Around ten minutes while you clean the rest of the gun.what is enow time?
am i supposed to soak the cylinder before cleaning?
if so, for how long?
Around ten minutes while you clean the rest of the gun.what is enow time?
am i supposed to soak the cylinder before cleaning?
if so, for how long?
Black Knight said:If the cylinder can be removed easily I remove it and place it in a small jar with cleaning solvent and let it soak while I clean the rest of the revolver. This works very well with S&W revolvers.
Shaq said:susieqz said:what is enow time?
am i supposed to soak the cylinder before cleaning?
if so, for how long?
Around ten minutes while you clean the rest of the gun.
There's absolutely no reason or need to remove the cylinder from the gun (and/or soak it) for routine cleaning.
There's absolutely no reason or need to remove the cylinder from the gun (and/or soak it) for routine cleaning.
It worked so well I may start cleaning shotgun barrels that way.
Why in the world would you need to clean a shotgun barrel that way? Do you have huge amounts of fouling left in the bore that is difficult to remove with just a bore brush and mop?
Carbon rings on the front of the cylinder? Yes, that procedure works....only on a blued revolver, because you can't clearly see the carbon rings & it looks like they're gone.While I really don't care how often or to what degree other people clean their guns, I agree with MrBorland. I'm meticulous but I have never removed the cylinder to clean in.
My process includes this:
Soak a patch in Hoppes #9 and pass it through each chamber and the barrel a few times.
Next throw a brush on the rod and scrub out each chamber and the barrel a bit.
Another Hoppes soaked patch pass through on the chambers and barrel.
Leave that alone now and let it soak.
Now clean any fouling with a paper towel and qtips from the exterior.
A bit of Hoppes, a brass brush, and about 50 seconds of scrubbing and the carbon rings on the front of the cylinder are about 95% gone.
Now use a dry patch on all the chambers and barrel.
Bore snake through each.
Quick oil job.
Done.
The entire process takes me about 45 minutes. And it's 45 minutes I enjoy.
Sunday I cleaned my 1911, 686 Competitor, and oiled my HK45 and VP9. It was fun.
Normally when I handle my cell phone, it smells like Hoppes.
Wrong. If you use a bit of elbow grease and a couple of doses of Hoppes, you can completely remove carbon rings on stainless guns with a brass brush. I used to scrub mine for 5 minutes or more and completely remove any carbon rings, or use a brush on a Dremel. I've just realized that it was totally unnecessary and a waste of my time. So now I just give them a quick scrub and don't worry about it.Carbon rings on the front of the cylinder? Yes, that procedure works....only on a blued revolver, because you can't clearly see the carbon rings & it looks like they're gone.
On a stainless revolver, you'll see that a brush & solvent alone won't remove them. But a treated "Kleenbore" cloth will. (The fact that it will remove blueing is a hint that it will remove those carbon rings.
Five minutes of scrubbing the cylinder? Well, ya got more patience than I have. I'd be concerned about wearing off the bluing with that much.Wrong. If you use a bit of elbow grease and a couple of doses of Hoppes, you can completely remove carbon rings on stainless guns with a brass brush. I used to scrub mine for 5 minutes or more and completely remove any carbon rings, or use a brush on a Dremel. I've just realized that it was totally unnecessary and a waste of my time. So now I just give them a quick scrub and don't worry about it.
If you don't think it can be done, you haven't tried hard enough. I shoot 4 stainless revolvers and have never needed Kleenbore to get carbon rings completely off. Hoppes #9 and Hoppes Copper Solvent are the only cleaning products I've ever used on my guns.
Indeed. I still hand wax my pickup. My basement floor in the house I bought last summer is dirt, over a giant piece of granite. I'm hand excavating it with buckets and a shovel so I can put gravel down and make it more useable. My mother once told me I was born 40 years old.Well, ya got more patience than I have.
It wasn't an endorsement to do it that way. I was pointing out that the assertion that you can't completely remove carbon rings with only a BRASS brush and Hoppes from a stainless revolver was incorrect. It can be done. I've done it. But to be fair, I'm maybe a little OCD. My dentist told me I wasn't allowed to use a regular tooth brush any more because my gums were receding from brushing too hard and vigorously. Gotta use an electric toothbrush now.I've never gotten all the carbon rings off with just a brush. Then again, i lve never tried it for 5 minutes. A lead away cloth has them gone in seconds. Why scrub with a steel brush .....
Bingo!I shoot 3-5 days a week. I wouldn't have time to sleep if I had to clean a gun every time I shot it...
IMHO, making every firearm squeaky clean every time it's shot is more abusive than not cleaning it (blackpowder and corrosive primers excepted). Sorry but this always comes from folks who don't know because they could never bring themselves to try it.As for never cleaning, that's absurd. A firearm (particularly a fine classic revolver) costs a good chunk of change. Why abuse it by not cleaning it?