sonic cleaning

[Zonie]

Knew a guy that took off the grips and springs and put his stainless steel C&B revolver in the dishwasher. I don't recall what happened but something occurred to screw up the gun.

That's pretty easy to figure out.

His wife came home and thought, "I wonder why my dishwasher is running?"

She opened the door and saw the various pieces of the pistol laying there said in a manner that only an upset wife can do, "WHAT THE H#*% IS THIS GUN DOING IN MY DISHWASHER???
JUST LOOK AT THE MESS IT MADE!!!!

With that, she grabbed the pieces and threw them as far as she was able into the woods behind the house.

Somewhere, a cylinder, loading lever, hammer and cylinder bolt is quietly laying in the dirt under the leaves. :hmm:

 

[John May]

Don't dishwashers use a lot of salt somewhere in the cleaning cycle? Maybe that's what caused the problem?

 

[FishDFly]

Where would salt come from?

 

[hawkeye2]

If he took off the springs he may have caused the issues when he reassembled it.

 

[John May]

I'm not 100% sure but I think it's something to do with water softening? My dishwasher has a cap you unscrew in the bottom. You put about 2 cups in every couple of weeks.

 

[Zonie]

Some models of dishwashers use a course salt to soften the water, like Solitary Cyclist mentions.

I'm not sure the sodium ions cause any problem with carbon steel but they shouldn't cause a problem with stainless steel.

I'm still betting on the irate wife.

Wives can be VERY possessive when it comes to THEIR stuff.

 

[Flash Pan Dan]

I have a couple of Remingtons, for which I have 10 cylinders. At CAS shoots I just change out the empty cylinders for preloaded ones and cap and shoot. When I get home I throw all the cylinders in the US cleaner with a solution of moose milk and run them to 7 minutes total time. Take them out dry them oil them and they are good to go. I have never taken the rest of the gun apart for cleaning but for once a year. I spray down the rest of the revolver with moose milk wipe it down and it too is good to go.

And the once a year total strip down cleaning has never revealed any rust. The last part of the yearly cleaning before reassembly, is to pack the interior with a Shooters Gold grease. Any fouling that gets into the interior is caught in the grease and never gets to the metal.