Cleaning a revolver

I'm probably more thorough than necessary by removing the cylinder when I clean. But I do. I get into all the nooks n crannies that revolvers are (in)famous for. I've got the procedure down cold and it takes about 40 minutes. It's a pain; but I want my guns to function as designed, and they have to be clean to do that. I've had wheel guns bind up on me during extended camping trips when I was putting lots of rounds through them without cleaning.

I learned it from my father: "You shoot a gun. You clean a gun."
 
Whoa, Hold the presess clean wheel guns .Doesn't this belong in the joke section?:eek::eek::eek:

I clean mine by a swipe of a patch down the bore, brush out clinyder, wipe down the frame. a couple of drops of oil. usually only take about a hour.
 
MarkDozier said:
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I clean mine by a swipe of a patch down the bore, brush out clinyder, wipe down the frame. a couple of drops of oil. usually only take about a hour.
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Just wondering why a 10 min job takes an hour?
Yes revolvers do take alot less maintenance. It's whether you want them reliably clean or like New clean.
 
Do not disassemble the revolver beyond your ability to do it without damaging it or not having the skill to put it back together. Many shooters have no business taking the side plate off. Many shooters can take the side plate off and detail clean with out losing parts or buggering the side plate screws.
It depends upon your mechanical ability and skill level. If you do not have either, just open the crane and run a cleaning rod through the chambers, and do the same for the barrel.
The trick is to know your limitations.
 
I clean mine with bore brush, hoppes, patches and wipe down with an oil soaked cloth, I keep the cloth in a zip lock and wipe down all of my guns after handling with it.
 
... oil soaked cloth, I keep the cloth in a zip lock and wipe down all of my guns after handling with it...
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Good for metal, bad for wood. I have seen a lot of long guns with damage to the wood by wiping down with gun-oil.
 
I'm with dahermit - Don't take the sideplate off. Leave that for the gunsmiths. I've done it, but that is the extent of my knowledge: Take it off, have a look, put it back on lol.
 
People normally do more damage by cleaning their guns, than by shooting them. Under normal circumstances a revolver would seldom need a cleaning of internal parts.
 
I might take a side plate off, but I've learned the hard way to keep my fingers out of things I don't know about.
 
Don't even THINK of removing the sideplate without a complete set of instructions, preferably a Kuhnhausen manual-and a set of quality screwdrivers.
 
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