I've read more than one post about guys baking their guns to get the water out of them and I don't doubt that it works just fine when done intelligently, but I've found a product that does a great job displacing water as well so I thought I'd pass it along.
After I'm done cleaning up my BP pistols in soap and water I tote them out back and hose them down with one of the relatively-new "synthetic safe" cleaning sprays that are designed to leave the gun totally dry and ready for oiling. Here's the product I use but there are others on the market:
As you can see it's a Birchwood Casey product and it's widely available. What this stuff does is bind with and displace the water off of/out of the gun. It smells almost exactly like the old ether based starter fluids that we used to use back in the days of carburetors and I don't doubt that ether is a major component but what's important is that it works great and it's designed to be safe for use on guns.
I literally hose the gun down, making sure to get inside the nooks and crannies with the little red straw/tube that's designed for spot spraying, and let it air dry which takes about two minutes in Arizona outside - perhaps twice that where you live. Sure enough, the gun winds up totally dry and ready for whatever corrosion protectant you like to use.
And get this - I hose my guns down with a good oil based anti-rust product that works great/lasts a long time but you don't want that stuff all over the gun when you go shooting because it can cause misfire problems in the cylinder and also complicates cleanup afterward right? Well I hose the guns down with this stuff before shooting as well! Gets all of the petro based oils right back off, leaves the cylinders nice and dry and waiting for powder and then you can lube with Bore Butter or Crisco or olive oil or whatever the heck floats yer boat - no worries.
Just me talkin'!
Cheers,
Oly
After I'm done cleaning up my BP pistols in soap and water I tote them out back and hose them down with one of the relatively-new "synthetic safe" cleaning sprays that are designed to leave the gun totally dry and ready for oiling. Here's the product I use but there are others on the market:
As you can see it's a Birchwood Casey product and it's widely available. What this stuff does is bind with and displace the water off of/out of the gun. It smells almost exactly like the old ether based starter fluids that we used to use back in the days of carburetors and I don't doubt that ether is a major component but what's important is that it works great and it's designed to be safe for use on guns.
I literally hose the gun down, making sure to get inside the nooks and crannies with the little red straw/tube that's designed for spot spraying, and let it air dry which takes about two minutes in Arizona outside - perhaps twice that where you live. Sure enough, the gun winds up totally dry and ready for whatever corrosion protectant you like to use.
And get this - I hose my guns down with a good oil based anti-rust product that works great/lasts a long time but you don't want that stuff all over the gun when you go shooting because it can cause misfire problems in the cylinder and also complicates cleanup afterward right? Well I hose the guns down with this stuff before shooting as well! Gets all of the petro based oils right back off, leaves the cylinders nice and dry and waiting for powder and then you can lube with Bore Butter or Crisco or olive oil or whatever the heck floats yer boat - no worries.
Just me talkin'!
Cheers,
Oly