BP Revolver in the Dish Washer!!??

[Calibre44]

I have a .36 Uberti Navy Colt which I love to shoot and even strip and clean after each shoot. My question is that some people say they put their BP Revolver (minus the grips) into the dishwasher to clean it!! - does anyone know if this is true?

I can't think of a worse thing to do with my Colt! - BP Solvant and boiling hot water does the job just fine - or even hot soapy water.

(can't hit a barn door or my mother-in-laws' backside with it - but that's down to my poor shooting)

cheers

 

[Jamie C.]

Well, I've never done it, but I can see where it should work pretty well.

As for:

I can't think of a worse thing to do with my Colt! - BP Solvant and boiling hot water does the job just fine - or even hot soapy water.

How is having a machine spray your gun with hot soapy water, and then possibly heat it up to dry it, and worse than you doing it yourself?

Besides, the dishwasher isn't exactly hard on you dishes, is it? Is your gun more fragile than fine china?

Anyway... I don't see any harm in throwing the six-shooter in the dishwasher, so long as it's properly dried and oiled afterward, before it can rust.


J.C.

 

[Smith357]

Dishwasher detergent is highly caustic. It dulls the edges on my fine chefs knifes, and dulls aluminum pans. I would not put a blue gun in the dishwasher. A stainless Ruger Old Army should be fine, but not a blue gun with a brass grip frame. Or don't use detergent, just run it without it.

 

[roundball]

I'd caution against using your better half's dishwasher because of the permanent smell that might take place in it...the big 5 gallon pail I use with steaming hot soapy water to soak my ML barrels in for cleaning smells strongly of black powder residue in spite of it being rinsed out after every use.

 

[mec]

Might work with the right kind of soap but, like round ball says, if you got a dishwasher, you are bound to have a wife too. She probablly already hates your black powder revolver and the dishwasher might be the final straw

 

[gezzer]

You want to introduce lead to your eating and cooking utensils? Why not use it as the spare bathroom too. YUCK

 

[Old Fuff]

When the Old Fuff was a much younger Fuff - a teen in fact - he got the bright idea of cleaning up his 1851 Navy (original, not replica) in the family dish washer.

Well it worked somewhat. As I remember it the gun came out spotless.

Can't say the same about the dish washer though...

About that time his Mom got home...

Talk about trouble...

Well anyway, I don't recommend cleaning guns in the dish washer any more.

 

[mec]

that is tantamount to the kid I heard about who sent his mom's parakeet up on an estes live capsule rocket.

 

[mrelijahgardner]

My Brother cleaned his 51 Navy in the dishwasher.

He said when he first took it out it looked rusted up. After he oiled it, it was good as new.

I don't know if he still does this, or what it did to the dishwasher. I did see the gun afterwards and it looked good.

 

[Joe Demko]

Dishwasher detergent contains silica. Its abrasive action helps remove dried/cooked on food from dishes. Putting a gun through the dishwasher means the gun will have silica blasted through its every nook and cranny.

 

[mrelijahgardner]

I use dawn dish soap in my dishwasher. I'm pretty sure im not the only one. I use dawn for my bp guns to.

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

I have a friend of mine who is a plumber( a great source of used dishwashers) and him and I have several working dishwashers we use in our backyards to clean car parts. Works great on them and since they are outside and not running the family dishes through them, we can use cleaning agents that you would never use on something you eat off of. Would also work good on guns too. All you need is a working dishwasher(who cares what it looks like), a hot water and electrical source, somewhere to drain the waste water and a place to put it. I have been using one to clean stuff since I found out about it in the mid 70's.

 

[Calibre44]

Thanks for all the advice guys - much appreciated

John