How many of you dry your revolver in the oven?

Smokerr said:

I keep reading about filling the mechanism with grease, ok, maybe if you shoot a lot of rounds but try taking it apart? So far I have not seen enough build up for the shooting I do so I will pass. I got the grease to do it, just not the need at my level of shooting.

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"Number of rounds" has nothing to do with it. You just :
1. Pack frame with syn. grease.
2. Shoot revolver.
3. Clean barrel, cyl, wipe down frame.

Why do you need to take it apart? To clean inside? Refer to step 1.

You can do this if you shoot 1 round or 1,000 rounds. Obviously, I'm just trying to explain the "why", you do whatcha want to.

Mike

Never tried the oven method. A hair dryer on high was easier and faster. LOL

45D said:

"Number of rounds" has nothing to do with it. You just :
1. Pack frame with syn. grease.
2. Shoot revolver.
3. Clean barrel, cyl, wipe down frame.

Why do you need to take it apart? To clean inside? Refer to step 1.

You can do this if you shoot 1 round or 1,000 rounds. Obviously, I'm just trying to explainthe the "why", you do whatcha want to.

Mike

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That’s how I have mine set up along with an action shield. Keeps all the frags and manure out of the internals.

Ed C. said:

I'm thinking about doing this, but just putting a small slot in the hammer and securing the brass shield with a touch of soft solder rather than drilling the hammer. Trying to figure what may cut the slimmest slot in the hammer.

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Jeweller's saw, about a #5 blade

rickystl said:

Never tried the oven method. A hair dryer on high was easier and faster. LOL

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Why over complicate things? Tap water, moose milk, wipe dry and lube. The moose milk will stay on lubing after water evaporates. Quick and easy, no flash rust, no fuss specially if the internals are packed in synthetic grease . The hair drier method works too.

Dehydrator would be the only item I would use, I keep them away of any potential heat

Clean with hot soapy water. Rinse with boiling water. Spray off water with compressor or hair dryer. Spray with WD40. Spray off excess WD40 with compressor or hair dryer. (used to use canned air, but it cools the metal, and I want it hot.) Reassemble, wipe, put away till next time.

ADK Bigfoot

rickystl said:

Never tried the oven method. A hair dryer on high was easier and faster. LOL

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A hairdryer on max heat will get a steel revolver too hot to touch in about a minute. There is no water anywhere. My method.

How did they clean firearms before the invention of ovens and dishwashers?
My oh my, they must have just let them rot out and go buy another one!

All these new fangled do-dads...in my opinion are more hassle then they are worth; that and have dumbed down society and made people lazy.

I will just keep doing what I do until Dyson comes out with that AI robotic cleaning maid...then your oven, dishwasher, and steam cleaners will all be "So Twentyith Century"

Mad L said:

How did they clean firearms before the invention of ovens and dishwashers?
My oh my, they must have just let them rot out and go buy another one!

All these new fangled do-dads...in my opinion are more hassle then they are worth; that and have dumbed down society and made people lazy.

I will just keep doing what I do until Dyson comes out with that AI robotic cleaning maid...then your oven, dishwasher, and steam cleaners will all be "So Twentyith Century"

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For BP, they used water, hot or not. Maybe. Most time it stayed loaded and seldom cleaned in the sense we know.
I went to the range today, going again next week. Stressing if I should clean in the meantime.
Im quite certain Devil Anse wasn’t worried about gun cleaning. Too busy making a brood of yunguns to help around the farm. And the still needed tended to. That gun over the fireplace was a tool, same as a hammer. Ever seen anyone clean and oil a hammer so it doesn’t rust? Nuff said.

CaptainVane said:

For BP, they used water, hot or not. Maybe. Most time it stayed loaded and seldom cleaned in the sense we know.
I went to the range today, going again next week. Stressing if I should clean in the meantime.
Im quite certain Devil Anse wasn’t worried about gun cleaning. Too busy making a brood of yunguns to help around the farm. And the still needed tended to. That gun over the fireplace was a tool, same as a hammer. Ever seen anyone clean and oil a hammer so it doesn’t rust? Nuff said.

