My SKS and Corrosive Ammo

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Hey y'all,

So I bought corrosive ammo for my '54 Tula Refurb, and I just want to make sure I'll be cleaning it correctly when I'm finished shooting. I won't have boiling water nearby, so I was planning to follow the Windex with Ammonia-D method on the Box 'O Truth, found here: http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/edu13.htm, followed by a regular cleaning of Hoppe's No. 9 and a little bit of oil on the moving parts (except the gas system, I know that runs dry). Is there anything I should pay close attention to?

Thanks in advanced!

Edit: It looks like I'll be disassembling it and then going with the boiling water method.
 
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don't do the windex method, it doesn't actually do anything and if you don't get it all out (like if some runs into the mouth of the gas tube) you will get some pretty mean rusting pretty quickly. speaking from experience, welded my piston into the tube that way haha oops. pour boiling water into the barrel and the open gas chamber from the action end instead. it will dissolve the potassium chloride salts from the primer and the heat will evaporate the water.

water, patch, repeat 3 or 4 times, then follow with regular solvent and oil treatment
 
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Zep concentrated orange cleaner. It seems to cut the grease the best. Also, you have to disassemble the bolt each time and clean firing pin channel with a qtip. Rinse with really hot tap water and let dry fully before reassembling.
 
Water for cleaning, followed by gun oil to lube everything when you're done is all you need.

Here's what I do:

1. After shooting, I wait until I get home (a couple hours, let's say).

2. I remove the gas tube, piston, operating rod (the one that actually pushes on the bolt-carrier). Also remove the receiver cover, bolt, bolt-carrier, and stock.

3. Rinse out the gas tube with water and don't get any on the wood. Dry off the water and then push an oiled patch through it.

4. Take stripped down receiver and parts to bathtub. Rince everything really well using flexible shower attachment set on the highest presssure stream and hottest water.

5. Dry everything with towel (paper, or whatever)

6. Put bolt in toaster oven set at about 275 F for around 15 minutes (to make sure it's completely dry). 275 will not hurt anything.

7. Lube all parts with gun oil on a rag. Push oiled patches through the barrel and any other holes.

8. Take the bolt from the oven, let it cool, wipe it with oily rag.

9. Re-assemble everything and do a quick function check.

10. Store the firearm safely.

* The oil I use is "Outers" gun oil from Canadian Tire. It seems to dry up and leave no residue on the gun.
 
umcalleg said:
don't do the windex method, it doesn't actually do anything and if you don't get it all out (like if some runs into the mouth of the gas tube) you will get some pretty mean rusting pretty quickly. speaking from experience, welded my piston into the tube that way haha oops. pour boiling water into the barrel and the open gas chamber from the action end instead. it will dissolve the potassium chloride salts from the primer and the heat will evaporate the water.

water, patch, repeat 3 or 4 times, then follow with regular solvent and oil treatment
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Jesus. Ok, I'm going to scratch that one off my list!
 
Publican said:
How many times do we have to see this bloody question??
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I think it's because everyone has a different way of cleaning corrosive. Also what some say works, others say it doesn't. Like Windex for example.

Every single internet forum will have these questions that always come back.
 
I get home, spray the gun with G-96 and put it back in the safe. Clean it when I got time. No rust yet.

It's a military arm fellas, not a 2000 yard F-class precision rig. Don't be so paranoid. :)
 
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I get home, spray the gun with G-96 and put it back in the safe. Clean it when I got time. No rust yet.

It's a military arm fellas, not a 2000 yard F-class precision rig. Don't be so paranoid. :)
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While I do agree in principle, I'm a man of small means. I don't want to have to pay for costly repairs down the line :)
 
Ganderite said:
When i get home I pour a half kettle of hot water down through the chamber end, then clean the gun normally. About every third time I strip the gas system off and clean that, too.
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thats what i do! you can see all the black sediments come out of the barrel in the bath tub. Plus it makes it hot and loosens everything up for the normal cleaning routine. Then G96.
 
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