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How to remove caked on powder residue.
So I kind of put my old Remington Sportsman 58 through a round count test as I have read that Remington auto's and especially the old 58 can have problems if not cleaned real regularly. I wanted to see just how many rounds I could shoot before I had problems and know when to clean it or if I should clean it before an important shoot. Over the past month or so I have put 1500 rounds ranging from 700X 7/8 oz loads, Unique 1 1/8 oz loads and Pro Reach Annie loads through the old girl with not one problem. I finally decided I should probably clean the 58 as we have a local shoot starting Sunday and I figured that would be the time it decides to jam up.
The old girl was dirty that's for sure, the gas piston and around the gas holes on both the barrel and mag tube have a buildup of baked on gas crud that M Pro 7 and a brass brush hardly touches. What is a good cleaner that I could soak the gas piston and mag tube cap in to remove the crud along with getting the buildup off from around the gas holes on the barrel and mag tube? Something that won't strip the bluing would be preferred.
The old girl was dirty that's for sure, the gas piston and around the gas holes on both the barrel and mag tube have a buildup of baked on gas crud that M Pro 7 and a brass brush hardly touches. What is a good cleaner that I could soak the gas piston and mag tube cap in to remove the crud along with getting the buildup off from around the gas holes on the barrel and mag tube? Something that won't strip the bluing would be preferred.
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I've put thousands of rounds through a Sportsman 58 and don't recall ever cleaning any part of it except the bore. Wonderful shotgun and I regret to this day giving it to one of my bimbo wives.
Get a can of Break Free's Powder Blast Gun Cleaner from Wal-Mart, read its directions carefully and give it a try. That stuff is death on powder residue.
DO NOT allow it to get on plastic or a painted surface -- EVER. One of its uses is dissolving plastic fouling in shotgun bores, which is good, but dissolving plastic parts of a firearm would not be so good.
Get a can of Break Free's Powder Blast Gun Cleaner from Wal-Mart, read its directions carefully and give it a try. That stuff is death on powder residue.
DO NOT allow it to get on plastic or a painted surface -- EVER. One of its uses is dissolving plastic fouling in shotgun bores, which is good, but dissolving plastic parts of a firearm would not be so good.
Sure sounds like it is the same thing as the basic $3 green can of brake cleaner, which also works very wellGet a can of Break Free's Powder Blast Gun Cleaner from Wal-Mart, read its directions carefully and give it a try. That stuff is death on powder residue.
DO NOT allow it to get on plastic or a painted surface -- EVER. One of its uses is dissolving plastic fouling in shotgun bores, which is good, but dissolving plastic parts of a firearm would not be so good.
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