My sks with corrosive ammo and VERY dirty. What to do ?

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Just curious. I finally got a chance to shoot my sks with corrisive ammo. Only shot about 100 rounds, but the thing was so dirty. Took me a good hour and 15 mins but its still coming out dirty in the bore, gas tube etc. I cleaned main parts with scolding hot water then some eds red next, used a little hoppes as well. For some reason the bore is still dirty even tho when I look down it, it sparkles. I field stripped it and cleaned all parts with hot water and eds red and most are clean but the odd piece still has some grime coming off. Am I doing something wrong ? I just dont want any rust to appear. Am I over doing it ? I mean the bore looks sparkling clean and the gas tube as well, but it shouldnt take this long. Will keep an eye on it the next 24 hours to see if any rust appears. I also started to clean the gun within an hour from last shot fired. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
 
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BTW, I clean the bolt/ bolt face as well but I only use boiling water, 2 or 3 patches down the bore and throw some oil on her before I put mine away and it's been fine for years. My cleaning takes maybe 20 min.
 
After corrosive cleanup, I do my regular routine 2 x (wet patch, 15x brush, dry patch), I run the bore snake 5x (easy when stripped), dry patch, oily patch.. Comes out clean as a whistle
 
Hoppes #9 is all you need. It is a solvent that is designed to clean the residue of corrosive primers and the other gunk. KISS applies here. Hoppes and a light gun oil.
 
Like .223Rem said, if you flushed the bore/gas tube with hot water, then it should be fine. Just follow normal cleaning method after the hot water treatment, but of course, make sure you dry it out too!
 
I strip mine, throw the bolt, bolt carrier, op rod and op rod spring, and gas piston in a pot of hot soapy water on the stove and boil it, then use the hot soapy water and pore it down the bore and use the barrel brush on it to scrub the SH*T out of it, then use patches and Hoppes 9 alternating a moist one and a dry one until it quits coming out dirty. then run a lightly oiled patch down the barrel. Wipe down the chamber as best you can and clean the action with a moist rag and lightly wipe with an oiled patch. Then put it back together. Should be good to go!!

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All you have to do really is clean the barrel and piston+ gas tube with water then wipe off most of the powder fouling from the bolt+carrier and the receiver with paper towel then lightly oil everything to prevent rust during storage. They don't have to be to clean to work a half ass cleaning is all you need to do.
 
I always did the boiling water, Last weekend I tried the windex with ammonia. Seemed to me the windex took less patchs to get clean than the boiling water.

For both I pour/spray everything relevant, wipe down the bolt/gas tube etc, then run a brush down the barrel a few times, then patch it till its clean and then run a oily patch through....
 
.223Rem said:
BTW, I clean the bolt/ bolt face as well but I only use boiling water, 2 or 3 patches down the bore and throw some oil on her before I put mine away and it's been fine for years. My cleaning takes maybe 20 min.
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I follow the same process with my 858 and its fine and dandy .
 
My opinion on the SKS is do nothing. Shoot whatever ammo you like, corrosive, no corrosive, dirty powder, clean powder, lead bullets, jacketed bullets, whatever. Do not clean. Shoot until gun is f@$ked, throw away and buy new one for $180. Repeat process.
 
Bitumen said:
My opinion on the SKS is do nothing. Shoot whatever ammo you like, corrosive, no corrosive, dirty powder, clean powder, lead bullets, jacketed bullets, whatever. Do not clean. Shoot until gun is f@$ked, throw away and buy new one for $180. Repeat process.
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the price is already higher then that unless you get a marstar deal? why not just shoot twice as much so it maximizes time in between cleaning. I think its not so much the crud is there its neutralizing the corrosive salts with water diluting it if you will. bitumen is right though just shoot the damn thing. i have a thread on a shot out sks and people are telling me 10000 rounds have not worn there sks rifles out. just shower with it i do with the xcr or have a sink full of hot water and some brushes for the bore ect rags solvent like wipe or patch out and go nuts oil when done. but seriously a absolute show clean is unnecessary every time. just neutralize those salts my buddy uses plain old windex on his. That gun will last through end days they will be digging up sks rifles in moon suits 10 000 years later and i bet they will still go click clack once the cosmo is wiped down. The barrel is chromed to run that corrosive stuff and clean the bore to a shine.Smirnoff was a smart dude.
 
.223Rem said:
BTW, I clean the bolt/ bolt face as well but I only use boiling water, 2 or 3 patches down the bore and throw some oil on her before I put mine away and it's been fine for years. My cleaning takes maybe 20 min.
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Do what he said
 
I use a steam cleaner. I got it from Cargo for 20 bucks and happy. Steam just cut off anything in no time at all. Fast and furious . Clean bore with Hope after, oil it, done
 
Bitumen said:
My opinion on the SKS is do nothing. Shoot whatever ammo you like, corrosive, no corrosive, dirty powder, clean powder, lead bullets, jacketed bullets, whatever. Do not clean. Shoot until gun is f@$ked, throw away and buy new one for $180. Repeat process.
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Im sure Garand owners thought the same thing at one point......
 
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