Maggie’s Barrel Weevils Are Real!

[lash]

I have an early Savage .338LM FCP that saw a lot of use 6-10 years ago, but sat out unloved for the last few years. Today I decided to take it out and clean it up. A cursory visual down the barrel showed something about half way down, so to clean out the dust (and apparently also copper corrosion) I wet a patch and ran it through.

Now I kid you not, this was not a staged photo nor a fake. This was actually in the bore. And I did not put it in there. This is how the patch came out.

 

[Sean the Nailer]

So THAT explains all your bad groups and multiple fliers, then?

(you set that one up.....)

 

[lash]

So THAT explains all your bad groups and multiple fliers, then?

(you set that one up.....)

Exactly! How did you know?

 

[Mike Casselton]

Did you run out of oatmeal and cause the weevil to move to a new home?

 

[lash]

Did you run out of oatmeal and cause the weevil to move to a new home?

Hahaha! I forgot that I told you that story.

Well actually…
I recall that a couple years back, while moving things around, the rifle sat unloved in the dry garage. It must have been around the same time that I found a lot of weevils in a bag of birdseed my wife had in the garage. It’s the only thing that I can figure.

 

[lash]

Where’s @Frank Green when you need him?

 

[Frank Green]

I've seen worse!

At least that will shoot out when you pull the trigger!

 

[lash]

I've seen worse!

At least that will shoot out when you pull the trigger!

Yeah, but wasn’t there a thread about barrel worms? I mean, it’s more plausible that steel weevils invaded one of those crappy Salvage barrels, right?

Plus, as @Sean the Nailer pointed out, this gives me an excuse to for crappy shooting.

 

[Ronws]

And now we know the weevil that men do.

 

[lash]

And now we know the weevil that men do.

 

[zeroz]

What the hell am I doing here, Im way to young to be in this thread.

 

[JM4590]

Between that and copper…..I’d say you got the lesser of two weevils!

 

[lash]

Between that and copper…..I’d say you got the lesser of two weevils!

Yeah, well there’s lots of copper too. Looks like there needs to be a serious cleaning. I guess I’ll try out that copper cleaner I bought a while back.

 

[lash]

What the hell am I doing here, Im way to young to be in this thread.

"Who knows what weevil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"

 

[Slash0311]

 

[Ronws]

"Who knows what weevil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!"

Damn it! That is the one I should have started with.

 

[lash]