bigbore442001
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For the past few weeks, I have been partnered with another person on a graduate project. It is somewhat demanding and it seems that the professor would not be happy with the last supper. So being a tad stressed out over that and other issues, I decided to head to the pistol range and let off some steam.
I contemplated taking one of the "other" guns( TC Contender or Ruger SRH) but something told me," Take the Ruger Old Army"
Maybe this sounds silly to some, but the slower pace of shooting the ROA was relaxing. I didn't flinch or feel the need to fill the air with flying lead. Just a slow and methodical pace of shoot and reload. I will confess that I had one misfire. I held the gun at the target and waited thirty seconds. I continued to fire and then re-capped the offending chamber. It shot right off.
I drove home and then proceeded to clean the gun. I took it all apart except for the screws that hold the "guts" in the frame, so to speak. I dumped the frame, cylinder and the parts of the loading ram into a hot sink of soapy water. I digress for a moment. I didn't use Ivory soap as some state you should. I squirted some Method dish detergent with lavender in it. So my Ruger when cleaned smells like Provence.
In the meantime, I turned my electric oven on and lined a cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Then I placed all the metal parts on the sheet after the oven attained a temperature of 170 F. That is as low as it goes. I then placed the tray in the oven and let it sit there for 20 minutes.
After that point, I took some TC Bore Butter with the pine scent in it. I liberally globbed it all over the frame, down the barrel, in the innards, all over and in the cylinder and all over the nipples.
I then assembled the gun and put it away for the night.
All in all it was a relaxing evening. I sort of wish that there was a quicker method of cleaning cap and ball revolvers but I guess we do not live in a perfect world.
I contemplated taking one of the "other" guns( TC Contender or Ruger SRH) but something told me," Take the Ruger Old Army"
Maybe this sounds silly to some, but the slower pace of shooting the ROA was relaxing. I didn't flinch or feel the need to fill the air with flying lead. Just a slow and methodical pace of shoot and reload. I will confess that I had one misfire. I held the gun at the target and waited thirty seconds. I continued to fire and then re-capped the offending chamber. It shot right off.
I drove home and then proceeded to clean the gun. I took it all apart except for the screws that hold the "guts" in the frame, so to speak. I dumped the frame, cylinder and the parts of the loading ram into a hot sink of soapy water. I digress for a moment. I didn't use Ivory soap as some state you should. I squirted some Method dish detergent with lavender in it. So my Ruger when cleaned smells like Provence.
In the meantime, I turned my electric oven on and lined a cookie sheet with aluminum foil. Then I placed all the metal parts on the sheet after the oven attained a temperature of 170 F. That is as low as it goes. I then placed the tray in the oven and let it sit there for 20 minutes.
After that point, I took some TC Bore Butter with the pine scent in it. I liberally globbed it all over the frame, down the barrel, in the innards, all over and in the cylinder and all over the nipples.
I then assembled the gun and put it away for the night.
All in all it was a relaxing evening. I sort of wish that there was a quicker method of cleaning cap and ball revolvers but I guess we do not live in a perfect world.
