A strange way to clean rifle after shooting corrosive ammo?

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Hey guys. Long story short I work with a guy who has to put it lightly some very strange ideas. But the other day he peaked my interest by saying that he uses windex to clean his sks after shooting corrosive ammo, stating that a certain formula works awesome. I don't have a lot of experience with corrosive ammo so I decided to bring this question to the cgn experts. Is this a thing or has this guy gone full crazy? Also as a 858 is maybe in the the budget next year does anyone have any other "old school" or strange methods of cleaning this kind of firearm? I'm curious.


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Yep it works. Helps neutralize the iron salts. Then give it a light oil and your good to go! To be honest I just use lots of G96 and give it a good clean. Never had rust issues.
 
It's true. Just plain water will neutralize most, add a bit of ammonia (windex), and you're golden. I did it in a mini 30 for a year, no issues.

Couple squirts in the barrel, couple up the mag well, cycle it a few times....DONE!!!

GGG
 
Windex does seem to have a cult following. People think that the ammonia neutralizes the salts from the primer of surplus ammo.
Probably Windex is good at cutting thru the greasy residue of surplus ammo and the water in it does rinse away the salts, but hot water works better.

Followed by oiling, of course. Or if you are lazy like me, just use CLP and wipe away most of the crud while encapsulating any remaining salt.
 
your not neutralizing, you are washing away

the black powder way of the barrel on a bucket of hot soapy water and run the patch up and down works well
 
In a previous thread a poster went over the chemistry of windex cleaning post-corrosive. He was a chemist and could explain the science behind it. His bottom line: the ammonia has nothing to do with cleaning... the 98 percent water is what does the cleaning.

Simple scrub with hot soapy water, followed by a rinse followed by a light oil. Bob's your uncle!
 
Gunneegoogoo said:
It's true. Just plain water will neutralize most, add a bit of ammonia (windex), and you're golden. I did it in a mini 30 for a year, no issues.

Couple squirts in the barrel, couple up the mag well, cycle it a few times....DONE!!!

GGG
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I would hate to see your gas system right now. Poor sks.
 
Yep, save your money and use plain, old fashion HOT water. The hot water dissolves the corrosive salts and washes it away. Then clean as if you would any firearm using your favourite powder solvent followed up with a very light coat of your preferred gun oil (I like Ballistol). But if using Windex, Simple Green or any other water based liquid is the magic formula for you, go for it. Your money.
 
The military solution to cleaning after shooting with corrosive ammo (that's all they used up thru the Korean era) was to use hot water or hot soapy water or any water to dissolve the primer salts. This was followed by dry patching the bore then an oily patch. Who's seen one of those funnels for use in the chamber of a Lee-Enfield or those foul smelling little OD cans of water based bore cleaner that the US Army issued? Black powder or Pyrodex shooters still follow the same cleaning routine.
 
If you are real lazy - take a Thermos of hot water to the range. When finished, with a hot barrel, pour the water into the action and down the barrel.

When you get home , clean as usual. Hot water dissolves salt.

Windex is just an expensive way to get some water into the barrel.
 
I hose down the barrel, bolt face and gas system with WD immediately after finishing shooting corrosive, then do the hot soapy water routine preferably as soon as I get back home. I've had instances where immediate cleaning wasn't possible at home. The gun showed no signs of rust up to 2 day later when I did finally give it its bubble bath. I wouldn't recommend WD40 for oiling guns for storage or use, but it seems to keep the moisture in the air (and thus the rust) at bay until I have the inclination to clean.

I tried windex once, but didn't see the point after using hot water the first time.
 
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