Please forgive me if this is a banal thread.
I have numerous blued revolvers and I really don't know a good way to clean the crud off of the cylinder face. Obviously a "lead away" cloth is out of the question as this will remove the bluing. These cloths work great on a stainless revolver.
Similarly, a brass brush, Hoppe's 9, and elbow grease will clean the cylinder face of a stainless revolver, but I would be afraid to try this on a blued gun for fear of damaging the bluing.
Right now I use a cloth soaked in Hoppe's 9 bore cleaner to try to dissolve the powder on the cylinder front, but I have no real belief that this does much good.
What is the consensus? Do we just live with the caked front cylinder? Or am I missing "the secret"?
I have numerous blued revolvers and I really don't know a good way to clean the crud off of the cylinder face. Obviously a "lead away" cloth is out of the question as this will remove the bluing. These cloths work great on a stainless revolver.
Similarly, a brass brush, Hoppe's 9, and elbow grease will clean the cylinder face of a stainless revolver, but I would be afraid to try this on a blued gun for fear of damaging the bluing.
Right now I use a cloth soaked in Hoppe's 9 bore cleaner to try to dissolve the powder on the cylinder front, but I have no real belief that this does much good.
What is the consensus? Do we just live with the caked front cylinder? Or am I missing "the secret"?