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10-28-2013, 08:54 AM
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Cleaning Supplies
Good Morning!
Well, the wife and I got our first couple of days of shooting in at the range with our new 686s. All I have to say is, her accuracy is making me nervous. I'll have to be on my best behavior as she is making Swiss cheese out of the bulls eye! lol.
So, after the two days of shooting I cleaned both revolvers yesterday with the Hoppes cleaning kit and lead remover cloth i got. Everything worked fine and the guns cleaned up really nice. I followed a couple of videos on YouTube that made the process pretty easy to understand and follow.
My question is about the life of the bore mops. After cleaning both guns with the same mop, that thing is dirty as hell and I don't really think I should reuse them.
Since these are really just delivering the cleaning solvent and I am using the brass bore cleaner and the patches later, so should I worry to much about how dirty these are and push them for a few more uses or should I ditch them after just a cleaning or two as I am leaning towards.
Also, any tricks or suggestions you want to offer a newbie on cleaning are appreciated. I always appreciate the opinions and suggestions.
Thanks!
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10-28-2013, 09:13 AM
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My wife also is a better shot than me with a .22. Luckily for me she can't handle heavier loads. I don't use the mops, never have, cause i too don't really see the point. Once my supplies are dirty i don't want to use them anymore. Like washing a floor with a dirty mop.....Rather i like to stick with the patches. Many of which i cut to size myself from larger pieces. I'll use the bore brush on any non- surface part of the gun. I also find that q-tips, old tooth brushes, and brass type tooth brushes are great to get at those hard to reach places.
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10-28-2013, 09:32 AM
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I just use a brush to scrub with and small pieces of wadded up paper towel to get the wet crud out.A bore snake can be helpful too.If you have leading in the barrel,a little piece of copper scrub pad wrapped around a worn brush works wonders.
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10-28-2013, 09:33 AM
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I get many uses out of a mop before it gets nasty enough to replace. Just remember to dry the used mop with an old rag before you put it away.
Oh yes, welcome to the forum and Smith and Wesson ownership.
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10-28-2013, 09:41 AM
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Get yourself one of these if you don't already have it.
It makes short work out of the carbon rings on the front of the cylinder and around the forcing cone, etc.
You can thank me later.
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10-28-2013, 10:14 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hillbilly77
Get yourself one of these if you don't already have it.
It makes short work out of the carbon rings on the front of the cylinder and around the forcing cone, etc.
You can thank me later.
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I already had purchased one based on a few mentions I saw about this product on YouTube. I'll still give you the tank you though as this thing worked great! Glad I had picked it up.
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10-28-2013, 10:39 AM
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You can "wash" the mops. Just put it in a dish with some dishwashing soap and massage it a little, then rinse and let it dry.
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10-28-2013, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by skeezix
You can "wash" the mops. Just put it in a dish with some dishwashing soap and massage it a little, then rinse and let it dry.
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+1, I wash them after I am done, works well.
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10-28-2013, 01:47 PM
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I use patches instead of the mop
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