Stainless Steel Revolver Cylinder Cleaning

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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
About 40-years-ago, I bought a tin of Nevr-Dull. It's cotton wadding that has been impregnated with mystery liquid and chemicals, and I use it to clean the discoloration from the front face of stainless steel revolver cylinders. It's quite spiffy stuff.

Haven't tried it on blued steel, for fear of removing it.
 
CZ93X62

CZ93X62

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I clean firearms to maintain functional reliability--restore accuracy--and prevent corrosion. The scorch rings on a stainless cylinder face are a non-issue in my world.
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
I tried to keep my first two revolver cylinders "clean" by using a "Lead Remover Cloth," made of a cheesy-feeling yellow cloth, which worked with some serious elbow grease and time. It not only eventually took the blue off one, but started to "pull" the chamber exit holes on a 22, as if someone were leaning too hard on the buffer, so I gave up.
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Nevr-dull! Anyone that ever went through Parris Island knows the smell and texture like it's mothers milk! Good stuff. Hadn't thought of it in years, but the smell comes back immediately. It's like Hoppes in that regard, but for Marines. Thanks for the memory!
 
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Petrol & Powder

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Scorch rings of the face of a revolver cylinder do no harm, So, while I do remove them occasionally, most of the time they remain in place. Purely a cosmetic issue.
Most of the "magic cloth" lead removers and stainless-steel polishing clothes will remove bluing and remove it quickly. Keep those items away from blued surfaces.
A trick that was taught to me many years ago, by a factory trained S&W armorer, was to use a pencil eraser on the face of a Stainless Steel, cylinder. It will remove the scorch marks. Don't try that on a blued cylinder.
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
Bret4207 said:
Nevr-dull! Anyone that ever went through Parris Island knows the smell and texture like it's mothers milk! Good stuff. Hadn't thought of it in years, but the smell comes back immediately. It's like Hoppes in that regard, but for Marines. Thanks for the memory!
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Nevr-Dull and Tabasco Sauce?

Having had the great pleasure to spend a bit over a year with a bunch of Marines (I was Army), there wasn't a one would go into the field without Tabasco Sauce. There was even a row within the Command at one school, wherein the commander forbade any "contraband" items in the field. Some very high-ranking Marine somewhere got wind and settled that issue post-haste.
 
Rick H

Rick H

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Jeff H said:
There was even a row within the Command at one school, wherein the commander forbade any "contraband" items in the field. Some very high-ranking Marine somewhere got wind and settled that issue post-haste.
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Of course Tabasco sauce was contraband. Everyone knows the official sauce of the US Army is "Frank's RedHot Original"
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JonB

JonB

Halcyon member
I leave them carbon stains on the SS cylinders of my revolvers.
I have a friend that uses power tools to remove those carbon stains :oops:...but at least he is the type, that rarely shoots his guns.
 
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Jeff H

NW Ohio
Rick H said:
Of course Tabasco sauce was contraband. Everyone knows the officia:rofl:l sauce of the US Army is "Frank's RedHot Original"
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:rofl::rofl::rofl:...

Hey, wait a minute! Does that MEAN something?:oops:

I thought I was up on the best "healthy inter-service rivalry," but I may have missed one.:)
 
Rick

Rick

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Don't remember ever seeing a bottle of Tabasco the entire time I was a part of Uncle Sam's Misguided Children.
 
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