K.A.T.
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I shot 72 rounds thru my 1860 Army today, then disassembled it. I scrubed it in Dawn detergent and water with a toothbrush, and ran soapy patches thru the barrel and cylinder like I allways do. Then it was dried with a towel and dried with a blow dryer. Dry patches ran thru the cylinder and barrel. I now have the screws and nipples soaking in lacquer thinner, this is the second soaking, the first one while cleaning the other parts already turned the thinner black.
The next step is to clean all the parts with Q-Tips and Lacquer Thinner, the nipples and screws are cleaned with pipe cleaners.
Here it is back together lubricated with Borebutter, and all the dirty patches, pipe cleaners and Q-Tips.
I do the same cleaning with my blued revolvers also, and get the same results. I would like to see this test done by shooters that use other cleaning agents. I've heard of Balistrol, Sweet Shooter, Simple Green, Windex, and everything inbetween. I've tried Simple Green and get the same results as the Dawn Detergent.
You might ask, is all that necessary? I like to know my revolver is clean, I shoot 5 different pistols and it might be a while before I get back to this one.
The next step is to clean all the parts with Q-Tips and Lacquer Thinner, the nipples and screws are cleaned with pipe cleaners.
Here it is back together lubricated with Borebutter, and all the dirty patches, pipe cleaners and Q-Tips.
I do the same cleaning with my blued revolvers also, and get the same results. I would like to see this test done by shooters that use other cleaning agents. I've heard of Balistrol, Sweet Shooter, Simple Green, Windex, and everything inbetween. I've tried Simple Green and get the same results as the Dawn Detergent.
You might ask, is all that necessary? I like to know my revolver is clean, I shoot 5 different pistols and it might be a while before I get back to this one.