Gun cleaning - Why didn't I think of this???

[SUBMAN1]

Sometimes simplicity rules the day:

-S




Erasing Lead. Back almost a quarter century ago, I was cleaning guns with IPSC shooter Ted Hunt. I was whining about how the lead deposits weren't coming off my beautiful blued steel. "Hey," smiled Ted, "it's lead, isn't it? Why don't you just take an eraser and erase it?"


I was about to come back with some smart crack about lead pencils actually being made out of graphite when Ted whipped out an ordinary eraser and proceeded to -- yes -- erase the lead stains from the slide of my Colt .45. I shut up just in time, and have been erasing stubborn lead deposits since. No, it isn't a Lewis Lead Remover, but it costs 69 cents and it gets the lead off.



The whole article is here:

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl..._85472065/pg_1

[ASWnut101]

holy crap, thats awesome!

[August]

That's as good as the one about dipping your weapon in boiling water to remove cosmoline. Works good with powder stains too.

[ASWnut101]

what if its a long rifle or something like that? I dont have a pot that big....

[August]

Originally Posted by ASWnut101

what if its a long rifle or something like that? I dont have a pot that big....

The Army used to have these things called immersion heaters which would boil a 50 gallon metal trash barrels worth of water in a short time. You could try something similar, maybe building a fire around the barrel.

Whatever you do don't use the kitchen stove, even for the small parts as vaporized cosmoline, being heavier than air will leave a big mess that is very hard to clean.

I tried that a few years ago and my wife still is pissed off about it.

[madDdog67]

Interesting, but I'd definitely need the long gun model, which could present some storage problems for when you're not using it.

[SkvyWvr]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Sometimes simplicity rules the day:

-S




Erasing Lead. Back almost a quarter century ago, I was cleaning guns with IPSC shooter Ted Hunt. I was whining about how the lead deposits weren't coming off my beautiful blued steel. "Hey," smiled Ted, "it's lead, isn't it? Why don't you just take an eraser and erase it?"


I was about to come back with some smart crack about lead pencils actually being made out of graphite when Ted whipped out an ordinary eraser and proceeded to -- yes -- erase the lead stains from the slide of my Colt .45. I shut up just in time, and have been erasing stubborn lead deposits since. No, it isn't a Lewis Lead Remover, but it costs 69 cents and it gets the lead off.



The whole article is here:

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl..._85472065/pg_1

Great Info. Gonna try it soon.