whoops found some rust on my 7mmremmag

[James 1]

Took the gun out for some practice last sunday and found some rust just inside the barrel. Is there anything I can do or is my barrel toast.??

[Pathfinder76]

Run a couple of swabs soaked with oil down it and then a good snug fitting bronze brush a few times. Run a couple of dry tight fitting patches down to clean the crud out and then have a look.

[elkhunter11]

Is it rust or copper fouling?

[Dick284]

Do your best to clean it up, and then shoot it and see if you have accuracy issues.

[huntinstuff]

Yup its toast

Probably real dangerous to shoot. I have an idea tho....

Lucky for you I have $150 burning a hole in my pocket, I will buy it off you in the name of safety

I will pm my address to you

[Cowboybob]

Do like Chuck says. Clean it and shoot it. It's really the only way to figure out what the effect of the rust (if it is rust and not just copper fouling as Elkhunter questioned). One of the most accurate rifles I've ever owned had a dark spot halfway down the barrel. It was a lightweight carbine that shot half inch groups. Sometimes the sum total of all the flaws is zero. I sure wouldn't write-off the rifle due to a fleck or two of rust.

[gitrdun]

As cowboybob said, and not only that even if it is rust and it affects accuracy, you can always chop an inch or two and get it re-crowned without too much velocity loss.