Cleaning Your Revolver...

[OilyPablo]

Recobs has some in stock.

Never shopped there. Looks like an excellent resource!

 

[REB]

I clean mine every time I shoot them, using bronze bore & chamber brushes, followed by cotton patches.
In fact, I'm probably a little OCD on clean guns.

I think it is importent to clean chambers from the rear, as chamber brushes might snag on the ejector star and push it out far enough for junk to fall under it.

Bronze bore brushes simply cannot harm a gun, no matter how often you use them.

rc

I couldn't agree more. Do they need to be cleaned each time? Probably not but you sure aren't going to hurt anything.

I just cant help myself, all of my firearms are cleaned after every use.

 

[Katitmail]

I just started to feel better. I usually only wipe revolver on outside. I switched to 357mag only go avoid rings and started to use coated bullets. Now I don't see any difference if I made 5 or 500 shots. I there is possibility of moisture I will spray with CLP and wipe it off. No more than that and they all run just fine. This is range only guns..

 

[wiiawiwb]

I clean my after every use.

 

[bullseye308]

My stnls Ruger GP-100 has almost 4K rounds down the pipe since it was cleaned and the barrel looks great with just a hint of a gray wash. I do clean the cylinders when they don't spin too good and generally clean the outside after about 500 rounds just becaus it looks bad. I only shoot my cast bullets over Bullseye and that is why I clean the outside as often as I do.

 

[rcmodel]

I couldn't go to sleep at night if I didn't clean my guns every time I shoot them.

Old military training, and older teaching from my late dad make habits that are hard to break.

rc

 

[bangswitch]

I haven't read where anyone mentions special attention to the forcing cone when cleaning the bore. Do you get it clean enough with the bore brush, or do you use a cone scraper (or whatever the thing is called) to remove any accumulated lead fouling? I have the gizmo, and use it every time I clean my 19-2. I suppose it's a habit acquired from years ago shooting wadcutters at matches. I don't suppose JHP's will foul nearly so much, but I still give individual attention to the forcing cone.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I use a Lewis Lead Remover on the forcing cone as needed, which I don't find to be that often with coated and jacketed bullets.

 

[420Stainless]

I'm not knowledgeable enough to recommend how often since I haven't really experimented for my self. All I can say is I use a bore brush on mine (barrel and cylinders) every time I clean them, which is after every time I shoot them. Thus far I haven't noticed any detriment, either cosmetically or in performance, after 30 years of doing so. Like RC, that is what I learned from my father.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I also learned to clean a gun after every use from my father. I also eventually learned that father's don't always know best.

 

[420Stainless]

As near as I can tell, best depends on your context. If the viewpoint is that cleaning after each use is not beneficial and you have other things you'd rather do with your time, then no. If the viewpoint is that use of a brush is not detrimental and you just prefer a revolver with brushed out bores and cylinders to one that hasn't been, then yes.

 

[slapdead]

Big guns take a lot of cleaning.

and a lot of q-tips