Alex
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Interesting. I wonder if firing a dozen rounds of non-corrosive ammo
through it at the end of the day would help clean out the crap.

That's a very good question. When I got my Longbranch SMLE enfield, it had a pretty rusty barrel. Oh it was safe but I wasn't going to waste a couple hrs swabbing it with wire bristles when I could sight it in. At the old farm I had about a 300 yd range set up and I took some loaded magazines with me. Sprays everything down with a generous amount of cheap penetrating oil and had at it.

After about 30 rds of fast "cock-aim-pull" type shooting, it was hot and as inaccurate as it could be. I pulled the bolt and looked through the barrel. Man did it clean up!

I let it cool then went through a total pull down, cleaned it up reassembled and oiled. Except for some unavoidable pitting, it's got a really nice full bore. But yes, all those rotten corrosive surplus rounds really knocked loose the crud!