I am thinking I am going full strip into a bath of dawn and hot water. I have the screwdrivers and time. My concern was stripping the brass. But I back them off evenly and carefully.
Only had one screw slip and leave a slight mark. Lucky for me it's under the trigger guard. If I remember correctly it's been a while since I stripped it.
If the issue is salts then the best thing to flush salts is water and plenty of it. Then it's just a matter of protecting the now oil stripped metal with new oils that we apply.
One thing is for absolute certain the use of lubricant products makes the cleanup a lot easier. So far my homemade bore butter's been working like a charm.
It is really easy to test any concoctions that I made. I put a small layer of the board butter concoction on a spoon put some powder on top of that and light. Then I see if it wipes off any easier.
I miss shooting my pietta it's one of my favorite guns. Soon we will be back at the range raising eyebrows.
I just had a thought. I wonder if I can just use olive oil as the gun oil and lubricant after cleaning.
