Thread: Care & Maintenance Of Our Firearms

Originally Posted by Siguy

Amen, brother. dependability every time. Also, no fumbling with controls when it counts. (wiggling finger)<--this is my safety(Black Hawk Down reference).

I feel the same way also about the Kalashnikov 47. Dead nuts accurate on iron sights(the way I like it from 7-150?), and something drastic has to go wrong for it not to fire... This state we only get the semi-auto version, though, after a detailed breakdown, I did have an FA incident with a dislodged pin. Quickly resolved, but educational.

+1 Jimmy -- Glock is more practical than some care to admit, but I border on both religion and politics here so I shall secede.

I like Glocks, and you cant deny their reliability but they've never held my attention. I've owned a couple and while I enjoyed them I always end up selling it for something else. Granted a Glock 30S has been peeking my interest.

On a similar note of, "S**t I don't really need but I kinda want" as the girls put it, anyone else real interested in the US made AK theres chatter of.

Originally Posted by GrimClippers

I like the fact that is somewhat thick, unlike most lubes that are fluid or like grease this sits solidly between. It seems to aid in cleaning, and it stays where I put it (to a certain degree). It could be just me but it also seems to attract less lent and gunk from CCW than most the the lubes I've used.

Well, you buy what suits you. They make a paste clp, liquid clp, solvent, and I think a degreaser. I ordered the liquid clp as it seemed to be fit more of what I like as I the paste clp didn't seem to fit what I look for.

Found an empty bottle of the solvent I was talking about while looking for a spool of Romex (which I found).

Damn 8 pages on gun cleaning. Keep it simple.

And only the 1911's get the LP. All others are fine with just CLP.

I like to use Simple Green and a tooth brush then pop it in my ultrasonic cleaner. The bore brush with simple green is included in the process. Blow it dry with an air compressor and spray mineral spirits into interior parts. Final would be apply a light gun oil. WD-40 is forbidden to get near my guns. bj

I have not bought swabs in years,,, most any old cloth gets used for either swabs or drain cloth.

Anyone else out there shooting corrosive ammo?

I have a seemingly ever-evolving process with my SKS that can involve anything from hot water, windex, brake cleaner (handy for blasting out the bolt and keeping that pin loose to prevent the dreaded slam fires), Hoppes, Remoil, and a couple of other solvents/oils I've tried along the way. I've only been shooting it since last summer, and haven't been to the range in a couple of months, so I can't say I'm really set in my ways yet. Am open to any suggestions for nailing down my corrosive cleaning ritual.

I'm loving the bore snake approach too.

I have shot a lot of corrosive ammo, I have had SKS's before,,, now it's Mosins, Tokarev's, CZ's , Nagant revolvers.

I use the same ritual with these rifles, except, if it's corossive ammo, I bore clean with Sweet's or if I'm out straight household ammonia(with lots of ventalation & gloves),,,,boiling water down the barrel,,, funnel it,,,,immediate follow up with WD-40 in a pump bottle(cheaper by the gallon at HomeDepot),,, then lubricate barrel with your choice of lubricant.

That bolt assembly can be broken down,,,, dish soapy, hot water in a bowl & scrub with toothbrush (, immediate transfer into a bowl of WD-40,,, just enough to cover the parts, oet it sit for 15 minutes or so as you work the rest of the rifle,,,, remove bolt assembly, lubricate with your choice & re-assemble.

I only use brake cleaner to remove Cosmoline , when I first get a weapon that has been stored in it.

I had to disassemble the bolt before I fired it the first time as the cosmoline and whatever else was in there had solidified completely. Man, that was a bear to get apart as the retaining pin was fused in place pretty hard too.

Hadn't heard of Sweet's before - thanks for the tip! I have been using window cleaner with ammonia to help dissolve the salts.

This all makes me realize a range trip is really overdue...