Posted: 8/18/2007 12:11:59 AM EDT
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Yeah, I'm an idiot. I've used mineral spirits in the past to clean parts. Dump some in a little tray, let'em soak, and clean them up the next day. I was recently doing some cleaning up and I cracked a glass bottle of Hoppes 9. I was looking for something to dump it in, so I poured the rest of it into my tray of Mineral Spirits. I was cleaning the P22 the other day and stuck the slide in it, went to work. Got busy when I got home and didn't get to it until tonight. Looks like I have a two tone P22 now. After I polish it up I think it will look pretty good, but 
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we just got a p22 and I hope you didn't mess yours up too bad . I would recomend in the future that you simply use hoppes9 by it's self . We cleaned ours and had no issues that you describe , my guess is the mineral spirits combined with the hoppes reacts with the coating in some way . By the way ours was right on out of the box , how does yours shoot ? Did you try any CCI stingers out of it yet ? We have only shot the cheap American eagle(federal)and it did good . Eric |
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I'd let it soak in MS before with no ill effects, but never for more than 20-24 hours, and never MS mixed with Hoppes 9. I'm not sure if the MS/H9 combo, or the fact that I scrubbed it good and left it for a couple days. A little part that was left sticking out had the finish left on it, so I let that part soak on the bottom overnight and it took the rest off. There were a couple of little spots left but steel wool took them right off. eta: To answer your question for ammo, Stingers are the best but they are also the most expensive. If you really want a treat, shoot the Stingers after dark, if you can. All I really shoot through it anymore is the Federal 550 bulk packs from Walmart. $9.88 for 550 rounds is pretty good. It shoots great, but MAKE SURE as well as the gun, you clean the magazines too. I was having all kinds of problems, and cursing the gun, but most of my problems were from the dirty magazines jamming up. I cleaned them up and it works GREAT now. I'm just waiting on my suppressor right now 
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Isn't the slide on the p22 just cast zinc or the like? So it can't be traditionally "blued" can it? what's there originally is a paint. |
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