Barr
Member
Today I stopped by the gun shop after I finished shooting at the range. My Ruger Redhawk SS .44 mag was excessively dirty after two shooting sessions with pretty warm loads of 240gr SWC and 18.5 grains of Alliant 2400.
I asked the clerk what they had that he could recommend that would cut through all the powder, lead, and gunk in the gun.
He handed me a bottle of Sweet's 7.62 Solvent for a bore scrubber and Synthetic EEZ-X for a light gun oil. Up until now I have been using Rem Oil bore scrubber and the light gun oil as either WD-40 or Rem Oil.
Other than the awful stench that the 7.62 solvent puts out, it did a fantastic job of cutting through the bore gunk in no time. 3-4 good wet patches and 3-4 dry patches down the bore with brushing with a brass brush in between the patches.
What really inpressed me was the EEZ-X. It oiled and helped clean the nooks and crannies of the gun very well. The fact that it did not smell nasty was a definite plus as well. I really noticed the lubrication qualities of it when I oiled the slide of my Bersa Thunder .380. In the past the WD-40 or Rem Oil had not lubricated it very well and it would make a slight rasp when I racked the slide. The EEZ-X allowed the slide to move very well with no noise and much less effort.
Does anyone know of a cleaner or gun cloth that can remove the carbonization from the front of the cylinder of a SS revolver?
I asked the clerk what they had that he could recommend that would cut through all the powder, lead, and gunk in the gun.
He handed me a bottle of Sweet's 7.62 Solvent for a bore scrubber and Synthetic EEZ-X for a light gun oil. Up until now I have been using Rem Oil bore scrubber and the light gun oil as either WD-40 or Rem Oil.
Other than the awful stench that the 7.62 solvent puts out, it did a fantastic job of cutting through the bore gunk in no time. 3-4 good wet patches and 3-4 dry patches down the bore with brushing with a brass brush in between the patches.
What really inpressed me was the EEZ-X. It oiled and helped clean the nooks and crannies of the gun very well. The fact that it did not smell nasty was a definite plus as well. I really noticed the lubrication qualities of it when I oiled the slide of my Bersa Thunder .380. In the past the WD-40 or Rem Oil had not lubricated it very well and it would make a slight rasp when I racked the slide. The EEZ-X allowed the slide to move very well with no noise and much less effort.
Does anyone know of a cleaner or gun cloth that can remove the carbonization from the front of the cylinder of a SS revolver?
