Whats the fastest and easiest way to fully clean a revolver cylinder?

I have found no substitute for time , It takes me up to an hour to get my revolvers clean to my standards after alot of lead rounds have been fired .
 
I don't leave any dirt behind.. on anything, usually fully strip it(and I did). Took my about 45 minutes to do just the gun part.. and I spent an hour on the cylinder with a tooth brush and a rag, and I thought to myself

"theres gotta be a better way of doing this"
 
to clean the inside of the cylinder on my .454 Casull I just use a brush one size bigger. I wet a patch with Hoppes #9 run it throught the cylinders then go with the brass brush dipped in Hoppes and go at em. After using the brush I run another patch soaked in Hoppes through each cylinder then use dry patches until the come out clean. I still havent gotten the little rings off the front face of the cylinder. I just scrub it really good with a toothbrush and Hoppes. It looks fine and get all the big stuff off. I think those rings are just a part of life with a revolver.
 
If it is a stainless revolver I can't recommend one of those lead removing cloths enough.

I remove the cylinder on my GP100, wipe with cloth and scrub with a brush and it gets clean in no time.

I also cut patches from it and use it to clean inside the cylnder and barrel bore.
 
I think those rings are just a part of life with a revolver.
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I figure, if I go at it with a brush, and there's still rings, well, theres still rings. That area is not critical to the functioning of the firearm (as long as there is sufficient clearence between the cylinder and the barrel, that is) so I'm OK with some rings on the cylinder. It is still, functionally speaking, a completely acceptable cleaning, and it can't hurt the functioning (may even help increase the pressure a pound or two)
 
getting carried away on the cylinder face with cleaning will radius the cylinder mouths , clean the face as little as you can stand .
 
Take it out and soak it for a day or two, and then chuck a bore brush wraped in copper from a choir boy pad in a cordless drill.......

Wipe and run a clean patch thou each chamber and your done.
 
GoRon wrote;
If it is a stainless revolver I can't recommend one of those lead removing cloths enough.
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I totally agree. It will remove the built up rings on the face of the cylinder and in the individual chambers in no time. I use it to clean all my stainless guns and it is indeed the real deal. I have also used it to clean blued guns but I won't recommend that to others as the applied pressure has to be just right or off goes the bluing. "Lead Remover Polishing Cloth" by Birchwood Casey is the brand I use.
 
Slip 2000 Gas Piston Parts & Choke Tube Cleaner works great for handgun cylinders. Off comes the cylinder into the jar for about 15 min soak. While I clean up the rest of the gun it works is magic. A few quick passed with a chamber brush and wipe down afterwords. Relube the gun and you are back in business!
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GoRon,

"If it is a stainless revolver I can't recommend one of those lead removing cloths enough."

Is that CAN recommend or CAN'T recommend ?
 
I was watching Dead men don't wear plaid today, and Steve Martin was washing out his snub in the bathroom sink with soap suds and a wire brush. He then toweled it dry. Probably not a good idea, huh? :eek:

Of course, Rachel Ward can suck a bullet out of my arm anytime.... :D
 
Used to clean the cylinder back to like new every session. I finally decided that was probably a lot harder on the revolver to do that rather than just getting off the crud and forgetting about the black "stains" on the front of the cylinder and getting the "rings" out of the chambers. After all, neither of those things* affects function in the least.

I like shooting my revolvers a lot more these days! ;)

*The rings might, but the above statement is assuming you haven't been shooting short ammo in the revolver (i.e. .38 in a .357 or .44special in a .44Mag)
 
I won't shoot specials in my .44 mag, especially when I get light .44 mag loads that feel like a keith special :D I hear you there John, I don't worry so much about the dark rings on a stainless cylinder. I just try to clean the stuff off so it doesn't cause rust or anything.. that and I'm a bit obsessive about my guns :p


Going to try the slip2000, I think I've seen that at schucks.. and I got 6 bucks left on my gift card. Gives me an excuse to buy another box or 3 of the cheap crap
 
the lead removing cloths or the Flitz wont ruin the target grey finish on a Ruger Super Redhawk? I cant think right now if the cylinder face has the target grey coating or not.
 
I was watching Dead men don't wear plaid today, and Steve Martin was washing out his snub in the bathroom sink with soap suds and a wire brush. He then toweled it dry. Probably not a good idea, huh?
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Heck, the security guard at work washes his Taurus in the sink all the time. Doesn't seem to hurt it although I am not certain what his procedure is once his if finished at the sink. I am guessing he lubes it up pretty good at his desk.

Greg
 
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