Oldjarhead
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I am thinking of finally diving into black powder percussion revolvers. Watched a lot of YouTube cleaning videos. One video recommended using warm water and soap, soaking it in a sink. What is best? Thanks.
Nope. That is one of the beauties of using BP.....you just wash your gun. And then make sure that it is dry.....WD40 ("Water Displacement 40) is effective. So is pouring a small amount of 100% alcohol over the gun and parts after cleaning. Then oil and done.Isn't it bad to use soap with the hot water when cleaning cap and ball revolvers?
Soap and water is all I've ever used. I use bore mops instead of patches. I also only fully disassemble maybe once a year.
what do you use to polish up the brass ? mine has a little discoloration and doesn't go away with rubbing with a dry cloth. was thinking of brasso ? but doesn't that weaken brass?
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when I went to go shoot it next time all percussion cap holes were blocked
I got really worried I wasnt going to be able to shoot the loaded cylinders, but I added new caps and thankfully that worked
guess cleaning it somehow clogged the holes