So I found this video of a gunsmith tearing down a poorly maintained Ruger 10/22 rifle and he explains the workings and such, basically teaching gunsmithing...he has a way of cleaning I never heard of or seen and I plan on doing the same. He uses simple green spray bottle and a old baby wipes tub filled with distilled water. He sprays all the parts down thoroughly with simple green the uses a tooth brush to scrub them, picks\sharp edges to scrape tight corners where the toothbrush could not get, just like all of us do, but I at least never used or heard of using simple green, as soon as he scrubs the part he tosses it into the tub of water, then when done cleaning with SG takes the parts and thoroughly rinses them then dries them, oh yeah he had a old baking sheet lined with paper towels all the way through the process. When he returns with the cleaned parts he lays them out on the towels in the pan and takes breakfree oil oil sprays them down heavily! He insists on it, then just wipe them with a towel paper or cloth, then as you reinstall the parts, oil with a needle oiler with breakfree. I use bore cleaner, copper scrub brushes, toothbrushes and hobbes gun scrubber, installing parts I use lucas gun oil and a refillable needle oiler for tight areas. Has anyone here ever used simple green to clean\degrease their weapon(s) then completely re-oil?
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