It may be boring to discuss case cleaning again, but this experience triggered it. I was given a proprietary case cleaning/polishing product by a friend who has reached the point where his hobby has to be discontinued.
It is reddish-brown in color, and after an hour, the cases are, indeed, shiny and clean. But there is a reddish powder residue inside the .45 Colt case and in the extraction groove of the case. This leaves me to wonder if it will interfere with the powder burn efficiency as well as act as an abrasive in the extractor mechanism. I suspect there is a layer of the same residue thin enough not to be seen on the body of the case itself.
A logical question then follows about good old corn cob cleaner that lacks the polishing compound but may deposit a similar layer of fine powder as well but is undetectable by the naked eye.
Or, as previously discussed, is this a situation where excess retirement time lends itself to overthinking again?
It is reddish-brown in color, and after an hour, the cases are, indeed, shiny and clean. But there is a reddish powder residue inside the .45 Colt case and in the extraction groove of the case. This leaves me to wonder if it will interfere with the powder burn efficiency as well as act as an abrasive in the extractor mechanism. I suspect there is a layer of the same residue thin enough not to be seen on the body of the case itself.
A logical question then follows about good old corn cob cleaner that lacks the polishing compound but may deposit a similar layer of fine powder as well but is undetectable by the naked eye.
Or, as previously discussed, is this a situation where excess retirement time lends itself to overthinking again?