Cleaning a revolver

I do essentially what Mr Borland describes above. About once a year, pop the side plate and spray it with brake cleaner. Then use the tiniest drop of Break-Free CLP I can get out of my needle oiler. One little bitty drop on each side of the hammer and it's bearing, one LBD on the rebound slide thingie.

After shooting, I run a pretty wet patch of Break-Free CLP down the barrel and in each of the cylinder holes. Then after the drive home, I run a dry patch through to remove the excess oil. Rarely do I use a brass brush. I don't use any other chemicals or solvents. CLP removes anything I want to remove, just takes longer than something like Hoppe's #9.

I don't try and remove black marks from the cyl face.

I toothbrush around the outside of the forcing cone, allowing it to pick up any CLP that finds it's way there from the bbl patch work.

Whole thing takes maybe five minutes, dozen patches, six or eight drops of oil.

I don't ever want to see anything the consistancy of grease in any of my guns. Well worked in CLP is all I want/need/use. Been doing that for half a century.

Sgt Lumpy

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