Initial cleaning of Silver

[Mojo99]

I had the time today to clean my new Browning Silver (getting rid of the packing grease and such). This is my first semi, so I took it slow.

I followed a Cabela's guidbook instructions on how to deep clean a Gold. A few questions. One question I have is about the recoil spring and tube.

In the guide, it said to use gun scrub (I used the remington version) on the spring, and use solvent on in the tube. After everything was clean, I did what it said and sprayed the spring and follower with 'drylube'. It didn't say to spray any in the tube, but I gave it a short burst anyways.

Is that enough lube for those parts? There was a coating of oil on the spring and tube before I cleaned it, now its pretty dry.

As for the piston, it was pretty clean. I wiped down the mag tube and put a freash coat of gun oil on it. There was a lot of oil around the gas port area, so I cleaned that off. Do you keep the piston it self dry (no lube)?

And finally, i used the gun scrub stuff on the bolt and trigger assembly. After it dryed, I sprayed some dry lube on those parts, and oiled the slide rails. That sound about right?

Thanks for any input.

 

[browninggold]

I've used Browning Golds for years (owned 6 different ones) and they are great shooting and reliable guns. Keep them clean and they will function flawlessly. Golds/Silvers do NOT need a lot of oil. A bit on the rails and the bolt, maybe a little coating on the mag tube, and thats it. Put too much on and you will gum them up (from the powder/gas/dirt) and after a lot of shooting the gun might not cycle as good. And especially when shooting in very cold temps, keep it as oil free as possible! The oil will thicken up and your semi will quickly become a single shot. It's happened to me before and thats the last thing you want when the ducks are coming in! As for the piston, I always keep mine dry. The more oil you spray in it, the more crud builds up on it. Just clean it off with a rag and some gun scrub after each use.