Dolphin

Do you guys have any tips or methods you could share to simplify cleaning a stainless .357 revolver after firing .38 lead wadcutters.

GunnyBunny

GC221 - Lead Away Gun Cloth

Just don't even think of using it on a blued gun!!

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aus71383

Elbow grease + time + brass or copper bristled bore brush.

Eventually (very soon) the copper bristles will wear down to the point that they are useless. Don't despair. Get one of those copper scratch pads from the grocery store (for scrubbing pots) and tear it up and wrap it around your bore brush to "extend" its life.

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Rugergirl

On the rare occasions that I do fire .38 rounds in my .357 I really take my time with cleaning.
I start with a good gun cleaning spray and a good soaking. After about 10 minutes I spray the heavy gunk off then saturate the round cloth cleaning disc in Hoppes #9 and clean the bore and the cylinders until I can't get any traces of yuck on the pads
Then the brass bore brush dampened with some Break Free CLP and run it thorugh over a white cloth until no more black droplets come out. Then back to the pads again until they come out completely clean. Follow that with a drop of Break Free CLP in each cylinder and a coulpe in the barrel spread with clean pads. Next a drop of CLP on the extractor rod and work it back and forth several times to make sure it is spread well. Another drop on the hammer and several dry fires to work it through as well.
A clean gun is a happy gun.

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rottkeeper

+1 As soon as I read the title I thought of the same thing. Works great

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Chuck R.

Copper Chore-Boy, cut in squares, and wrapped around a bronze brush.

The stuff is dirt cheap in your local grocery store, the copper won't hurt your bore, and it rips the lead out in slivers.

Chuck

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Skye

The copper "Chore Boy" is the easyest way to go.

For cleaning a .38, I keep an old worn out .22 brush on hand.

Just wrap the brush with a strip of Chore Boy and scrub both ways with vigor.

Do it dry and wrap the brush so as to get a pretty tight fit in the chambers & barrel.

Then finish off with your regular cleaning procedure.

... Skye...

Bark'n

+1 The only way to go! Easy, quick and your cylinder face will look the way it did the day you bought it.

Lead just seems to melt away!

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Dolphin

Thanks, could chucking a brush in an electric drill do any harm to the revolver?

Rugergirl

Sure, if the brush isn't perfectly square with the bore or the cylinders.
I wouldn't want to be a "tester".

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