fatcpa
.240 Incinerator
Posts: 26
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Post by fatcpa on Jul 23, 2014 10:00:45 GMT -5
One of my favorite sections of this forum is the picture gallery. I've noticed that, almost without exception, your stainless revolvers look as though they'd never shot a round. What are you using to get the powder residue off of the cylinders, etc? I'm not looking for the easy way out. Just what works and is easy on the gun finish. Thanks in advance.
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Post by seancass on Jul 23, 2014 15:33:46 GMT -5
I only take pictures of new guns!
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Post by maxcactus on Jul 23, 2014 18:27:40 GMT -5
Your guns are going to have black cylinder faces once you start shooting them. There's little you can do to remove the discoloration short of removing metal. I clean with regular gun solvent until all lead, carbon and powder residue is gone, then oil.
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Post by Ken O'Neill on Jul 24, 2014 5:42:31 GMT -5
Judiciously use a Lead Away cloth. It will remove metal, which is why it removes lead residue, so don't get carried away. I do use it while the cylinder is still wet with Hoppes No. 9.
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Post by TERRY MURBACH on Jul 24, 2014 8:38:15 GMT -5
I THINK IT IS JUST EASIEST to just not buy those dang nakid steel guns, shoot the dickens outta real blue guns, and you'll not even see a ring, so you'll never worry about one......again.
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fatcpa
.240 Incinerator
Posts: 26
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Post by fatcpa on Jul 24, 2014 9:20:09 GMT -5
Mr Murbach,
I'm a fan of blued guns. I am tring to clean up a couple of stainless S&W revolvers so I can sell them. I had a shiney Vaquaro once, but traded it for a blued (black?) blackhawk.
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Post by Squatch on Jul 25, 2014 13:02:52 GMT -5
To get the black ring off the cylinder face I drop it in to the ultra sonic cleaner. Looks brand new when I take it out.
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Post by CraigC on Jul 27, 2014 13:58:32 GMT -5
Personally, I don't worry about carbon rings on the cylinder face. Life is too short. Here you go:   |
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Post by Seasons44 on Jul 27, 2014 14:10:00 GMT -5
Lead away patches and a copper brush will remover the rings
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Post by Encore64 on Jul 27, 2014 15:37:20 GMT -5
I have had excellent success using Corbin Bore Lap Compound. Most of the time guns look better than new ones.
Just put it on a small piece of cloth and rub it with the grain.
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Post by TERRY MURBACH on Jul 28, 2014 9:31:19 GMT -5
I cannot imagine any shooter giving a hoot in hell over those carbon rings on the front of the cylinder !
I remember something Skeeter Skelton noted oh-so-many-years-ago :
" A man can own posessions, or his posessions can come to own him..."
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Paden
.375 Atomic
Lower Goldstream Creek
Posts: 1,132
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Post by Paden on Jul 28, 2014 11:55:48 GMT -5
My SS revolvers proudly display all manner of dings and scratches, and carbon rings too. They're tools which get used, and take on indications of such use. Trying to remove carbon rings seems akin to trying to remove that polished spot from the seat of your saddle.
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Post by Squatch on Jul 28, 2014 15:03:46 GMT -5
Paden, mine to has it fair share of dings and scratches. The first always the most painful. I don't clean the carbon ring off every time but it's so easy to just drop it in the ultra sonic cleaner, why not. Now before I had the cleaner, no way was I spending the time trying to remove the ring.
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Paden
.375 Atomic
Lower Goldstream Creek
Posts: 1,132
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Post by Paden on Jul 28, 2014 15:35:11 GMT -5
Sounds like some kind of magic.
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Post by buckheart on Jul 28, 2014 16:56:26 GMT -5
I'm kinda partial to the pretty pattern shooting this BFR made on the cylinder. I got other fish to fry, not going to worry about getting spotless clean.   |
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