Bennett Prescott
Member
I bought a Ruger Super Redhawk Alaskan a few weeks ago, fantastic gun, and have been having a good time with it... never thought it would be easy to put a few hundred rounds through a six-gun in one week, especially with the .454 kicking as hard as it does.
Anyway, this is my first revolver, and my first un-coated stainless gun, and I'm having difficulty cleaning it. The majority of the gun cleans fairly easily, although it's got a few nooks and crannies that are hard to get into, but the one thing I can never get back to "new" is the barrel-facing side of the cylinder. After shooting, there's a pretty hefty amount of black "whatever" around the gap between the cylinder and the barrel, and also around the outside of the cylinder where some gasses escape. It takes a heck of a lot of elbow grease and bore cleaner to get the residue off the outside of the cylinder, but I have been unsuccessful so far removing all of it from the cylinder face.
Am I just going to have to give up, or is there some solvent or technique I'm missing that would let me return it to virgin steel?
Anyway, this is my first revolver, and my first un-coated stainless gun, and I'm having difficulty cleaning it. The majority of the gun cleans fairly easily, although it's got a few nooks and crannies that are hard to get into, but the one thing I can never get back to "new" is the barrel-facing side of the cylinder. After shooting, there's a pretty hefty amount of black "whatever" around the gap between the cylinder and the barrel, and also around the outside of the cylinder where some gasses escape. It takes a heck of a lot of elbow grease and bore cleaner to get the residue off the outside of the cylinder, but I have been unsuccessful so far removing all of it from the cylinder face.
Am I just going to have to give up, or is there some solvent or technique I'm missing that would let me return it to virgin steel?