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cleaning cylinder burn marks
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john traveler
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Brass cleaning brush and powder solvent.
Don't even think about anything more abrasive like stainless polishing pads, Mother's Mag Polish. It will thin and remove the bluing too!
Don't even think about anything more abrasive like stainless polishing pads, Mother's Mag Polish. It will thin and remove the bluing too!
What about FlitzZ??
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There's no real need to get over aggressive with cleaning the burn marks on the chamber mouths.......every time you shoot the revolver they will come back anyway!
Even on a stainless gun, eventually the cylinder face will get an unsightly "over scrubbed" look to it. I have a stainless Ruger GP100 that was owned by a guy who was super obsessive about getting the burn marks off, and the cylinder face has millions of fine scratches all over it. I would rather just have burn marks! They add character to the gun and are part of normal use.
Just wipe them down to get the carbon off, the burn marks on the steel won't affect function a bit. They are like turn lines, there's no way to avoid them except not shoot the gun.
Even on a stainless gun, eventually the cylinder face will get an unsightly "over scrubbed" look to it. I have a stainless Ruger GP100 that was owned by a guy who was super obsessive about getting the burn marks off, and the cylinder face has millions of fine scratches all over it. I would rather just have burn marks! They add character to the gun and are part of normal use.Just wipe them down to get the carbon off, the burn marks on the steel won't affect function a bit. They are like turn lines, there's no way to avoid them except not shoot the gun.
dirty gary
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Just accept them as part of the guns appeal. If its a shooter, its gonna have them - if its a safe queen, it won't
john traveler
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Polishing pastes and cloth like simichrome and flitz are all mildly abrasive. That is how they clean and polish. If used excessively on blued or nickeled finishes, they eventually will thin the finsh.
Don't worry about them, they're inevitable if you're going to shoot it.
Shoot it then wipe it with some #9.
Shoot it then wipe it with some #9.
I use WD40 and a paper towel to clean the burn marks and residue off the sides of the cylinder. The front I just wipe it off with paper towel and let it be.
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I am obsessively clean when it comes to guns, but the one area I do not get bent out of shape about on blued guns is the cylinder face. If I were to truly remove ALL of the carbon and lead from the face of the cylinders, I would have bare cylinder faces on those guns now!
I clean off what comes off easily with a nylon toothbrush and solvent. What doesn't come off remains there.
Stainless guns can be cleaned up with a Lead-A-Way wiping cloth, a pencil eraser, or similar and I do occasionally clean them, but NOT every time I shoot. Those types of cleaners are abrasives none the less, and too much cleaning will cause more harm than good.
Chief38
I clean off what comes off easily with a nylon toothbrush and solvent. What doesn't come off remains there.
Stainless guns can be cleaned up with a Lead-A-Way wiping cloth, a pencil eraser, or similar and I do occasionally clean them, but NOT every time I shoot. Those types of cleaners are abrasives none the less, and too much cleaning will cause more harm than good.
Chief38
