It's a question about cleaning

[Flintlock Whiskey]

I shoot my CBPs a lot. It's a real pain to get the hard, caked on crud out of the cylinder chambers. Has anyone used a product one can soak a cylinder in to break the crud up? If you are going to tell me to use a brush, please don't.

 

[Uncle Miltie]

Cold water.

 

[64Springer]

It's either a brush or a scraper.

The scraper in my opinion is much more tedious.

A good long soak in hot soapy water and a stiff brush is the way to go.

You can also chuck the brush up in a drill chuck and power it out.

 

[bronko220002]

One of the reasons I never owned one. Elbow grease is the only way to get them clean

 

[Campbell]

Are you using black powder?

 

[TreeMan]

I put my cylinder in a pot of soapy water and let it soak while I clean the rest of the gun under running sink water with a tooth brush. I run a couple patches down the bore and rinse it out. Then I take the tooth brush to the cylinder. By then the soaking has pretty much dissolved whats in the cylinders. I then use a jag and patch and pump it back and forth in each cylinder while it’s still submerged in the pot of water. Clean as a whistle. Dry and lube.

 

[Bunk]

I shoot my CBPs a lot. It's a real pain to get the hard, caked on crud out of the cylinder chambers. Has anyone used a product one can soak a cylinder in to break the crud up? If you are going to tell me to use a brush, please don't.

while you clean the barrel soak the cylinder in moose milk which is
(Ballistol and distilled water 1:10). Also use tthat to clean the barrel and whole gun.
If your fouling is that hard and crusty use a lubricated wad under the ball.
The lube makes the fouling softer. I use a cotton mop to clean the chambers about 5 pumps (nipples removed) per chamber and that is done.
Don't start on the "lube over the ball" jazz. All that does is spread Crisco or what ever all over the gun and make a mess. Dip Wonder Wads in lard and paraffin wax mixed one ounce lard to 4 ounces of canning wax. It does not bleed oil and does a good job of keeping fouling soft and easy to clean.
T try, weather permitting, shooting something at least two or three days a week. So I clean a lot.
Cleaning is the price we pay for the fun, but it is worth it.
Hold center
Hit that darn thing!
Bunk

 

[Stantheman86]

I shoot my CBPs a lot. It's a real pain to get the hard, caked on crud out of the cylinder chambers. Has anyone used a product one can soak a cylinder in to break the crud up? If you are going to tell me to use a brush, please don't.

I use a .45 or .38 brass jag with patches soaked in rubbing alcohol, I stick it in and twist it around. It gets all the fouling out of the bottom of the chambers. I don't use a brush on anything.

A few patches soaked in 91% isopropyl alcohol followed by Eezox in the chambers. Takes me 10 minutes to clean a filthy cap and baller if I really focus, I usually take my time and it takes 20 minutes.

I also use action blaster to blow the action out then put drops of muzzleloading lube into the action.

People want to detail clean revolvers , spend an hour cleaning, as if a Drill Sgt is going to inspect it or something.

My guns see 100+ rounds per range trip and come home filthy. I don't use household appliances, voodoo magic, pots of boiling water, kitchen sinks, or water from a secret creek to clean my guns. I sit at a table in my gun room and clean them on a broiling pan with paper towels on it, with ear buds in while I listen to music.

 

[Pete453]

I do similar to the rest of the posts, except I don't use soap, just HOT water.
I've been using Lubriplate white lithium grease on the nipples. I rarely pull them and when I do, the grease is still there, hard at work, it doesn't wash off.
I don't find cleaning up to be a chore unless I have more than 3, it's just more quality time with my revolvers.

 

[Sean E Bug]

I run it under the faucet at full blast. takes a couple try's but normally breaks lose all of the fowling. water pressure is your friend if you don't want to work hard. can normally get them clean after with just a patch and a q-tip.

 

[ernbar]

I simply spray moose milk and let it soak for like 10 minutes then rinse in warm water that removes most of the junk followed by a brush, more water and it’s squeaky clean within a couple of minutes. Dry patches follow usually about 3 of them then a light coating of Ballistol. Same for the barrel. The frame gets sprayed/wiped with moose milk and cleaned within a few minutes. I don’t have to deal with the insides cause I installed an action shield and have synthetic grease inside the frame that keep out fowling making cleaning really easy and fast. I shot both my 51 Navy and 62 Pocket Police and cleaned both in about 1 hour including nipple cleaning and re installing.

 

[bobbymoon]

Windex with ammonia, followed by Shooter's Choice Polymer Safe Quick Scrub, then G-96 Gun Treatment, RIG on the arbor and nipple threads.

 

[Ed C.]

Same as a lot of the above. Shoot using beeswax/olive oil mix soaked into a wad. Remove the nipples. Cylinder goes into a hot moose milk solution and soaks while cleaning other parts of the gun. Then I use a patch over a jag that I ground to have a convex end shaped to match the base of the cylinder holes and rotate it. Not really an issue doing this.

 

[Stantheman86]

I do similar to the rest of the posts, except I don't use soap, just HOT water.
I've been using Lubriplate white lithium grease on the nipples. I rarely pull them and when I do, the grease is still there, hard at work, it doesn't wash off.
I don't find cleaning up to be a chore unless I have more than 3, it's just more quality time with my revolvers.

I took 4 to the range once and it was a little boring after the 3rd one, like ok good this is the last one

I enjoy cleaning guns , but 2 days ago I fired my Ruger "unmentionable " and it was nice to just leave it in my range bag until I feel like cleaning it

 

[Pete453]

Windex with ammonia, followed by Shooter's Choice Polymer Safe Quick Scrub, then G-96 Gun Treatment, RIG on the arbor and nipple threads.

I will second this, Windex cuts fouling NOW. I used to use it cleaning my rolling block. 100 shots of black powder cartridges, blast of Windex, wipe out and oil.

 

[Flintlock Whiskey]

I use a .45 or .38 brass jag soaked in rubbing alcohol, I stick it in and twist it around. It gets all the fouling out of the bottom of the chambers. I don't use a brush on anything.

The obvious idea of using a jag went right by my addled head, thanks.
Yeah, the magic creek water never lives up to the hype.

 

[Coolhand]

I purchased an ultrasonic cleaner from harbor freight. I disassembled my revolver and drop the pieces in it for a few minutes. It works really well. I use a 50 50 mix of water and simple green all purpose cleaner.

 

[ernbar]

I purchased an ultrasonic cleaner from harbor freight. I disassembled my revolver and drop the pieces in it for a few minutes. It works really well. I use a 50 50 mix of water and simple green all purpose cleaner.

I read somewhere not to use the regular SG but the one with the purple label that will not damage the finish.

 

[Flintlock Whiskey]

I purchased an ultrasonic cleaner from harbor freight. I disassembled my revolver and drop the pieces in it for a few minutes. It works really well. I use a 50 50 mix of water and simple green all purpose cleaner.

How many times have you done this? Has it affected the finish at all? I used large ultrasonic for surgical instruments and could mar the finish depending on the instrument composition.

 

[Coolhand]

I use it every time, have had it for 2 years now and it has not effected the finish at all. The longest run time is 4 minutes. I have used a water and balistal mix in it as well.