Cleaning the cylinder face?

[Moonpie]

What/How do you clean the blast residue from the face of a blued revolver cylinder?

 

[Vaquero]

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[grasshopperglock]

Unless it touches the forcing cone. It's a permanent decoration. You can soak it in Hoppes #8. Other then that, mechanically you can't remove it without rubbing through or scratching the blue. If it was stainless, Flizt metal polish takes it right off.

I wouldn't worry about it unless it starts to touch the cone.

 

[diesel1959]

I put some CLP on it and then gently use a bronze bristle toothbrush thingy. I wipe off and check frequently and I emphasize GENTLY. Must have the oil or this is a wasted effort.

 

[Younggun]

Scrape it off with the blade of a pocket knife. Or a tiny flathead screwdriver.

 

[grasshopperglock]

It's not an AR firing pin. Lolololol

 

[Dawico]

I ignore it.

I consider it a protective layer of fouling.

 

[Younggun]

No, it's a hunk of metal designed to take the force of a cartridge being fired. It's part of a tool. My pocket knife won't hurt it.

 

[grasshopperglock]

Quit doing that to your knife. Ugh.

 

[Younggun]

It's a tool too. If it can't handle the job it will be broken and replaced.

 

[grasshopperglock]

Dig it off with a screwdriver. Leave the knife sharp. It's tool job is to cut. It doesn't scrap things.

 

[Younggun]

lol. It does whatever job I need it to do at the time. Including cutting the crude off a cylinder face.

I have another tool to make it sharp again.

 

[Moonpie]

 

[grasshopperglock]

Dude. You're giving me traumatic and tragic thoughts about removing carbon off a blued cylinder with a knife.

Somebody is gonna read this and try it. Then the revolver will end up at the pawnshop or the classifieds here. Then somebody will buy it and wonder what the hell happened.


Lolololol. I'm in. Knife the hell out of it.

 

[Younggun]

It's how I clean mine and the cylinder face is fine. He asked how people cleaned them and gave my answer. Guess those old Blackhawks had a better finish than these fancy new guns.

Anyways, people can clean as they wish, I gave my answer.

 

[grasshopperglock]

Gross.

 

[Dawico]

I have been known to scrape fouling with a knife. Works well.

 

[LOCKHART]

Those lead removing cloths do an excellent job of taking that crud off. Just use them gently. Those work for me.

 

[txchl33]

What/How do you clean the blast residue from the face of a blued revolver cylinder?

What/How do you clean the blast residue from the face of a blued revolver cylinder?

 

[NovaLondon]

Soak in Hoppes as earlier stated. Best thing would be a stainless version and my glass beader kept mine spotless..lol
Being it's a blued revolver soaking to soften is your only option to not harm your finish. STAY AWAY from anything with AMMONIA in it as that is like wiping a chalkboard with water. Bluing with come off quickly.
Darn, gave away my age huh, talking about wster and chalkboards