horible powder fouling in a gun

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A 2 or 3 years ago I bought a Gun on one of the auction sights. I have never shot it. It's aremington Woodmaster Model 242. Every year I give all the guns a over going. This year I decided to give this gun a good cleaning. I've clean a lot of guns. Took it apart and said WTH. This was a gun so filthy, I wanted to cry. This gun was made in 1965 and was never cleanedin the hidden areas. The fouling is so caked on, I can't break through most of it. I should have made this short. Fouling is on like stone. What should I use, I'm trying Hoppes with little luck. The barrel is clean, it's the rest of the components.
 
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cheap'o brake cleaner spray from Wally World is good to, but hard on the skin, and keep off anything wood or plastic
 
Complete disassembly (if you're capable) and immersion into an ultrasonic cleaner. We used BBQ skewers to to reach hard to access areas.

BTW, I learned that during WW II some Soviet soldiers did the same thing with sticks the modified to fit recesses of the M91/30.
 
Ed's Red Bore Cleaner /Gun Solvent .

You can mix up a gallon for about $20 with 4 ingredients from wally mart .
Let crusty parts soak for days ... It's the best stuff you will never buy .

Do a search : Ed's Red Bore Cleaner - Recipe and follow the directions .

Do NOT use Synthetic ATF in the mix ... it will not mix ... Use a GM conventional ATF .
I get everything at Wally - Mart in the Auto and Paint department .
K-1 Kerosene is preferred to standard fuel Kerosene , it's in paint section .

Gary
 
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Sonic cleaner if you can

If not, Slip 2000 carbon killer. Make sure you shake it up. Non toxic and orange scented.
 
Exactly! Slip 2000 Carbon Killer will soften the hard cake faster than anything else. Carbon hardens as it ages and can be a bear to get off if it is both hard and thick, but this stuff will do it. You may have to make more than one pass. I cleaned what was likely decades of caked up carbon from behind the piston of a Garand operating rod with it. The 15 minutes recommended by the instructions were not enough. It took a few hours to get through carbon that thick far enough for me to brush and scrape it off, but it got through.
 
"Complete disassembly (if you're capable) and immersion into an ultrasonic cleaner. We used BBQ skewers to to reach hard to access areas.

BTW, I learned that during WW II some Soviet soldiers did the same thing with sticks the modified to fit recesses of the M91/30."

I know where they copied it from; German soldiers were issued wooden sticks, much like a popsicle stick, in WWII with the RG34.
 
Years ago, when surplus Enfields were inexpensive and commom, we used an Evinrude 2-stroke cleaner in a spray can to clean carbon fouling. Haven't used it in years and can't remember exactly what it was called, but it worked. Might check a boat or snowmobile shop for something like that.
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I used a piece of 0000 steel wool wetted in synthetic automatic transmission oil to scrub clean the gas rings and cylinder on my Mossberg 930 after firing a thousand rounds of low brass Walmart shells.

All other methods I tried were ineffective or too slow.
 
OK, I'll admit. My father had the best way to do this mundane chores.

"Son, clean the guns."

He would tell you it's part of proper parental upbringing for the child.
 
The US Army Marksmanship Unit likes the additives in Mobil 1 synthetic motor oils as a carbon cleaner, too. The automotive industry makes a lot of things to handle carbon in one way or another. Engine cleaners will be faster than oil, but keep in mind that in an engine, all these things are applied at elevated temperature, which makes a big difference in speed. For room temperature, Carbon Killer still seems best at this point in time.
 
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