time in a year and a half and borescoped that barrel, then tried to get every bit of copper and carbon out, but quit before it was clean when viewed with a borescope.  It was cleaner than I had ever tried to get it when I shot bullseye matches with it, however.  I don't think I have shot anything but 185 gr JHP bullets in this pistol.  Maybe a few FMJ, but always jacketed.

So I decided to go to the local outdoor range and shoot it at 50 yards and then at 100 and just see if the accuracy was still there.  Next, I put together a before and after range trip video of the barrel bore, just document at least for myself, what a typical .45 pistol bore can look like and still shoot well. 

https://youtu.be/rPOILsZBF7c

These aren't the best groups I've shot with this pistol, I am out of practice shooting from a rest on a bench at this altitude, and I am certainly out of practice with this pistol, so cut me some slack here.  But the borescope views are something new and interesting to me.  My first thought after viewing this bore after the 9mm pistols was "here we go again, I am a barrel abuser and this gun probably won't shoot well any longer".  Summary--the 9's were fine, the .45 is fine, in spite of carbon and copper still in the bores. 

Joe

[Dan Wesson]

Makes me afraid to get a borescope.  Thanks for the video--well done!

[longgonedaddy]

My barrel looked kinda like that before I cleaned it today.  Just without as much copper build up. 

[Joe L]

Here is a video I made this morning after soaking a 1911 Kart barrel for nearly 24 hours.  I'm thinking I'll do this with the 97B"E" barrel this week when I get some more solvent.

https://youtu.be/f1mqq0KQCfw

Joe

[NMShooter]

I have a Teslong myself and it’s created a lot of work for me haha. I have a rifle with a break which I never really knew how clean barrel was because I couldn’t see the bore. What I thought was clean wasn’t. It’s a good investment: I can now see if the barrel is clean, or if there’s machine marks, if the lug recess has debris, and the condition of the throat. Really good tool.

[skin]

Again, great video!  I'm going to make a wild guess,  as soon as an affordable bore scope became available, cleaning solvent sales skyrocketed.