I have just received a cheap Chinese borescope, and I must say, I'm really pleased.
For less that £50 from Amazon I think it's great value - It took around a week to arrive. It plugs into your PC/Laptop USB port or most android phones and tablets.
The diameter is just less than .2 including a focusable right angle mirror and has adjustable illumination.
Inside my .22lr Finnfire barrel with a 8" android tablet (Won't work with Ipad or boing)
Re: Cheap Chinese bore scope - I'm impressed
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:02 pm
by The Gun Pimp
Yep - an excellent bit of kit. I have a Hawkeye but I've bought one of these.
We see lots of barrel cleaning methods expounded on the Forum but, a borescope is the only way to really know if your cleaning regime works.
At the moment, these borescopes are dirt cheap but I suspect someone will soon cotton-on and the price will rocket.
Re: Cheap Chinese bore scope - I'm impressed
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 7:06 am
by Sim G
My local dealer reckons a bore scope is a great way to buy a rifle, but a terrible method for selling one!!
Re: Cheap Chinese bore scope - I'm impressed
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 7:47 am
by Blackstuff
Mine arrived at 7pm last night! Really easy to set up too, just plug and play more or less. Will probably only upset myself using it buy hey-ho!
Re: Cheap Chinese bore scope - I'm impressed
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 10:28 am
by rox
This borescope at this link is fulfilled by Amazon and available with next day delivery.
It looks the same. It sounds the same from the description. It's the same price. I'll let you know if it *is* the same tomorrow.
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Re: Cheap Chinese bore scope - I'm impressed
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 1:06 pm
by Les
1066 - thanks for the link!
I've bought a couple of "borescopes" which turned out to be too wide for my .22's, but this looks perfect. The only question now is ....... do I have the nerve to actually use it when it arrives!
Re: Cheap Chinese bore scope - I'm impressed
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2019 5:11 pm
by Plumose
I ordered one of the first ones just now, as for me it came up as fulfilled by amazon and so eligible for prime.
Re: Cheap Chinese bore scope - I'm impressed
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2019 8:10 am
by Blackstuff
I discovered a copper mine in one if my rifles so its soaking in C2R as we speak!
Re: Cheap Chinese bore scope - I'm impressed
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 5:54 pm
by rox
Very pleased with this budget bore-scope.
Especially interesting to see which cleaning products and processes are a complete waste of time.
The video below captures the before and after cleaning conditions (the cleaning processes are listed below).
'Before cleaning' runs from 0:00 to 1:43 (it starts to get dirty from about 0:45). 1:43 onwards is after cleaning.
Patch out with Ed's Red
Phosphor Bronze with Ed's Red.
Phosphor Bronze with VMS No 9.
2 x C2R copper cleans.
1 x Bore-Tech Carbon Cleaner.
1 x JB Bore Paste.
1 x Bore-Tech Copper Solvent.
