The suspense was getting to her, so my wife made me open my christmas present on christmas eve! (we do have a tradition of opening one present on christmas eve)
To my (feigned) surprise, I found a shiny new Remington "1858" New Model Army revolver from Cabela's! I took it out to play with it, and realized it was all greased up. The grease is mostly on the metal, but some is on the wood as well. I don't have appropriate screwdrivers to take it apart yet, so I hesitate to wash it down with water. Is there a particular way I should remove the packing grease? I'm thinking just rub it off with a towel for now, but I dunno if it will need a more thorough cleaning before I take it to the range.
I couldn't buy any supplies for it yet since it was supposed to be a surprise (she got all wierd when my Cabela's club card came, so it was pretty clear which item on my wish-list she had purchased), but I figure I'll do a little post-christmas shopping for the bare esstentials . Powder, caps, and projectiles of course. Some sort of powder measure, and I was thinking a can of ballistol. Will a standard pistol cleaning kit have the assorted brushes and rods that I'll need for cleaning this beast?
-GB
To my (feigned) surprise, I found a shiny new Remington "1858" New Model Army revolver from Cabela's! I took it out to play with it, and realized it was all greased up. The grease is mostly on the metal, but some is on the wood as well. I don't have appropriate screwdrivers to take it apart yet, so I hesitate to wash it down with water. Is there a particular way I should remove the packing grease? I'm thinking just rub it off with a towel for now, but I dunno if it will need a more thorough cleaning before I take it to the range.
I couldn't buy any supplies for it yet since it was supposed to be a surprise (she got all wierd when my Cabela's club card came, so it was pretty clear which item on my wish-list she had purchased), but I figure I'll do a little post-christmas shopping for the bare esstentials . Powder, caps, and projectiles of course. Some sort of powder measure, and I was thinking a can of ballistol. Will a standard pistol cleaning kit have the assorted brushes and rods that I'll need for cleaning this beast?
-GB