So how do get all the salts out?
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WATER
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Hot water dissolves salts quicker and more thorough but heyho if it touches a nerve....
After a good and thorough cleaning, I fill all of my bores with molten beeswax to the muzzle. No air, no rust, right? A solid blast from the air nozzle to the fire hole pushes it all out like a missile. You gotta have a fast twist, though, if you want to stabilize it.
CRC power lube or RIG
Yeah, I used hot water until about 2000, kept getting flash rusting. I switched to cool water and never had that problem again.
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I normally use 70% Isopropyl Alcohol in the bore and around the lock with good results. After the alcohol evaporates I follow up with diluted Ballistol or Break Free or Hoppe’s #9.
I use plain water on occasion, but not very often. During a shooting session cotton patches soaked with saliva are quick and easy, and work superbly.
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