Posted: 3/11/2010 5:47:25 PM EDT
| I have a 4" Colt King Cobra that I bought about 6 years ago from a friend. He's a part time police officer and used it for his duty weapon. He shot it quite a bit and it was and still is in pretty decent shape. The thing is because it was his duty weapon he trained with it quite a bit and there is a significant amount fouling on the front of the cylinder. Are there any tips or tricks you guys have to remove this old fouling? After looking throught the revolver picture thread I noticed how good all of your revolvers looked and am holping that I can clean this revolver up a little more. |
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A tooth brush with Flitz on it will remove the fouling.
It will take a while but it will come off. If you don't want to use Flitz and prefer a liquid instead of a polish, just keep dipping the toothbrush in a good bore cleaning solvent. Or remove the cylinder and soak it in solvent (that won't hurt the bluing!) for a while, then use the toothbrush. |
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To remove fouling from around each cylinder chamber heres what I do.
I remove the crane and cylinder from the frame, then slide the cylinder off the crane so you have the cylinder in your hand. No need to remove the ejector. I get something like a 6" x 6" or less square of white T-shirt material and fold it over so its double thick. I wrap that around something like a 1" x 2" wood slat with absolute right angles. Put some IOSSO bore cleaner paste or Flitz on the T shirt material and rub the cylinder face back & forth on the wood slat that is wrapped in T-Shirt material. No need to put alot of pressure on it. Go easy until you become framiliar with the process. My wheel guns are stainless so i don't know how this would work on a blued wheels so just start with lite pressure and Im sure those black fouling ring will go away in short order. If this dumb ass pc would post pics I would post up but it won't. Hope this Helps -VonBarky- |
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I forget all the complicated methods and just cut to the chase.... a "lead-away" cloth.
These are heavy, yellowish colored cloths that simply wipe the fouling and leading right off by rubbing the cylinder face. These are designed to remove carbon and leading and work easily and very well. Most of the really clean cylinders you see were done with one of these cloths. Buy them from most gun shops, but DO NOT use on a blued gun.... they also wipe bluing right off. You can also cut them up into patches and use them to remove leading from bores and chambers and they work great to remove carbon from rifle gas pistons and muzzle breaks. In your case, don't remove the cylinder from the frame, since the Colt's don't come off the crane like the S&W's do. Just wipe the face of the cylinder while its open. |
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To remove fouling from around each cylinder chamber heres what I do. I remove the crane and cylinder from the frame, then slide the cylinder off the crane so you have the cylinder in your hand. No need to remove the ejector. I get something like a 6" x 6" or less square of white T-shirt material and fold it over so its double thick. I wrap that around something like a 1" x 2" wood slat with absolute right angles. Put some IOSSO bore cleaner paste or Flitz on the T shirt material and rub the cylinder face back & forth on the wood slat that is wrapped in T-Shirt material. No need to put alot of pressure on it. Go easy until you become framiliar with the process. My wheel guns are stainless so i don't know how this would work on a blued wheels so just start with lite pressure and Im sure those black fouling ring will go away in short order. If this dumb ass pc would post pics I would post up but it won't. Hope this Helps -VonBarky- Got any tricks for removing the rings in the chambers from shooting .38 in a .357? I had rings that would not remove with Hoppes #9 after shooting 25 rds. |
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Got any tricks for removing the rings in the chambers from shooting .38 in a .357? I had rings that would not remove with Hoppes #9 after shooting 25 rds. Get some JB Bore Paste, put it on a patch wrapped around a 40 cal brush, and twist it inside the cylinder. |
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I have a 4" Colt King Cobra that I bought about 6 years ago from a friend. He's a part time police officer and used it for his duty weapon. He shot it quite a bit and it was and still is in pretty decent shape. The thing is because it was his duty weapon he trained with it quite a bit and there is a significant amount fouling on the front of the cylinder. Are there any tips or tricks you guys have to remove this old fouling? After looking throught the revolver picture thread I noticed how good all of your revolvers looked and am holping that I can clean this revolver up a little more. Don't mess with it,it will give you a few more fps 
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To remove build up in the chambers, again, do it the simply and fast way.....buy a couple of bronze chamber brushes from Brownell's.
Just "screw" the brush into the chamber, rotate it a turn or two, push it the rest of the way through, then pull it back out. This will clean even a badly fouled chamber. This works better than over-caliber bore brushes because the chamber brushes are made of a stiffer bristle than bore brushes. Some people spin bore brushes with a drill, but a chamber brush is actually faster and there's no risk of damage. I don't recommend stainless steel chamber brushes, these can damage the chamber: Also NEVER use a chamber brush in the barrel. http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1287/Product/BRONZE_RIFLE_PISTOL_CHAMBER_BRUSHES |
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I tried something years ago that worked well. Can't even remember who told me this but give it a try.
I used a pencil eraser to remove the fouling from the front of the cylinder. I was surprised how easy it was. A few people even asked how I got my 686 so clean. |
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I tried something years ago that worked well. Can't even remember who told me this but give it a try. I used a pencil eraser to remove the fouling from the front of the cylinder. I was surprised how easy it was. A few people even asked how I got my 686 so clean. Why hell yes it will work. I've used a pencil eraser to clean off gold plug in contacts on circuit boards. A Cratex wheel on a dremel tool will polish metal up in a hurry and it's nothing but abrasive in rubber like a pencil eraser. Good tip!!!!!! 
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I forget all the complicated methods and just cut to the chase.... a "lead-away" cloth. These are heavy, yellowish colored cloths that simply wipe the fouling and leading right off by rubbing the cylinder face. These are designed to remove carbon and leading and work easily and very well. Most of the really clean cylinders you see were done with one of these cloths. Buy them from most gun shops, but DO NOT use on a blued gun.... they also wipe bluing right off. You can also cut them up into patches and use them to remove leading from bores and chambers and they work great to remove carbon from rifle gas pistons and muzzle breaks. In your case, don't remove the cylinder from the frame, since the Colt's don't come off the crane like the S&W's do. Just wipe the face of the cylinder while its open. +100 I do this every so many rounds. The cyl gap on my Cobra is tight! When I got it not too long ago it was pretty dirty. Lead away is your friend for a stainless gun. |