Hi,
Yesterday I took my rifle apart and cleaned it for the first time (after shooting about 300 rounds). Now I have some newbie gun cleaning questions/issues.
1. I tried as best as I could to clean the action using cloth, cotton swab, and solvent. But how do you get the solvent out ? Or do you just let it dry in place ?
2. There're many places where I saw gun powder residue but are hard to reach even with a toothpick. I could insert a piece of paper into a few gaps to get the residue out, but some places even that's hard to do. And
Is it OK to simply rinse the action in hot water and then dry it (maybe with a hair dryer) ?
3. I saw a small amount of rust on the bolt, at the inside corners. I just bought this rifle new in June. Is this normal ?
4. There are a few scratches on the outside surface of the receiver. The black finish is gone and I can see the shiny metal. What should I do about this ?
5. What's the difference between gun oil and WD40 ? Can I use WD40 to oil gun parts ?
By the way, oiling the action was not easy either. I know I'm supposed to lightly oil it, but because of the hard-to-reach places, some parts end up heavily oiled and some spots probably got no oil at all. But anyway, after reassembly, manually cycling the action feels and sounds much smoother, probably because of all that oil in there.
Yesterday I took my rifle apart and cleaned it for the first time (after shooting about 300 rounds). Now I have some newbie gun cleaning questions/issues.
1. I tried as best as I could to clean the action using cloth, cotton swab, and solvent. But how do you get the solvent out ? Or do you just let it dry in place ?
2. There're many places where I saw gun powder residue but are hard to reach even with a toothpick. I could insert a piece of paper into a few gaps to get the residue out, but some places even that's hard to do. And
Is it OK to simply rinse the action in hot water and then dry it (maybe with a hair dryer) ?
3. I saw a small amount of rust on the bolt, at the inside corners. I just bought this rifle new in June. Is this normal ?
4. There are a few scratches on the outside surface of the receiver. The black finish is gone and I can see the shiny metal. What should I do about this ?
5. What's the difference between gun oil and WD40 ? Can I use WD40 to oil gun parts ?
By the way, oiling the action was not easy either. I know I'm supposed to lightly oil it, but because of the hard-to-reach places, some parts end up heavily oiled and some spots probably got no oil at all. But anyway, after reassembly, manually cycling the action feels and sounds much smoother, probably because of all that oil in there.
