How to clean a stainless gun?
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Armored Metal
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I use BreakFree CLP, let sit, scrub with a nylon brush and repeat if necessary. No different than a blue gun. The grime just shows more on a SS firearm.
If you can find it, there's this great stuff that is a must have for cleaning stainless guns...I think they call it 'elbow grease'
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Happens with blued guns as well. Soak and Rub, is all I can suggest. I do that maint once a year. That burned powder residue is really stuborn stuff to remove.
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Flitz on a soft cloth & a little rubbing and the gun looks better than new.
Or, if you are lazy like me, get an ultrasonic cleaner for about $120, fill with varsol, and run your stainless pistol through it for about 20 minutes with heat. Squeaky clean, just clean the bore with a brush, lube, and call it good.
This works for the front of the cylinder but I would not do it on the cylinder flutes (which also get carbon buildup) because the Scotchbrite will dull the stainless steel.
New Camper
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X2 It is easier if you remove the carbon shortly after it was deposited: Maybe I have OCD, but I clean mine after I return from the range. I find it easier to clean the Ruger Mk1 than my stainless revolvers, but nothing beats the S&W revolver in range pickup ease and eye candy department.
