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MauserMike
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hot water, then solvent, patches, then light oil
All semi autos will puke a lot of the fouling back into the action and down into the magazines. So really you should be washing out the whole gun each time. Just look at the build up on the face of the slide and in the grooves on each side of the spine on the bottom of the slide that cocks the hammer and strips the round out of the magazine.
On the Tok the hammer action is far enough back that I'd lift it out and set it aside as not needing to be cleaned. At least not until you see some crap on it as well. But the slide should be cleaned every time as well as the lower frame. This means removing the plastic grips as well so you can oil the frame and avoid water trapped in the gun. But the trigger bow can stay in place.
Two great tools for quickly cleaning are a round plastic bristle brush and an old tooth brush. With these you can clean all the nooks and crannies very quickly.
Magazines are right there by the opening so they get a surprising amount of fouling into them. You'll want to open them up and clean them as well probably every third or fourth range session. Or if you only have one or two magazines then I'd say every second session. Lubing them with something like Fluid Film on the inside could extend this out to 3 or 4 sessions since it'll protect the metal quite well.
Rinse well with HOT water and dry right away so the heat from the hot water will aid in drying any water you miss. Flush the firing pin and extractor channels through with WD-40 to flush away any water trapped back in these two parts. The residual oil left will serve as lubricant for these so no further oil is needed for basic cleaning.
This all sounds like a heap of work. But really with a bit of practice and fine tuning the tools you use to get at all the spots you should be able to cut it down to around 20 minutes from start to finish.
On the Tok the hammer action is far enough back that I'd lift it out and set it aside as not needing to be cleaned. At least not until you see some crap on it as well. But the slide should be cleaned every time as well as the lower frame. This means removing the plastic grips as well so you can oil the frame and avoid water trapped in the gun. But the trigger bow can stay in place.
Two great tools for quickly cleaning are a round plastic bristle brush and an old tooth brush. With these you can clean all the nooks and crannies very quickly.
Magazines are right there by the opening so they get a surprising amount of fouling into them. You'll want to open them up and clean them as well probably every third or fourth range session. Or if you only have one or two magazines then I'd say every second session. Lubing them with something like Fluid Film on the inside could extend this out to 3 or 4 sessions since it'll protect the metal quite well.
Rinse well with HOT water and dry right away so the heat from the hot water will aid in drying any water you miss. Flush the firing pin and extractor channels through with WD-40 to flush away any water trapped back in these two parts. The residual oil left will serve as lubricant for these so no further oil is needed for basic cleaning.
This all sounds like a heap of work. But really with a bit of practice and fine tuning the tools you use to get at all the spots you should be able to cut it down to around 20 minutes from start to finish.
Greenhorse six
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I hear some guys use Windex to clean them.
On another note , anybody know if the Russian tokarevs refebs have chromed barrels ?
I've heard the Soviets did SKS barrels when they refeberished them.
On another note , anybody know if the Russian tokarevs refebs have chromed barrels ?
I've heard the Soviets did SKS barrels when they refeberished them.
gewehr76
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
No chromed barrels on Russian toks. Chromed barrels are only on real Cinese army type 54.
Windex is fine for cleaning a barrel or other smaller job. But it will require a bath in the stuff to clean the gun correctly. Or a good portion of a bottle to do the same thing.
But yeah, technically it does work. But the gun still needs to be field stripped and the grip scales removed to let you dry away the moisture from the Windex.
And why use the more expensive Windex with hot water with a dash of dish soap works just fine?
But yeah, technically it does work. But the gun still needs to be field stripped and the grip scales removed to let you dry away the moisture from the Windex.
And why use the more expensive Windex with hot water with a dash of dish soap works just fine?
I usually go to the dollar store and get windex........dissasemble (it is a tok they dpnt make em any easier to take down than a tok lol) drown the whole thing overnight then clean as normal
many many 1000's of rnds and no issues 
