Bought it, Shot it, Time to clean it...

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OK...Took my new Ruger Single Six .22 to the range last night...What a beauty! Shoots great, terrific accuracy and cheap to shoot. Thanks for all of your opinions and advice! I love this gun!!!!

Now..time to clean it. The gun has a stainless steel finish. What products have you found work the best - both internal and external? I'm not looking to spend hours cleaning or anything, but I do want to do what's necessary to keep the gun looking good and functioning properly! Also, any tips or things that I need to look out for on this gun in particular?
 
Remove the cylinder, run a few CLP-soaked and dry patches thru each hole. Run a few CLP-soaked and dry patches thru the barrel. Hit the forcing cone with some CLP and a nylon brush, wipe down the whole gun with a clean cloth, put a few drops of oil on the Base Pin, reassemble, and you should be good to go. It takes me about 15 minutes to clean mine, and mine's blued. a SS finish should be even easier yet.
 
Quote: "Remove the cylinder, run a few CLP-soaked and dry patches thru each hole. Run a few CLP-soaked and dry patches thru the barrel. Hit the forcing cone with some CLP and a nylon brush, wipe down the whole gun with a clean cloth, put a few drops of oil on the Base Pin, reassemble, and you should be good to go. It takes me about 15 minutes to clean mine, and mine's blued. a SS finish should be even easier yet."

Ok...maybe a stupid question...is "CLP" a brand name or an abreviation for a product?
 
I've started using BoreSnakes to clean the barrel and charge holes on my wheelguns. Just spray it down with M-Pro 7 and run it through. Then I use the traditional bronze brush and patches to get the rest.

I love cleaning single actions as you can remove the cylinder without tools.
 
Quote: "LeadAway for the removal of powder/lead marks, on SS etc. Works GREAT!"

Terrific! I've got a little bit of staining on the mag cylinder.
 
The Lead-Away cloth is a HUGE time saver for cleaning stainless steel. That and the Break Free CLP will do a great job at keeping your gun clean.
 
I use a gel bore cleaner and a brush. I run the brush through the bore about ten times and the cylinder holes three or four times. Then, I let it soak in a baggie for a half an hour. I run patches through the bore and cylinder and repeat the process with a gel-soaked brush. If you use a lot of lead rounds, a lead remover cloth is your friend. You'll find a lot of fouling and lead deposit around the forcing cone, which can be a chore. But buffing it out with the cloth usually works. I normally remove the cylinder and yoke assembly for easier cleaning. But make sure you use the correct size and type of screwdriver bit for the screws. If you rush, you might bugger the screws. If you install fancy wood grips, remove them before cleaning.

Occasionally, I'll get ammo that turns out to be pretty dirty and I'll spend awhile removing the fouling that occurs. I'm fairly anal about cleaning and I go through a lot of patches until a patch comes out of a cylinder hole or bore absolutely clean as though I had used it on a freshly washed dinner plate. I have used Flitz metal polish on tough spots.
 
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