Corrosive ammo clean up tools

**BullieBred** · 03-25-2011, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by SKS Ray

Since my original post, I've learned my best cleanup method is once I get home I pour a funnel full of hot water to neutralize the salt deposits, dry patch until the bore is dry. Then clean with Break Free CLP.

No immediate range clean up needed as nothing happens from the time I finish shooting til the time I get home.

Fact... surplus ammo has salt as an ingredient. Be it primers or old powder, no matter which way you look at it, if left untreated it will rust a bore and any other unprotected parts of a rifle or handgun if the gun is not cleaned properly after shooting.

Say for example if you shoot Yugo 7.62x39 ammo through your SKS or AK47, be prepared to clean your rifle including chamber, bore, gas valve, and gas system with a WATER based product like M Pro7, Simple Green, Windex, etc. Then dry completely and clean with quality oil based products like Break Free, Kroil, etc.

The same goes for surplus 7.62x54r through a Romak or SVT40, or surplus 8mm through a Hakim.

The reason I use scalding hot water is because it dries fast and makes for getting the internal parts bone dry so I can continue with standard cleaners.

Do you have to spray down the bolt and inside the firing pin housing too? If so do you just shoot some gun oil down in there after you spary the water in there? Or do you recommend taking the bolt apart to clean it? What can you use that is just lying around the house to take apart the bolt on an AK, some sort of nail punch?

**SKS Ray** · 03-25-2011, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by BullieBred

Do you have to spray down the bolt and inside the firing pin housing too? If so do you just shoot some gun down in there after you spary the water in there? Or do you recommend taking the bolt apart to clean it? What can you use that is just lying around the house to take apart the bolt on an AK, some sort of nail punch?

M-Pro7 would probably work for an AK bolt. You can spray it directly inside the bolt body and blow it out with a can of compressed air. If you want to take it apart there should be a punch in the cleaning kit that will fit the pin.

**peteyb** · 08-02-2011, 05:26 PM

Ive been using this tut for two years now with great results. SKS Ray knows how to clean up after corrosive ammo!

**inerlogic** · 08-03-2011, 07:17 PM

eh, my M-N 91/30 has such a great carbon coating (think cast iron skillet) that i don't need to worry about corrosive primers....
actually i read this thread and *just* cleaned it after having it sit since the milsurp shoot on 7/17

**fishhawk357** · 01-07-2012, 09:02 AM

Would shooting modern non-corrosive ammo right after shooting the corrosive stuff eliminate any salt residue in the bore? I would think, and i may be wrong, that if I shoot a few rounds of moden factory ammo through my rifle after I'm done shooting surplus ammo, that would pretty much blow out any corrosive residue left in the bore.

**SKS Ray** · 01-07-2012, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by fishhawk357

Would shooting modern non-corrosive ammo right after shooting the corrosive stuff eliminate any salt residue in the bore? I would think, and i may be wrong, that if I shoot a few rounds of moden factory ammo through my rifle after I'm done shooting surplus ammo, that would pretty much blow out any corrosive residue left in the bore.

When I first strarted shooting I use to shoot a few rounds of non corrosive first and then a few after but it doesn't make a difference. If anything I think it would bury corrosive deposits making it harder to clean. Its best to just clean your gun that same day accordingly if you shoot corrosive ammo or suspect it may be corrosive.

**Monte1** · 06-12-2012, 12:52 PM

myself i take a bottle of windex to range with me ,When im done and they have relativley cooled off i spray bore ,chamber and bolts down with windex, drive 20 mins home, and tear down and clean,i never drive home without spraying them down ,and has never found one of them ever rusting from corrosive ammo. my svt. and fn49, the gas systems require disassembly to clean them correctly and i will then spray with gun scrubber to kill all moisture.all peices of rifle i have cleaned with windex i use the gun scrubber to get down into places i can not reach and into firing pin holes, drys all the moisture right up then clean with hoppe's. everyone has their own way . but some of my rifles cost me a pretty penny to collect so i take no chance,s. after the hoppe's i leave a thin coat of triple shot in bore and all parts and back in safe she goe,s till next time.

**24GordonfanX54R** · 03-16-2013, 09:10 AM

i use T/C black powder solvent (mostly water based), then hoppes or Break free, haven't had any issues yet

**improman** · 05-15-2013, 01:17 AM

A good recipe is automatic transmission fluid dextron 1 part/1 part kerosene/1 part paint thinner/1 part acetone.check out this Homemade Firearm Related Products

**SKS Ray** · 05-15-2013, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by improman

A good recipe is automatic transmission fluid dextron 1 part/1 part kerosene/1 part paint thinner/1 part acetone.check out this Homemade Firearm Related Products

Other wise known as Ed's Red. Its a great general cleaner and protectant at the same time but I don't think it does anything to get rid of corrosive deposits.

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