I recently purchased a S&W 642 (with Crimson Trace Laser Grips) which I took for it's first range trip this morning- she performed very nicely, I might add, and will certainly suit the needs I have for a small wheel gun. The question is, does anyone have any suggestions for a quick cleaing at the range until I get her home for the real deal? I considered the whole boresnake idea, but today I actually just used my Otis kit- which for my semi-autos is great, but today seemed to be pretty time consuming. Wouldn't the whole boresnake idea just redeposit residue,etc., from cylinder to cylinder? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Quickie wheel gun clean-up...
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One thing on bore snake it is a quick cleaning and will work well for range while the gun is hot..
If i do mine at the range i will run it though barrel and wipe it off then back though wipe it off same with cylinders its a 2-3 min deal
Not perfect but makes it easier for later beside who cleans there wheelies have a look at pics posted of my 627..lol
If i do mine at the range i will run it though barrel and wipe it off then back though wipe it off same with cylinders its a 2-3 min deal
Not perfect but makes it easier for later beside who cleans there wheelies have a look at pics posted of my 627..lol
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I actually see no reason to have any great sense of urgency with a clean. Bore snake is OK and useful - but IMO if the gun sits a day or two there is no real harm done, as long as storage is under non humid conditions and exterior has had a protective wipe-off. Sweaty hands external effects concern me more than internal cleaning.
The bore and cyl fouling will not IMO be any greater a problem for leaving a while.
The bore and cyl fouling will not IMO be any greater a problem for leaving a while.
One reason i will do a quickie is if you shoot lead especially it helps cleaning the lube if any is left over and some lead out while barrel is warm.
3-4 mins at the range usually cuts my cleaning time down about 30 mins .. Im not saying i wont really clean cylinder good or barrel latter.
but it does make is some what easier for my taste and if i shoot couple hundred every week or only 100 i just do the quick clean lube and a good cleaning about every 1500 -2k rounds
You can over clean a gun
3-4 mins at the range usually cuts my cleaning time down about 30 mins .. Im not saying i wont really clean cylinder good or barrel latter.
but it does make is some what easier for my taste and if i shoot couple hundred every week or only 100 i just do the quick clean lube and a good cleaning about every 1500 -2k rounds
You can over clean a gun
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How can you over clean a gun?Bud White said:
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Aaron - taken to extremes indeed I do think over cleaning is possible.
What that means is if we go deep - and start stripping beyond basic field stripping, removing pins etc - it is possible to eventually induce looser fits etc.
Then too is scrubbing, bores, chambers, cylinders - even that can be taken beyond the point of adequate, sufficient to actually impart its own type of wear effect. I watched a guy once at the range vigorously ramming his cleaning rod thru a revo cylinder's chambers, so violently that he had to have been straining the yoke - and he kept this up for many times longer than was probably needed. The effects become cumulative.
Folks think differently of course on this - but without being negligent to a gun I feel that less is more. I was told of a 1911 a guy had which he cleaned more than shot - it was almost his hobby! He managed to make the gun almost go sloppy it had been taken down (fully) so many times.
There is a middle ground probably.
What that means is if we go deep - and start stripping beyond basic field stripping, removing pins etc - it is possible to eventually induce looser fits etc.
Then too is scrubbing, bores, chambers, cylinders - even that can be taken beyond the point of adequate, sufficient to actually impart its own type of wear effect. I watched a guy once at the range vigorously ramming his cleaning rod thru a revo cylinder's chambers, so violently that he had to have been straining the yoke - and he kept this up for many times longer than was probably needed. The effects become cumulative.
Folks think differently of course on this - but without being negligent to a gun I feel that less is more. I was told of a 1911 a guy had which he cleaned more than shot - it was almost his hobby! He managed to make the gun almost go sloppy it had been taken down (fully) so many times.
There is a middle ground probably.
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