RECIPE FOR LAZY 7.62 x 39 CORROSIVE AMMO SHOOTER

Shoot the gun. Spray windex on the patch until wet , then run the patch through the bore
Spray some oil on another patch and swab gas piston and bore.
Swab bolt face and carrier with windex patch then lube and wipe off the excess with clean paper towel
Lube where needed then reassemble the rifle
No. Need to buy expensive ammo
 
I think its funny that people still use windex. Windex only works because it is mostly water. It has nothing to do with the ammonia in windex. NEWS FLASH, Hot water dissolves salt !!! Its not rocket science people.
 
Gatehouse said:
I don't like to clean my SKS until it's had at least 1500 rounds through it, so I just buy non corrosive. :)
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What does the gas tube past the piston look like at that point? Is it filled with carbon or does it just have a coating?
I enjoy taking apart my SKS' but I am wondering about the effect on accuracy of a too frequently cleaning I want to be able to show off with a really accurate SKS one day and I hear that a fouled barrel is better.:wave:
 
Actually yes shouldn't be windex. just soapy water will do that make bubbles. Soviet soldiers never had windex. if they had hot water they would use it to make tea, not clean guns.
welder01 said:
I think its funny that people still use windex. Windex only works because it is mostly water. It has nothing to do with the ammonia in windex. NEWS FLASH, Hot water dissolves salt !!! Its not rocket science people.
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Robert Nicholson said:
What does the gas tube past the piston look like at that point? Is it filled with carbon or does it just have a coating?
I enjoy taking apart my SKS' but I am wondering about the effect on accuracy of a too frequently cleaning I want to be able to show off with a really accurate SKS one day and I hear that a fouled barrel is better.:wave:
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It's dirty :)

Frankly, the difference in fouling between 200 and 2000 rounds doesn't really look that different. I understand cleaning after every range session if you use corrosive, but I'd be cleaning daily then. It also depends on what you want to do with your SKS. I want it to be accurate enough to hit a 6" plate at 100m. Nothing more.
 
The only thing I like to add to the boiling water is simple green and to blast out the excess water with the compressor, then its #9 followed by G96 and a drop of oil on the springs - fresh and clean just like Stalin ordered.
 
potassium chloride: Solubility in water 360 g/L (25 °C) ht tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_chloride#Solubility

A liter is 4 cups of water. A spoonful of sugar is 4 grams.

So a cup of water will dissolve 90 grams of potassium chloride, which is far more than you will have on the rifle. It is just about making sure the water gets into contact with all the salt.
 
welder01 said:
I think its funny that people still use windex. Windex only works because it is mostly water. It has nothing to do with the ammonia in windex. NEWS FLASH, Hot water dissolves salt !!! Its not rocket science people.
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The ammonia helps dry the Windex very quickly. (A hot bore helps too.)
The water in the Windex flushes the salt residue.
Windex is also a light cleaning agent, and will loosen initial carbon deposits and fouling if used right after shooting while still at the range.
If you watch the muzzle, the first rush of Windex pouring out is often gray/black in colour. Same with the gas tube.

After that, a generous spray of generic oil in the action, pistons, and bore and pack it up. Then a regular strip and clean with solvents and oil at home. 15 minutes and I'm done and all my SKS' look like museum pieces.
 
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