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Woody Morgan
62 Cal.
Disassemble, wash in warm water and Dawn, blow dry, re-oil, load, shoot, repeat.
wm
wm
You are over-thinking the required maintenance, Woody, above is on it.
Justin.44
54 Cal.
@mkpatrick I saw your other thread about your rifle that was put away uncleaned for a couple years. Were these stored under similar circumstances?
In support of @Justin.44's observation:
What is the condition of the revolvers?
In any event it should be the parts bath over the ultrasonic cleaner.
What is the condition of the revolvers?
In any event it should be the parts bath over the ultrasonic cleaner.
These ones were cleaned before being put away. They just need oiled real bad. The rifle is what I used when going shooting with my uncle.
I was just thinking for future.
I used an ultra sonic cleaner for my stainless modern pistol and its suppressor and those parts came out looking brand new like they'd never been fired. I was just looking for opportunity to feed my laziness.
Thanks guys!
M
I was just thinking for future.
I used an ultra sonic cleaner for my stainless modern pistol and its suppressor and those parts came out looking brand new like they'd never been fired. I was just looking for opportunity to feed my laziness.
Thanks guys!
M
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If you use the sonic on blued parts they will come out completely clean... right down to the BARE metal... as in, NO BLUEING LEFT on your cylinders.
Woody Morgan
62 Cal.
Really? I mean, why would it take the bluing off? I use warm water and Soylent...uhhh...Simple Green in mine.
Never had an issue but I haven't used it for BP parts. Just unmentionables.
wm
smoothshooter
50 Cal.
Don’t make too big of a production of the cleaning process. You will find yourself putting off shooting some days because you don’t want to spend two hours cleaning afterwards.
In my humble opinion, there is little reason to spend more than 20 minutes on the job-30 tops. I use Ballistol and 70% isopropyl alcohol. Sometimes plain water and oil afterwards.
I only do a complete teardown every 6 months or about 200 rounds-whichever comes first.
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