Shaving cream for gun cleaning

[reinert]

Yeah, it's too late...way too late, but I have to try:

"When cleaning guns"

"You'll do just fine"

"If you'll just stick"

"To #9"

Ready?


"BURMA SHAVE"

 

[Bill DeShivs]

WD 40 does much more than "only displace water!"

 

[Art Eatman]

Very good, reinert. I miss those old Burma Shave signs.

"She raced her chariot at eighty per, they picked up what had Ben Hur."

 

[reinert]

Art,

Kind of dates some of us... couldn't help it.

 

[Hawg]

I try to keep water out of my bore

Why? Water has been used for centuries to clean black powder barrels. It's not going to hurt anything.

Yes that's a Weatherby mark V

 

[RC20]

What I don't understand is why I read all the way through this thread?

We don't either, needed a good laugh?

 

[RC20]

Tear a bumper from your car and we will send you a half pound Jar - Burma Shave.

Legend has it they got more bumpers than they knew what to do with!

 

[RC20]

Free offer! Free offer! / Rip a fender off your car / mail it in / for a half-pound jar / Burma-Shave
A large number of fenders were received by the company, which made good on its promise.[6]

 

[smee78]

Lol, must be a slow day at the office lol. There is just something about that #9 smell.

 

[Mike Irwin]

OK, let's focus, Gentlemen.

This isn't a discussion about ancient advertising practices.

Stay on topic, please.

 

[Model12Win]

I love the smell of shaving cream but wouldn't use it on a gun, too much water.

 

[Dave P]

"Has anyone on here ever used Barbasol shaving cream to clean the inside of their gun barrels?"

No, but I do use Hoppes to shave with. Keeps the gnats away, too.

 

[RC20]

OK, let's focus, Gentlemen.

This isn't a discussion about ancient advertising practices.

Stay on topic, please

Seriously?

Me thinks you ask too much.

Let it fizzle down your barrel, then you can turn and twarill, Burma Shave!

 

[Mike Irwin]

No, I don't think I ask too much.

Last chance.

 

[Hawg]

I love the smell of shaving cream but wouldn't use it on a gun, too much water.

Model12 check out post # 45.

 

[RC20]

My apologies, in the trying times when we could be at war with NK in a heartbeat, some good humor was doing me good.

 

[Wishoot]

If you're really interested in something foamy to clean your gun, might I suggest Break-Free Foaming Bore Cleaning Solvent? It will probably get the job done better than any drug store can of shaving cream.

 

[Model12Win]

Lol, must be a slow day at the office lol. There is just something about that #9 smell.

Hmm...

Meh.

That sickeningly strong, lingering bubble gum pop banana smell does nothing for me.

 

[ndking1126]

My first unit in the Army, we had probably 3-5 M4s that the finish was gone on the upper and lower receiver (only the receivers, not barrel, stock, etc). I asked the armor what happened and he said some Soldiers were using shaving cream to clean their weapons and no one realized it until it was too late. I can't confirm with first hand knowledge that it's true, but the armorer was a stand-up guy who I trusted and I always accepted it as fact.

Guess that doesn't apply to the inside of a barrel since there is no finish, but possibly applicable.

 

[RC20]

M16/M4 I believe are chrome lined?