Corrosive ammo cleaning

I just dip a patch in hot soapy water and run it through the barrel. I got lazy and used just oil after lots of corrosive and found a few rust spots on my vz58
 
I carry a small bottle of Ammonia (empty plastic Ensure / Boost bottle)
I also carry a Lab Wash Bottle (eBay or Google Image this)
When done shooting, I pour all the Ammonia into the Lab Wash Bottle and then place the rifle, muzzle down, into the empty "Ensure" bottle to catch the run-off.
I then just squirt the ammonia into the chamber and also into the end of the (dismantled) gas port, muzzle brake etc.
When done, re-cap the ensure bottle for re-use once or twice more and run a Bore Snake through the barrel a couple of times.
Do this outdoors to avoid the ammonia fumes. Carefully read the safely warnings on the original Ammonia Bottle!
Ammonia will completely neutralize the corrosive effects of the primers.
Store the Ammonia well away from your ammo and reloading components!
 
A blast of water, followed by WD40 (Water Displacement#40) and clean normally. Rust will first gather in the gas tube assembly if anywhere, so extra care here. 60 seconds more than a normal clean and lube for any other other rifle.

Water base is the only thing to remove salt.

Other fluids such as wd40, Hoppes, Eds Red, CLP, ect will not dissolve salts. Try it if you don't believe me. Dump a teaspoon of salt into one of these fluids, shake well then strain it through a coffee filter. Put the salt back in the salt shaker when done.
 
Have a spray bottle with 9:1 water to Ballistol ratio. That gets sprayed down the bore and over all the parts of the bolt and gas system (if a gas system exists).

I wipe the parts clean and patch the bore clean and then finish off with a wipe down from an oily rag.
 
Use windex. Inexpensive and don't need a lot. Before packing up and leaving range, shoot some in the receiver and down the barrel. Get home and hot water and Dawn... for some reason this works best, I had it explained in detail to me before. Not too messy, but the windex makes it quick.
 
I'm lazy. Wipe-out. A couple dry patches the next day and everything is gone. Perfect for non-chrome bores. Leaves a good corrosion inhibitor. If you leave copper in the bore it can still rust under the copper even with oil. That's why I like wipe-out.
 
I only put a few wet patches through the barrel and use a hot wet rag to wipe down other parts or dunk them. The only reason I got some rust spots recently was because I skipped this step and just used clp. Many thousands of rounds and never had an issue unless I skip the water.
 
Trition said:
Use windex. Inexpensive and don't need a lot. Before packing up and leaving range, shoot some in the receiver and down the barrel. Get home and hot water and Dawn... for some reason this works best, I had it explained in detail to me before. Not too messy, but the windex makes it quick.
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Windex is great for black powder as well.
I believe it contains ammonia.
My quick clean at the range method is spray windex down the barrel, and in gas tube, rod, as well as gas port.
Dry patch, then WD40 and a couple of dry patchs.
My home cleaning method is pour boiling water down barrel, gas port, tube, rod, dismantled bolt and carrier.
(Pretty much dries itself.)
CLP where applicable and reassemble.
 
Get a plastic tub, disassemble gun, put all small parts in the tub add a squirt of dish soup, pour boiling water over small parts and slosh them around for a minute. rinse with hot water from the tap. set aside to dry. While parts are drying pour boiling water down the barrel and gas tube. Run a bore snake with some g96 through the barrel and gas tube once it has dried and cooled. coat all small parts with g96. wipe them down of all excess g96 , reassemble gun and go shoot again
 
Ammonia (Windex) does nothing to remove the salts; it's the water in the mixture that does it. Save yourself the money and simply use hot water.
 
Windex has a theoretical advantage over water: surfactants that expedite evaporation and decrease the potential for oxidation of the surfaces it was applied to.
 
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