DEAR LORD!! How do I clean this Stainless!
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Hey guys! Check this blog entry on cleaning an S&W Model 29. I think this is stainless too so I think its useful. I'm going to ask a friend working for a gun shop about this but I think this could be a good way to keep guns clean. Hope this helps. Let me know 
Here >>> http://www.iultrasonic.com/restore-your-smith-wesson-model-29-through-ultrasonic-cleaning.html
Here >>> http://www.iultrasonic.com/restore-your-smith-wesson-model-29-through-ultrasonic-cleaning.html
I just take Q Tips of Hoppes #9 and soak it, let it sit a few mins then come back and re-apply and it usually starts to come off. I have started to carry a microfiber cloth with me as it seems to wipe off way easier after shooting while the cylinder is still warm.
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- santas workshop
Gun cleaners works pretty well for cleaning guns...
Birchwood Casey lead remover cloth:
This works great on my GP100, use it after every range visit.
Cocked&Locked
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- S. Ontario
x2If you have time to take to clean to this extent, you don't shoot enough. My 65 sees a couple hundred rounds a week. It gets a wipe down, and if the bore shoes signs of leading or the mouths of the chambers they get a more through cleaning. The front of the cylinder just gets wiped off.
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He is joking. Do not do this!!!
Indeed. The time spent on unnecessary cleaning could be used for more shooting! You don't really need to clean it until the buildup is starting to bind the cylinder. When you go to clean it, a soak in your favourite solvent and a bronze brush will do the job just fine.
As for BBQs, a quick wire brushing and letting it run a few minutes to burn off the gunk after you are done cooking are all that is needed.
So I buy my GF a brand new Sig 226 for her birthday last november. I leave it up to her to clean and maintain it. About 2 weeks or so ago I thought I would take it down and have a quick look to see how diligent she was about keeping it clean. Long story short is it was extremely dirty. I ran hoppes 9 through the bore for about an hour and a half, and scrubbed with a brass brush, but just couldn't get that mirror shine finish. I dabbed a little flitz polish on a clean patch ran er through a couple times and she was good as new...actually better than new as it is much easier to clean now since the flitz. Moral of the story...if you want something done right you gotta do it yourself. From now on I think I will clean her guns after the range...she can stick to cleaning the toilets :
Some warnings on using some of the items or products mentioned in this thread.
First off the green or any other Scotchbrite pads have some serious abrasive particles included in the makeup of the pad. Using one on any gun is pretty much the same as using a piece of emery sanding cloth on the gun. The green color indicates the "grit" of the pad. There's also rust red pads which are more coarse and some grey ones which are a finer grit equivalent but still very much a case of being similar to taking sandpaper to your gun.
On to polishes. Flitz, Mag Wheel, or pretty much any polish that has a white creamy look to it contains a fine but very abrasive powder in the mixture which is the same as the white abrasive compound sticks used for buffing wheels. So each time you use such a product it "cleans" by sanding away the stain along with a little of the metal of your gun. This is why you should not use it on a blued gun. But it's doing the same thing to a stainless gun as well. It's just not as noticable to the eye due to the color of the stainless not changing.
Using a polish such as Flitz or something else now and then isn't the end of the world. But to use it as a regular cleaning product on a frequent basis is going to wear away the edges of the cylinder chambers over time along with the crispness of the edges around the outside edge of the flutes and such.
The fact that the lead away cloths say right on them to not use them on blued guns suggests that they are charged with some of this same polish. Again now and then, such as a couple of times a year, will take a lot of years to notice any change. But if you use an abrasive cloth of this sort weekly or for cleaning up after each range session you may find it is causing a rounding over of the edges around the cylinder pretty soon.
A quick test for any product is to put some on a regular stainless spoon or butter knife. Rub it in with a clean cloth vigorously. If the cloth comes away with some black on it then it is abrasive and the black you're seeing is some of the stainless metal that was worn away by the abrasive action. A product of this sort is going to similarly wear away your gun with repeated use.
First off the green or any other Scotchbrite pads have some serious abrasive particles included in the makeup of the pad. Using one on any gun is pretty much the same as using a piece of emery sanding cloth on the gun. The green color indicates the "grit" of the pad. There's also rust red pads which are more coarse and some grey ones which are a finer grit equivalent but still very much a case of being similar to taking sandpaper to your gun.
On to polishes. Flitz, Mag Wheel, or pretty much any polish that has a white creamy look to it contains a fine but very abrasive powder in the mixture which is the same as the white abrasive compound sticks used for buffing wheels. So each time you use such a product it "cleans" by sanding away the stain along with a little of the metal of your gun. This is why you should not use it on a blued gun. But it's doing the same thing to a stainless gun as well. It's just not as noticable to the eye due to the color of the stainless not changing.
Using a polish such as Flitz or something else now and then isn't the end of the world. But to use it as a regular cleaning product on a frequent basis is going to wear away the edges of the cylinder chambers over time along with the crispness of the edges around the outside edge of the flutes and such.
The fact that the lead away cloths say right on them to not use them on blued guns suggests that they are charged with some of this same polish. Again now and then, such as a couple of times a year, will take a lot of years to notice any change. But if you use an abrasive cloth of this sort weekly or for cleaning up after each range session you may find it is causing a rounding over of the edges around the cylinder pretty soon.
A quick test for any product is to put some on a regular stainless spoon or butter knife. Rub it in with a clean cloth vigorously. If the cloth comes away with some black on it then it is abrasive and the black you're seeing is some of the stainless metal that was worn away by the abrasive action. A product of this sort is going to similarly wear away your gun with repeated use.
iamcanadianeh
CGN Regular
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- Vancouver Island
Ditto. They work fantastic
