Corrosive Ammo, Is It Okay to Rinse But Not Clean?

Thanks for all the replies. I guess I need to clean after each trip not just rinse it with hot water.

A follow up question, do you all pull water into the fire control group?
 
qiu_lijie said:
Thanks for all the replies. I guess I need to clean after each trip not just rinse it with hot water.

A follow up question, do you all pull water into the fire control group?
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I don’t put water in my trigger mech, only barrel, everything gaz related and the bolt/bolt carrier. I just wipe and oil the trigger mech and never seen rust there in my SKS owning days.
 
Anyone know where to get a funnel with a bore sized narrow end for pouring all that water directly into the barrel? My buddy has looked at Canadian tire and such and everything is designed for something with a bigger hole.
 
City Boy said:
Anyone know where to get a funnel with a bore sized narrow end for pouring all that water directly into the barrel? My buddy has looked at Canadian tire and such and everything is designed for something with a bigger hole.
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I saw online a guy that hooked a funnel to some hard hose (brass/copper) and welded it to a 7.62x39 casing (base removed) so he could pour hot water in the bore without making a mess.
 
City Boy said:
Anyone know where to get a funnel with a bore sized narrow end for pouring all that water directly into the barrel? My buddy has looked at Canadian tire and such and everything is designed for something with a bigger hole.
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I use a plastic funnel that I picked up at Crappy Tire or Lordco for doing oil changes, it’s long and skinny and it wedges into the mouth of the chamber on all my red rifles.
 
I boil the kettle, pour a cup of coffee and pour the rest down the bore, over the gas port and hole then the gas tube and then over the piston. If I fired a lot the I remove the piston under the rear sight and pour boiled water there also and that piston. Let it dry for a bit and finish up with WWII GI bore cleaner
 
qiu_lijie said:
Thanks for all the replies. I guess I need to clean after each trip not just rinse it with hot water.

A follow up question, do you all pull water into the fire control group?
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Well pulling water, without a pump can be difficult.

just rinse all of the metal parts, other than the butt plate, with hot water and oil after.

Not removing the jacket fouling from the bore, after shooting corrosive, will catch up with you. Just do it and you won't have to worry about corrosive residue trapped under the gilding metal.
 
When I clean, after hot water I do a complete tear-down and re-lube just the sear/hammer ledge and rails. Then a Boretech C4 patch or two, and after use some Hoppes patches to clean cr--. After that, I soak the bore with Copper Solvent for about 1/2hr, brass brush a bit and repeat until patches are clear of Cu and then clear with more Hoppes. Oil and stash.
 
You could always just put it in the dishwasher! 😱. We need another thread about that since our M-305’s are now safe queens and we can’t shoot them.

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City Boy said:
Anyone know where to get a funnel with a bore sized narrow end for pouring all that water directly into the barrel? My buddy has looked at Canadian tire and such and everything is designed for something with a bigger hole.
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dont need a funnel cos over spill should take care of that any corrosive salts that got outside the chamber.
 
cement head said:
Your a good man . I was just going to say the same thing . that's the lazy way out using a bottle of windex . and you aren't doing a proper job .
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Easy there with the "lazy"...I was in no way advocating the use of Windex as the one and only way.

What I was saying is, that a few strategic squirts of Windex at the end of the range session will hold the gun over from starting the chemical process of rusting, before getting home and having a chance to do a proper cleaning.
 
I’ve been shooting wd40 down my barrel and then using tactical wipeout. I think that’s what it’s called. Picked it up at the Kamloops gun show. I’ve been doing that for about 10 years it feels like.
 
KePet said:
You could always just put it in the dishwasher! ��. We need another thread about that since our M-305’s are now safe queens and we can’t shoot them.

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I remember multiple FN uppers in the shower stalls on base. Straight hot water for about 15 minutes , take them out and lightly oil. A few of us got more trouble for dry weapons than ever got it for dirty ones. Fond memories
 
CZ Shooter said:
Windex works pretty good at neutralizing the corrosive salts too.
If you have a long drive home after a corrosive session, just spray bunch of it through the ejection port in all directions, maybe turn rifle upside down so it runs into the gas tube..etc.

Someone once told me, that it is a good idea to shoot one or two rounds of non-corrosive at the end of your session, as it blows some of the corrosive salts out...it kind of makes sense, so I do that too.
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Buck1950 said:
CZ's right about the Windex (w/ammonia) and the gas tube take 5 seconds to pop off and spray. I always do that when I get home, then I can clean with hot water later. Then I pop'er off the stock and run hot tap water in the laundry basin. It'll dry itself or I go ahead and clean with Boretech C4 and brush and patches, then oil after. NO to WD40, it's not really a lube ! Been doin' that for years with no probs.
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yomomma said:
Old wives tale

Its the water in the windex that does the work
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Page 41, The Ammonia Myth
https://nfa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/CFJ-MayJune2016.pdf
 
Just water. Dry and oil. No windex. no soap. Thats how I do it. I don't think they had any windex on the front lol. When it comes to milsurps in general, you might even be shooting a gun that has been - there done that, with similar ammo to that which your are currently shooting.
 
Geez, after all these years it's good to get the 'real deal'. I've always done hot tap water (ca 210*-almost boiling) first then a spray of Windex. Now I can drop that step. I guess the story about using short arms to clean long arms has some basis . . .
 
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