How do you guys clean your pistols before putting them away

Dan20703 · #16

Doug.38PR wrote:Use soap, water, Clorox and a brush in the sink

Funny you to say that. I have a friend that completely dismantles his hunting guns once a year to wash them with warm soapy water; Rinses them in fresh water then dries with compessed air. After that they are oiled, greased and stored untill the following season.

I don't think he uses bleach. Thats a strong oxidizer.

nra-life-member · #17

I Always stip the weapon. Clean the barrel, feed ramp and any other parts that I see dirty. I lighty lube (Break Free) the moving parts if they look "dry".

I have done this over 25 years and everything seems to go BANG when I need it to..

#18

Here's a copy of a post I made on another thread about gun cleaning.

Chas.

Charles L. Cotton wrote:Here are a couple of photos of what I call the "Ed's Red Bath." As I posted earlier, this is a S.A.W. ammo can (a/k/a "Fat 50"). The basket came from Lowe's and as you can see, it fits perfectly.

I've already posted incomplete results of an experiment I was running on soaking field stripped 1911's in Ed's Red. The goal was to see how many times I could do this between completely stripping the slide and frame. The Ed's Red Bath is just going to make this job easier by making it much easier to get the gun/parts out of the bath.

The basket even has handles that fold up & down and in the up position, it's easy to lift the basket and let drain. It is necessary to put small parts like the sear and disconnector and the plunger spring in a small can, as they will fall through the holes in the basket. The can I'm using is an aluminum dog food can about 2" tall with holes drilled in the bottom.

I paid a little over $4 for the basket and the S.A.W. ammo can was $14 plus shipping. I have seen very few at gun shows. Be sure you don't get a 50 Cal. ammo can for this purpose; the basket is exactly the same size and won't fit.

Regards,
Chas.

daddySEAL · #19

stevie_d_64,
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daddySEAL · #20

Charles L. Cotton

"Ed's Red Bath"?
Please tell my what product/solution you immerse them in, please?

#21

daddySEAL wrote:Charles L. Cotton

"Ed's Red Bath"?
Please tell my what product/solution you immerse them in, please?

Ed's Red is a home-brew cleaning solvent. Here is a link to the formula and an explanation.

Chas.

http://home.comcast.net/~dsmjd/tux/dsmj ... ds_red.htm

flintknapper · #22

Chas.

Is that a Schnauzer in the background?

Tom · #23

daddySEAL wrote:Charles L. Cotton

"Ed's Red Bath"?
Please tell my what product/solution you immerse them in, please?

If you don't want the bother of mixing it up yourself check out the Brownells web site.

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http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ ... px?p=19936

Mfr: BROWNELLS

Use Ed's Proven Formula Without The Mixing

We've done the messy work so you don't have to. Our pre-mixed solution duplicates Ed Harris' widely published recipe for home-mixed
bore cleaner. Safe, effective formula works similar to the standard, military-issue bore cleaner, Mil-C-372B. Wipes out plastic wad
fouling, heavy leading, and caked-on carbon fouling. Cuts abrasive primer residue, too. Helps reduce copper fouling when used
regularly.

SPECS: 4 fl. oz. (118 ml) bottle. Price: $7.99

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However, you can mix up a gallon of Ed's Red for less than $20, which is a lot cheaper than buying it premixed.

I mix it all up in a gallon paint can that I got new from a hardware store for $1.
I filled an old (empty) Luksusowa bottle and keep it on my bench.
I keep small amounts for immediate use in small jars and apply it with an eye dropper.

The only problem I have had with it is having to mark the Luksusowa bottle in big letters "DO NOT DRINK!"
to keep some of my less astute relatives away from it.
Other than that it works great.

Kind Regards,

Tom

#24

flintknapper wrote:Chas.

Is that a Schnauzer in the background?

Wow, now that's a good eye! Yep, that's Merlin; the smartest dog we've ever owned. He's scary smart; I think he understands English. I don't mean a large vocabulary for a dog, I think he understands everything!

Chas.

jhutto · #25

I field strip my 1911, and clean it in the kitchen sink with soap and water. I clean the barrel with soap and water and a /brass?/ brush. then I spray it with oil.

CompVest · #26

An ultrasonic cleaner works very well!

daddySEAL · #27

Thank guys,

dS

#28

Tom wrote:If you don't want the bother of mixing it up yourself check out the Brownells web site.

And Cylinder & Slide makes a commercial product that's similar.

daddySEAL · #29

I just found a Super new All-In-One cleaner, lube, preservative product.

The inventor sent me 2 free sample bottles!
It works amazingly and has no strong(if any) odor, like Hoppes#9 and goes more things, not needing gun oil for bores or any part.

http://www.womenhunters.com/gunzilla-alyssa.html
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I carry a pistol because Cops are too heavy....and are not always excellent shooters, or around when needed either.

NcongruNt · #30

I've treated my PA-63 with Microlon Gun Juice, and have been very happy with the results. It is a microfilm dry lubricant that fills all of the porous surfaces of the metal. The treatment is permanent, and it doesn't come off with solvents. It's utterly amazing how well it works, and has cut my cleaning time on this gun down to 1/4 of what it used to be. Since it fills all the pores of the metal, there's nothing for fouling or dirt to stick to at all. All that is required is for cleaning is a light wipe. Instead of scrubbing the barrel, all I need to do now is run patch or two with CLP in the barrel, and it's shiny as a whistle! For the small parts of the action, I simply shoot some gunscrubber at it and then give it a tiny spurt of CLP, and it's done. After I treated the gun, I noticed considerably smoother action and feeding. I treated the lips of a couple of magazines, and noticed even smoother feeding with them.

Now that I've got 1000 rounds through my Hi-Power, it's next on the list for treatment.

Here's a link to the Microlon website:

http://microlon.com/