Stainless revolver struggle averted!

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Birchwood Casey lead remover and polishing cloth. The packaging on mine says stainless or nickel only, not for use on blued weapons.

It makes complete removal of the blast rings around the chambers MUCH easier than conventional methods...well...except on my 460 after some spicy rounds.... That thing is in a category of stubborn blast rings all its own.
 
Can it be used on the Airweights? I have heard that the alloy frames are coated and should only be cleaned with some cleaners. I have heard that even #9 is bad for the coating?
Thanks, Frank.
 
Yep...been using it for years. I only do the face of the cylinder and around the forcing cone with it...whatever you use it on will be polished perhaps more than you want as it is somewhat aggressive. No blue guns!!! I would hesitate on anything non-stainless. JMHO.:)
 
I also use the Birchwood Casey Lead away cleaning patches, which are cut to smaller size, in my barrel.

Stainless guns only, use sparingly, and they work great.
 
This stuff is amazing, too -- and a whole lot cheaper.

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Good ol' Brasso! You know, I was wondering how Brasso might work.

Mothers Mag Polish works good too on the more stubborn 460 mag cylinder after some full house rounds have been sent down the pipe. The Birchwood Casey cloth gets most of it, but I have to get that last bit with Mothers. For every other "normal" caliber revolver I have, the Birchwood cloth does it with gusto.....
 
Hey guys this product is amazing on stainless guns!

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No more carbon rings!


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I've used this for some time now and if you clean the gun on a regular basis it makes it very easy. I remove the cylinder when I do mine which makes the job go faster. Or you can be lazy and give the gun a quick cleaning and leave the carbon rings alone since you'll get them again next time you shoot.
 
This stuff's got wax in it right? I just started using Ren Wax at the suggestions of folks here, and I love it. Do the folks who are using BC finish it up with ren wax, or just leave it alone?
 
since were on the subject on cleaning ....I have a stainless 649 .... what can I use to polish up the gun ....the whole thing because its kinda rough..
 
since were on the subject on cleaning ....I have a stainless 649 .... what can I use to polish up the gun ....the whole thing because its kinda rough..

Try Mother's Mag Polish. You can get it in about any auto parts store. However use a light hand as it is a mild abrasive. It will clean up the satin finish on your 649 in no time, but if you get aggressive it will make your gun very bright and shiny. A look that many here on the forum don't like on their stainless guns. I've seen pics of stainless guns here on the forum that have been heavily polished with Mother's and the final look approaches the look of a nickel finish.

I also like to clean my matte stainless 3rd gens from time to time with Mother's but always with a gentle hand. A lot of folks like Flitz too, but I have never tried it.
 
I used to spend a lot of money of those Lead Remover cloths, they work well but they're pretty spendy. I took to dropping the cylinders in a jar of Hoppe's #9 for a day or two, then taking a brass or bronze-bristle brush to them. The burn rings come off pretty easily after a good soak.
 
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