1st trip to range with new ruger, and have ?

[115grfmj]

Just got my new single six to the range for its 1st rounds. When I got
home to clean it I was surpised to see flame cutting on the top strap.
I have a 686+ in 357 which I expect to flame cut, but a .22?? I didn't
think it generated enough heat and pressure? I wasn't using the 22mags
only Win 22lr hv stuff. Is Rugers metallurgy off somehow, the thing
is built like a tank, so somehow that does'nt seem possible. Its the
Lipsey's only one in stainless, 4 5/8" barrel. The flame cutting isn't excessive
just surprised to see it. OBTW, I checked the gap and it's .004. (not
as tight as my smith but not bad either).


Also is it possible to damage rifling in a steel barrel with an aluminum
cleaning rod. I've been using one on my guns for years but my buddy
seems to thing I should'nt, whats your opinion?

 

[Preacherman]

Are you sure it's an actual cut? Could it be just a black line from fouling? I've never heard of, nor seen, flame-cutting in a .22LR revolver!

 

[steveno]

I would be a little surprised at flame cutting with a 22 but if that is what it is , it will only cut so far and stop. I don't see any safety issue here

 

[happy old sailor]

it is said, i dont know, that any cleaning rod picks up grit and acts like sandpaper. i use a brass brush on everything but the bore, i boresnake that. before boresnakes, i drillid a small hole in the threaded end of a brass brush, attached a fishing snap thru the hole, attached a sturdy piece of string, dropped it down the bore and tugged away. a lot of doing, but, i thought i was saving my bore. on .22LR. i read a story in some gun mag that Winchester mfg. had taken two mdl 52s, new, and fired a million rounds thru each, cleaning one after so many rounds and not the other. they then cleaned both, examined both. the uncleaned one appeared as new. the constantly cleaned one was worn out by all that cleaning they surmised. as i said, this tale was in a gun mag and decades ago. take it FWIW. now there are guides for the muzzle to eliminate the blunderbuss effect. please dont think i'm acting the expert here. i honestly dont know crap about this, only what i have heard.

several years ago, i decided that i owned the guns, they didnt own me. since then, cleaning has been down to just what is necessary. i hold the opinion that you can wear those things out cleaning them. mine shoot fine and function perfectly. what else can i ask? poor things have been delegated tools instead of show pieces. i am in fact pitiful, aren't i. blasphemy, right? i dont bow to the holy gun grail anymore. YMMV oh, if you shoot soft lead bullets, your gun will need extra attention. the answer is, dont shoot those things.

if you dont reload, get after it. if you have mega bucks and buy all your ammo, you still need to know reloading and have the equipment. my greatest fear is that a pres hillary and veep feinstein will succeed, causing a tsunami of gun laws. ammo could be in short supply, serialized, registered, and other cockameemie stuff. show me your papers and is that cartridge registered?? ok, rant off. happy shooting in this new year.

 

[sfhogman]

My Single Sixes sometimes leave what looks like flame cutting but is really a mix of molten lead and powder fouling. (Mmmmm....Wally World Federal bulk)
I clean it out with brushes, picks, etc. Also builds up between the barrel stub and the topstrap of the frame. The first time I saw it, I was a little upset, then realized what I was looking at.

Also, the frame is threaded to accept the barrel, and the thread cuts appearing on the topstrap can look like flame cutting. Both my Single Sixes show these cuts from the barrel tap. Like the fouling, it's harmless.

Hope this helps.
Jeff

 

[115grfmj]

on second look...

it really isn't as clean as other cutting I've seen. I looked at it at an angle
and rather than being recessed (like cutting should be), it seems to be
a raised line, so you must be right. Since it was hard and I couldn't get
it off with hoppes and a rag, I just assumed it was cutting. Thanks
guys I'll try a brass brush.

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