[DavePh]

Boiling water might do the trick for melted wadding

Or it could be lead fouling. Luckily I have copper scouring pads for my rusty wok so if it isn't shinny after the windex that's in there now and the boiling water I can try a bit of that.

Or I could just ignore it and go shooting.

 

[DavePh]

Boiling water didn't take it out. Based on what worked I guess it was lead fouling. Best of all, the answer wasn't some expensive Gucci cleaner.

Equal parts distilled white vinegar and hydrogen peroxide. After I let that sit in the barrel for 20 minutes the black was flowing out. 30 passes with a brush enhanced with copper scouring pad fragments and my barrel is shinny and clean.

Might as well do the coffee machine while the distilled white vinegar is out.

 

[DavePh]

I have a buddy who is a contractor. I was doing some work for him @ a Greek church and one of the elders was watching us. Larry put a small pile of finish nails in his mouth and George the elder started flapping his arms an yelling don't put them in your mouth !

When Larry asked him why not, Ole George, (and he was old), says, "don't you know that the Chinese piss on the nails before they seal the box up ?"

I still laugh when I think about that ...

I'd explain why you never put money in your mouth but the second reason hasn't been politically correct since the 70s.

 

[gmshaw]

No guns or sports stores were open this morning and I was out of "Hoppes Gun Solvent". I really wanted to get started on cleaning my cheap but phenomenally fun Turkish shotgun. Its filthy from shooting Black Aces Tacticle 00 Buck which Reddit claims shoots really dirty. Maybe that's true, Reddit complains about everything.

I had some unscented Mineral Spirits left over from when I first cleaned out the crap that its shipped filled with. Its probably cosmoline for the trip over the Atlantic.

I left parts soaking in that for a few hours and it seems to have worked pretty well. I haven't checked the price yet but maybe this is a cheap alternative to yet another Gucci Gun accessory.

I did use Hopppes Foaming Bore cleaner in the barrel for the first time so I'm waiting to see how that turns out. The internet claims it's easier than running patches thru over and over again.

So, push back from that Easter ham or lamb and tell me what you use.

 

[gmshaw]

Made a batch of “Ed’s Red” cleaner a while back and it works pretty well. You can google the ingredients but it includes transmission fluid, kerosene, mineral spirits, and acetone. You have to be careful the acetone can affect some finishes.

 

[DavePh]

I've seen recommendations for transmission fluid.

I do need some acetone to remove some blue loctite residue from something else.

 

[DavePh]

Cleaning guns

I enjoy cleaning them. Especially the first time for a shotgun. They're fun to disassemble and reassemble. Especially the first time.
Glocks are pretty boring though

 

[Gee17]

I bought a pawn ticket from a fellah who had two .45's in hock and he could not afford to get them out.

Of course I took them home and stripped them down to clean and notice lots of red stuff all over the insides. Next time I saw the dude, I asked him what it was and he said transmission fluid, I soak all my guns in TF, it is the best thing there is for them.

I cleaned them up and used regular gun oil after that. One was the Colt Combat Commander I still have and the other was a Colt Double Eagle that I disliked very much. Years ago I traded it off and now wished I had kept it.

I got the ticket for 500 dollars and they were in hock for 300 dollars.

 

[Silver-Bolt]

Normally I use Hoppes 9 as my solvent and lube with synthetic motor oil. In a bind I have used carb/brake clean, kerosene, lacquer thinner, whatever solvent is available. Some worked better than others, but all got the job done.

 

[jakeintexas]

Awhile back I used a mix of kroil, ATF, and a little Mobil 1 as a CLP. Worked pretty well but switched to slip 2000 EWL.

 

[The Night Rider]

 

[DavePh]

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I've considered it

 

[pkbyarl]

I just use kroil, to scrub, wipe off excess, wipe down with gun oil.

 

[The Night Rider]

I use Safariland CLP and Bore Scrubber and

Starrett Tool oil for Lube.

 

[Silver-Bolt]

Dishwashers work! I have a buddy that has a legal M60 machinegun. He isn't military and didn't know how to disassemble and clean it. We were at his place shooting one day and the M60 was having major issues. I ended up disassembling it and discovered that is was caked with gunk. The short story is I put all the parts in his dishwasher and ran it with detergent on the hottest setting. It came out looking new. Of course every remnant of oil was also removed. Lubed it up and it was back to running. He now knows how to properly clean and service his M60.

 

[The Night Rider]

Dishwashers work! I have a buddy that has a legal M60 machinegun. He isn't military and didn't know how to disassemble and clean it. We were at his place shooting one day and the M60 was having major issues. I ended up disassembling it and discovered that is was caked with gunk. The short story is I put all the parts in his dishwasher and ran it with detergent on the hottest setting. It came out looking new. Of course every remnant of oil was also removed. Lubed it up and it was back to running. He now knows how to properly clean and service his M60.

The guy has enough money to buy an M60 but couldn't afford a TM for it?

 

[Terry G]

I have a few 8 MM Mauser's and AK's that I have thousands of corrosive ammunition for. I bought six cans of GI bore cleaner years ago that is still great for cleaning out the salts. This stuff apparently has a shelf life of eternity.

 

[Silver-Bolt]

The guy has enough money to buy an M60 but couldn't afford a TM for it?

He also has a M2 as well as several other autos. More of a matter that he didn't like the cleaning aspect. He stays on top of it now. I shamed him into it. lol

 

[DavePh]

i have a gallon of Kroil, and every so often, i use that, instead of Hoppes...thing is, the odor can be powerful.

i think back in war time?? soldiers used hand soap and water.....the late Paul Harrell spoke of him using that method.

Kroil.
I now love this stuff. Its magical

 

[Gee17]

I have a buddy who was under lots of water for hurricane Ike. He has two duffel bags of guns that got wet. He sprayed them with Kroil and wrapped them in newspaper.

The parts were frozen in place, nothing on the weapons moved, and the magazines were missing.

They were in that condition when I started taking them apart to make all the stuck parts move again, I got them in 2023 and Ike was in 2008 ! (15 years)

I have done a S&W 40 cal and a Glock 10mm so far, I have the next three on my bench now.


The plastic liner in the Glock was melded to the slide, I used the threaded end of the silver tool, to remove it.

The Smith was a mess, recoil spring degraded into pieces, plastic pieces brittle, etc.
I had begun reassembly when I snapped that I had not taken pic of total disassembly :

And done :