cleaning super redhawk .44 revolver

[KillKathleen]

Have a .44 mag SRH - fairly new, about 150 rounds through it - when cleaning I have only used powder solvent and patches so far - I don't have a wire brush rod end, need to get one - my question is do you need to use a wire brush rod end every time you shoot your gun? I do 50 shot sessions usually, just one box. Same question for my Beretta 92fs. Also, do you use a brush on the cylinder chambers as well? I was thinking that it would be OK to use a brush just occasionally if you only shoot 50 rounds at a time or so - but the other day I noticed that my cylinder walls seem a little dirty, like using patches just isn't doing it. Thanks -

 

[Frohickey]

What a strange nickname.

Other people may disagree, but my cleaning regiment is this.

Disassemble gun, if desired.
Use a worn toothbrush, or the toothbrush of someone you don't like, and dunk it into solvent, and brush all areas that it can reach.
Use a brass wire rod brush, dunk it in solvent and run that through the bore and cylinders.
Shake off the dirty solvent in the brush.
Dunk a patch into the solvent, and wrap it around the brass brush.
Run this through the barrel and cylinders until all you see is a clean solvent-soaked patch.
Use the clean solvent-soaked patch to wipe the rest of the gun.
Use a clean dry patch, wrap this around the brass brush, and run it through the barrel and cylinders
Use a clean dry patch and wipe the rest of the gun.
Use a clean patch, douse it in lube, and lube the areas that need it.

The solvent-patch and brush do two things. It cleans the bore, and traps the particles in the patch, which you remove. The brush ends up clean.

For revolvers I also have a brass brush (like a toothbrush) and I brush the forcing cone end of the cylinder of the black residue. I didn't do this with one of my revolvers, and it had a circular groove cut around the chambers.

Someone else might be able to shed light on this phenomenon.

 

[the blind lefty]

at least you picked a good revolver for easy detail cleaning. though i never broke down any of my rugers,two of my friends broke down their GP-100's and were complaining about reassembly. frankly,i don't think they ever broke down a S&W.you gotta really watch dinging up the side plate screws on a Smith'.
anyway,what he said. i got a Super Redhawk myself,but have yet to dissassemble it.

 

[4V50 Gary]

Blind Lefty - go ahead and take your Ruger apart. Just don't disassemble the sub-groups and you'll be fine. Rugers are like Russian Tractors & the Everyready Bunny - they run forever.

KillKathleen - that is a strange name. I've heard of Kill-Calvary, Kilpatrick, a Civil War general (Union) who would ride their horses to death. Care to share the story behind it?

 

[Steve in PA]

I always clean my SRH thoroughly. The only thing you have to watch for are the tiny parts, springs, tiny steel balls and what-nots inside the cylinder. You need a special tool, which I bought from Brownells to take the cylinder completely apart anyway.