Author Topic: Favorite gun cleaning method? (Read 1088 times)

beet1e · « **Reply #15 on:** December 10, 2002, 06:30:56 PM »

LOL Gaylord & GTO!

Dago · « **Reply #16 on:** December 10, 2002, 07:09:30 PM »

I wonder if any of you guys are serious about using water to clean a firearm?

Mineral spirits works well, but I stick with the good stuff, Hoppes.

Actually, I use differant products depending on the weapon, the use and exposure, and that includes how I lubricate, oil, teflon, gunslick, moly, etc.

dago

capt. apathy · « **Reply #17 on:** December 10, 2002, 08:51:44 PM »

theres nothing wrong with plain soap and water. just use hot so it drys fast then oil imediatly. I've been cleaning guns this way since I was 6 years old. taught by my father who served 22 years in the military. never had any damage to any gun from water, you won't find one spec of rust on any of mine.

Fridaddy · « **Reply #18 on:** December 10, 2002, 09:03:18 PM »

Carb cleaner, gets all the junk out of the knooks and crannys.

BTW, what is a cranny

Thrawn · « **Reply #19 on:** December 10, 2002, 09:16:31 PM »

cran·ny ( P ) Pronunciation Key (krn)
n. pl. cran·nies
A small opening, as in a wall or rock face; a crevice.

I'm at work...I'm bored...I got an OC3.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #20 on:** December 10, 2002, 09:26:35 PM »

Pour the rusty water out, fire 1 round, call it clean.

eskimo

Gaylord · « **Reply #21 on:** December 10, 2002, 09:41:06 PM »

I am ready to swoon right here and right now! It is a MIRACLE I found such a like minded group of males as are here on this bulletin board!
Personally I think bore solvent is a little over the top, but I am so there with the mineral oil and the gunslick! Just don't let that freak Fridaddy get near my cranny with his carb cleaner! YOO HOO! I took auto shop in high school so I have been there, done that and it burned for a month.
This is a WONDERFUL thread! Thank you all so much!

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #22 on:** December 10, 2002, 09:48:27 PM »

Something smells like airhead.

Leslie · « **Reply #23 on:** December 11, 2002, 12:50:38 AM »

For muzzleloaders. I use Ivory Liquid followed up by several shots of boiling water (one teakettle.) Leave the percussion nipple on. Use a potholder to grab barrel. Run several patches. I use a .5 inch dowel with jags carved in the end. Repeat twice, then run Four-in One oil about 10 times. Alternate with WD-40 and Rem Oil.

Remove stock and go over barrel with liberal amounts of WD-40 and a cloth. Go over any rust or black powder corrosion with fine steel wool (tends to remove blueing a little, but not bad.) Remove nipple with nipple wrench and swab out threads with Rem Oil using a Q-Tip swab.

Spray down lock with WD-40 and Rem Oil. Wipe down and reassemble. Finish up barrel with a Bore Honey patch for storage. Rifle or pistol must be cleaned within a two day period after firing, or barrel will corrode. (For in the field, WD-40 or Rem Oil patches work fine after every three or four shots, or at the end of the shooting session or hunt.) If I'm hunting I always fire the shot off into the ground upon returning to camp rather than keep loaded or attempt to remove bullet with a "screw."

Hang on wall and repeat oil cleaning every every six months. NEVER leave loaded!!!!!!!!

Les

Tip for stock treatment in rainy weather: Apply clear Kiwi shoe polish or beeswax to stock to seal it from cracking when it dries out.

Kanth · « **Reply #24 on:** December 11, 2002, 01:08:44 AM »

I think Gaylord is Silat.

Thrawn · « **Reply #25 on:** December 11, 2002, 01:40:12 AM »

Leslie used the words, liberal, honey, and nipple (3 times!), in his post.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Leslie · « **Reply #26 on:** December 11, 2002, 01:48:29 AM »

I think Thrawn's trying to get me in trouble.

Les

Wotan · « **Reply #27 on:** December 11, 2002, 02:08:40 AM »

kerosene works as well as anything.......

SaburoS · « **Reply #28 on:** December 11, 2002, 02:19:10 AM »

********Warning! Do not follow these instructions!!!********
First make sure the gun is unloaded. Look down the muzzle and pull the trigger to make sure. To really clean it, you'll need heat and gasoline. Pour one gallon of gasoline then light a match to look down the muzzle to make sure you got all the carbon out.

capt. apathy · « **Reply #29 on:** December 11, 2002, 08:20:25 AM »

it's best to remove the nipple from musle loaders when doing more than a basic cleaning. after you re-oil everything blow the nipple out good with compressed air to make sure you have no excess in or at the base of the nipple. a small drop of oil in that area can cause a hang-fire. I had one last about 1 1/2 seconds years ago, it's very disturbing to have the gun go off just bellybutton you give up and begin to take it from your shoulder. (the nasty bruise from having a .50 cal go off without being firmly seated on your shoulder sux too).

also on cartridge guns, wd-40 and other penitrants are great for just after you are done cleaning but wipe it off and replace with regular gun oil before you load you gun. if you leave the gun loaded, wd-40 and the like can work it's way between the primer and casing and 'kill' your primer, causing missfires.