how to clean a stainless cylinder from burnt powder residue

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How do you clean the cylinder of your revolvers after shooting ?
Especially to clean all the burnt podwer residue from the front side of the cylinder ?

Is Ballistol a good option ?
If not what else works fine ?

Thanks for helping and a Merry Xmas to all.
 
A lead removing cloth - I have the Birchwood Casey Lead Remover ones and just a few minutes takes off all the build up that would otherwise take you a very long time to scrub off.

Before:




After about 5 minutes with the Birchwood cloth:

 
only use these methods above if you're going to sell the gun
they are "abrasive"
you don't want to prematurely wear out the gun just for looks
 
ted_dent said:
Unless the carbon is in it's diamond form I have a hard time seeing how carbon can be abrasive enough to damage stainless steel. But hey, I guess anything's possible. :d
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Stainless steel is actually relatively soft, only ~200-250 Brinell so relatively easy to scratch. A good test would be to take your eraser after you have used it to clean your revolver and try rubbing it on a clear piece of glass.
 
legi0n said:
only use these methods above if you're going to sell the gun
they are "abrasive"
you don't want to prematurely wear out the gun just for looks
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A brass brush isn't abrasive.
But, you don't need to brush until the slight discoloration at the mouth of each chamber is completely gone, each time you clean.
 
legi0n said:
only use these methods above if you're going to sell the gun
they are "abrasive"
you don't want to prematurely wear out the gun just for looks
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It will take several hundred thousand cleanings for any abrasiveness to take effect that will effect safe and proper functionality. The abrasive effects of the items listed are very minimum, it is not like you are using sandpaper to remove the residue, that is not recommended. ANY kind of cleaning has abrasive effects as that is what makes the residue go away :), however, it is safe on metals.
 
An ultrasonic cleaner works amazing on my stainless GP100 cylinder. I also use a cheap battery powered electric toothbrush with regular gun solvent for the hard to reach places inside the frame, around the forcing cone etc and it works very well.
 
IM_Lugger said:
Lead Away cloth. keep it sealed and just cut out small squares when need to.
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Exactly, I use Birchwood Casey lead cloths cut in 1"x 1" squares. The rest of the cloth stays sealed until I need another square. Takes off carbon rings in a minute. Never use it on blued guns tho as it's abrasive and will thin the blued off the face of the cylinder quickly.
 
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