blueing wear/burn off?

[tssievert]

i was out shooting my new to me 44 redhawk today and i love it, but i think i might have a problem. this is my first blued revolver, i noticed on my last SS 44 revolver that the cylinder turnd a littl blue at the chamber after firing a few rounds but i didn't think anything of it, now my blued redhawk is burning the bluing off of the cylinder at the chambers.
i guess my question is "is this normal?" can i fix it? am i doing somthing wrong? is there anything to do to prevent this? or is this just normal wear?

thanks in advance


troy

 

[The Real Wyatt]

The bluing is still there, it's just buried under all that crud. A liberal application of Hoppes #9, a brass brush and some elbow grease will take care of it.

 

[tssievert]

brass brush on the outside of the cylinder?

is there anyway to prevent this?

 

[Majic]

The brass brush won't hurt the bluing.

is there anyway to prevent this?

Don't shoot the gun.