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Ask a professionally instructed gunman. Weapons maintenance is a very high priority. I bet old Devil Anse took very good care of his guns. It’s just not the same routine, completely stripping down every time you fire six rounds is complete overkill and unnecessary. For years I just oiled the action with gun oil after cleaning the chambers, bore, and exterior of the gun. If I fired one or two chambers I just clean those chambers and the bore, wipe the exterior and reload. Had no issues with corrosion whatsoever and I didn’t completely strip the guns more than once a year or so. I’ve been using grease in the action for a few years now and it’s simple and effective. Anyway, it’s allowed me to shoot the guns almost daily while still leaving plenty of time for procreation. YMMV…

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For BP, they used water, hot or not. Maybe. Most time it stayed loaded and seldom cleaned in the sense we know.
I went to the range today, going again next week. Stressing if I should clean in the meantime.
Im quite certain Devil Anse wasn’t worried about gun cleaning. Too busy making a brood of yunguns to help around the farm. And the still needed tended to. That gun over the fireplace was a tool, same as a hammer. Ever seen anyone clean and oil a hammer so it doesn’t rust? Nuff said.

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So what you are saying is that men back 'then' are like some people today and use their firearms as a hammer?

Sorry but I must disagree; seldom is a hammer used to defend your life against attacking Indians, Red Coats, highway men....and seldom was a hammer ever relied upon to put meat on the table.

No; people back in the day did not consider their guns 'just tools' like their hammers. Besides; guns were not cheap and despite what kids today think - you could not always find one available at the local store.

No; 'some' people today think of their firearm as "just a tool" bit back in the day it was 'Survival'....you can survive without a hammer, your good as dead (or starved) without a good, proper functioning firearm.

Mad L said:

So what you are saying is that men back 'then' are like some people today and use their firearms as a hammer?

Sorry but I must disagree; seldom is a hammer used to defend your life against attacking Indians, Red Coats, highway men....and seldom was a hammer ever relied upon to put meat on the table.

No; people back in the day did not consider their guns 'just tools' like their hammers. Besides; guns were not cheap and despite what kids today think - you could not always find one available at the local store.

No; 'some' people today think of their firearm as "just a tool" bit back in the day it was 'Survival'....you can survive without a hammer, your good as dead (or starved) without a good, proper functioning firearm.

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Look at the condition of most them guns for sale from back then. Pristine and well maintained condition, get real. Most are severaly pitted, finish is gone (from over cleaning?).
You know why the really nice ones command 5 figures? Cause they are rare.

CaptainVane said:

Look at the condition of most them guns for sale from back then. Pristine and well maintained condition, get real. Most are severaly pitted, finish is gone (from over cleaning?).
You know why the really nice ones command 5 figures? Cause they are rare.

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I stand corrected!
No, I have not seen any 100 to 200 year old original firearms in pristine condition; just hunks od steel and wood that have hammered many a steaks and shoes many a horse

I'm sorry, I too have a tough time thinking that the average buyer
would spend a month's pay for a revolver and then use it as if it was a hammer . . . why buy a hammer if you have an expensive revolver at hand ?!! Makes absolutely no sense.

This is a hammer:


This would be an expensive revolver:


Which would you use?

We must be thinking different. To me most them guys got government issue pistols during the warand kept them. I am not saying they trashed them, my point is i doubt they took care of them like we do today.
I still stand by my opinion that guns back then stayed loaded and weren’t cleaned after every round like we do today.
In most cases, a ‘cowboy’ didnt own his gun or horse. They were supplied his employer.

45D said:

I'm sorry, I too have a tough time thinking that the average buyer
would spend a month's pay for a revolver and then use it as if it was a hammer . . . why buy a hammer if you have an expensive revolver at hand ?!! Makes absolutely no sense.

This is a hammer:
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This would be an expensive revolver:
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Which would you use?

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You give way too much credit to the disposable income of someone whose monthly income was equal to a pistol.
You really believe that someone in the late 1800s would spend a month’s income on a revolver? Please dont tell me you actually believe that.

CaptainVane said:

You give way too much credit to the disposable income of someone whose monthly income was equal to a pistol.
You really believe that someone in the late 1800s would spend a month’s income on a revolver? Please dont tell me you actually believe that.

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You got me!!!!! The average annual pay in 1871 was $466.00. That equates to $38.00 /mo.

An 1860 Army sold for $14.50.
You do the math. I'm thinking a hammer is cheaper . . .

CaptainVane said:

You give way too much credit to the disposable income of someone whose monthly income was equal to a pistol.
You really believe that someone in the late 1800s would spend a month’s income on a revolver? Please dont tell me you actually believe that.

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Oh heck, I thought this was the Muzzleloader forum and we think in Early 1800 and back.
Now we're talking 'late 1800' and Cowboy, cattle hands


But I still bet a fur trapper in the hills didn't think "The company" will just issue me another gun and horse before them charging Indians reach me...