Clean Front of Cylinder
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A buffing wheel might be too aggressive for routine use, especially since the small amount of crud usually has no effect on the function of the gun. I use a brass or copper brush (soft steel brush for a lot of buildup) when I do clean the cylinder front, but usually just wipe it with a patch and bore cleaner.
(Note on nickel plated revolvers: Do not clean the cylinder with Hoppes; it may cause the nickel to peel. Do not use abrasive or a metal brush; only non-ammonia bore cleaner.)
Jim
(Note on nickel plated revolvers: Do not clean the cylinder with Hoppes; it may cause the nickel to peel. Do not use abrasive or a metal brush; only non-ammonia bore cleaner.)
Jim
I find that a Lead Away cloth will remove about 90% of the carbon fouling on the face of your cylinder. Remember this is for stainless steel firearms only.
When cleaning both blued and stainless revolvers I run a strip of Lead cleaning patch through the bore of my revolver. It's just amazing how much gunk one of these will remove
, from what I thought was a clean barrel.
When cleaning both blued and stainless revolvers I run a strip of Lead cleaning patch through the bore of my revolver. It's just amazing how much gunk one of these will remove
, from what I thought was a clean barrel.Bill DeShivs
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You can polish a piece of clean steel with a Lead Away cloth and the cloth will turn black. The discoloration is the steel that the abrasive cloth removed. Not advisable on bores very often.
thedudeabides
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I take it out and soak it in a mug of hot water and d-lead soap.
Comes out spotless.
Comes out spotless.
I simply clean with a nylon brush and some powder solvent. Functioally, you're only trying to make sure there's not enough build-up that it makes the cylinder drag. If you're trying to sell the gun or you're doing a photo spread with it, you may want to clean more aggressively.
Not to try to steal this post but today I had trouble closing the GP_100 cylinder loaded. It took a while to take it to closed and shoot, its the second time out that I used it today and didn't cleaned it after last time out but I have shot it and not cleaned it all the time.
I was wondering if the gun finally cleaned inside the internals as it have never cleaned inside.
Gun have never done this before.
I was wondering if the gun finally cleaned inside the internals as it have never cleaned inside.
Gun have never done this before.
SteelChickenShooter
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Powder burn residue on the cylinder front is not so important to me.
I clean a revolver with ordinary care. If it's a little blackish on the cylinder front, I regard that as normal honest signs of being used. No real need for me to remove traces of being fired.
I clean a revolver with ordinary care. If it's a little blackish on the cylinder front, I regard that as normal honest signs of being used. No real need for me to remove traces of being fired.
Driftwood Johnson
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Howdy
I gave up trying to remove the carbon rings from the front face of revolver cylinders a long time ago. It does not hurt anything, and no matter what you do it always returns. Once you have enough revolvers you too will stop trying to remove carbon rings.
The other solution is to shoot Black Powder. No carbon rings with Black Powder.
I gave up trying to remove the carbon rings from the front face of revolver cylinders a long time ago. It does not hurt anything, and no matter what you do it always returns. Once you have enough revolvers you too will stop trying to remove carbon rings.
The other solution is to shoot Black Powder. No carbon rings with Black Powder.
If the cylinder closes easily when unloaded but is hard to close loaded, then either the ammunition is improperly dimensioned, or, more likely, the chambers are fouled and the cartridges are not fully chambered.
Another fairly common issue is that .38special rounds fired in a .357Mag cylinder can create fouling rings in the cylinder that can make it difficult to fully chamber .357Mag rounds.
Nevr-Dull use it on a Ruger Alaskan. Works great. Might take a little longer if it’s never been cleaned but after that a simple wipe will keep it clean. You can get it at about any auto parts store and some Walmart . Here is a link to Advance Auto so you can see what it looks like.
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/eagle-one-nevr-dull-wadding-polish-5-oz.-1035605/7040046-P
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/eagle-one-nevr-dull-wadding-polish-5-oz.-1035605/7040046-P
aarondhgraham
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What's the point?
Owning clean guns that won't corrode is the point my friend.
I don't wash my car because of pride,,,
I wash my car so it doesn't fall to corrosion,,,
All of that gunk on any metal can hide corrosive stuff.
I don't go all ninja on every speck of gunk on my guns,,,
But I do clean them enough to make sure whatever is left there,,,
Isn't going to eat a hole in the metal of corrode the finish from the gun.
I was raised under opposing influences:
Every time my grandfather fired one of his rifles (or used a tool) it got cleaned,,,
He would break it down and clean it back to looking new,,,
He would lastly wipe a coat of surface oil on it,,,
Then it went back into the cabinet.
Every time my Dad fired a gun or used a tool,,,
They just got tossed back on the shelf,,,
Or stood behind the door again.
My grandfather had an entire cabinet of cleaning/maintenance supplies,,,
My Dad had a can of 3-in-1 oil and no cleaning rod.
Guess who had guns and tools that lasted seemingly forever,,,
And guess whose guns and tools were barely operable.
Just saying is all.
Aarond
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Owning clean guns that won't corrode is the point my friend.
I don't wash my car because of pride,,,
I wash my car so it doesn't fall to corrosion,,,
All of that gunk on any metal can hide corrosive stuff.
I don't go all ninja on every speck of gunk on my guns,,,
But I do clean them enough to make sure whatever is left there,,,
Isn't going to eat a hole in the metal of corrode the finish from the gun.
I was raised under opposing influences:
Every time my grandfather fired one of his rifles (or used a tool) it got cleaned,,,
He would break it down and clean it back to looking new,,,
He would lastly wipe a coat of surface oil on it,,,
Then it went back into the cabinet.
Every time my Dad fired a gun or used a tool,,,
They just got tossed back on the shelf,,,
Or stood behind the door again.
My grandfather had an entire cabinet of cleaning/maintenance supplies,,,
My Dad had a can of 3-in-1 oil and no cleaning rod.
Guess who had guns and tools that lasted seemingly forever,,,
And guess whose guns and tools were barely operable.
Just saying is all.
Aarond
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