Steam cleaning SKS after corrosive

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Hey all,

New to the forums and new to sks's in general. I'm looking for feedback from anyone who knows a thing or two about cleaning your rifle after corrosive with a handheld steam cleaner. I'm asking about this method specifically because I want an efficient and reliable way to dissolve the salts in the gun while I'm still at the range without buckets and hit water etc and because it's over an hours drive from my place where I would then do a proper cleaning. Any and all help is appreciated.
 
The best thing is to bring a bottle of windex with you and just spray down from the chamber and then clean it when you get home. But youd probably be fine waiting until you get home to clean it. I have a 1 hour drive to my range and it isnt an issue waiting to clean it.
 
I think pouring some boiling water down the barrel and cleaning the bolt is the best way, steaming the parts may not rinse way the salts as well as a volume of water.
 
That's what I do. Water in a squirt bottle, flush out the barrel and gas system before I leave the range. An hour won't hurt anything either though.
 
JVFriday13th said:
Hey all,

New to the forums and new to sks's in general. I'm looking for feedback from anyone who knows a thing or two about cleaning your rifle after corrosive with a handheld steam cleaner. I'm asking about this method specifically because I want an efficient and reliable way to dissolve the salts in the gun while I'm still at the range without buckets and hit water etc and because it's over an hours drive from my place where I would then do a proper cleaning. Any and all help is appreciated.
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You're over thinking it. Blast it with some water and on the gas tube/piston, then blast it again with wd40 (**Water Displacement 40**) and wipe it down til you can get it home and run a few patches through it.

Field clean = two minutes
 
Sports squeeze bottle. Just a quick rinse if you think you have too.

I wait till i get home after I shoot, usually over an hour. Sometimes longer if I have to take a quick nap after I get home ;)

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A thermos of hot water, run some down the bore and through the gas piston,, over the bolt and redo when you get home, but 1 hour isn't long enough to hurt anything as others have said!
 
Yup, a thermos full of hot water is all that's needed if you want to give it a quick clean before you get home. As mention above and bring a funnel with a small end to pour some down the barrel. Stab the bayo in the ground so the water runs out the end of the barrel, that's what the bayo is for when not being used to roast hot dogs over the fire.
 
One of my shooting buddies keeps a plug-in kettle in the shop, but it doesn't take any heat, or much water for that matter to take out a few milligrams of salt
 
FreedomIsn'tFree said:
Yup, a thermos full of hot water is all that's needed if you want to give it a quick clean before you get home. As mention above and bring a funnel with a small end to pour some down the barrel. Stab the bayo in the ground so the water runs out the end of the barrel, that's what the bayo is for when not being used to roast hot dogs over the fire.
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Yep and that's right I use a funnel too, you get more down the barrel!
 
webstien said:
The best thing is to bring a bottle of windex with you and just spray down from the chamber and then clean it when you get home. But youd probably be fine waiting until you get home to clean it. I have a 1 hour drive to my range and it isnt an issue waiting to clean it.
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I'm curious to know why Windex?
 
^some unfortunatly are missled to think that the ammonia in windex dissolves the salts. It is actually the water in the windex that does the work. It works but no better then water.
 
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