Maggie’s Barrel Weevils Are Real!

lash · 2025-05-01T14:08:48-0400

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 · 2025-05-01T14:22:49-0400

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

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

lash · 2025-05-01T14:25:56-0400

Sean the Nailer said:
So THAT explains all your bad groups and multiple fliers, then?

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

Exactly! How did you know?

Mike Casselton · 2025-05-01T14:38:50-0400

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

lash · 2025-05-01T14:44:43-0400

Mike Casselton said:
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 · 2025-05-01T14:45:35-0400

Where’s @Frank Green when you need him?

Frank Green · 2025-05-01T14:51:09-0400

I've seen worse!

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

lash · 2025-05-01T17:57:24-0400

Frank Green said:
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 · 2025-05-01T18:07:40-0400

And now we know the weevil that men do.

lash · 2025-05-01T18:12:49-0400

Ronws said:
And now we know the weevil that men do.

zeroz · 2025-05-01T18:19:24-0400

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

JM4590 · 2025-05-01T18:39:26-0400

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

lash · 2025-05-01T18:57:50-0400

JM4590 said:
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 · 2025-05-01T19:07:29-0400

zeroz said:
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 · 2025-05-01T20:29:44-0400

Ronws · 2025-05-01T20:45:20-0400

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

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

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