Cleaning guns with Simple Green?

[JohnKSa]

After cleaning my gun with regular patches, when it's lube time, I use folded pieces of "Brawny" or "Bounty" paper towel. They're actually tough enough to go through the barrel without tearing. A couple of times when I ran out of patches, they worked with solvent.

I use good quality paper towels for all my patch needs. I usually tear them larger than they need to be and fold them over once or twice depending on how large I want them to be. Just be careful not to make them too thick or they can jam in place--start small and work up. Ease them into the bore to avoid tearing.

 

[OilyPablo]

There really is no mystery, it's not about saving money. It's about using what works. Simple Green is a great degreaser for steel gunsmith work, without getting into the brake cleaner. Just rinse with with really hot water, and move on to the next step.

If people are using it for cleaning assembled modern guns or as regular post modern cartridge range session field strip cleaner, well yes, they don't know what they are doing.

Frankly I hate the stink of Simple Green. It makes me get all chokey, so I use it in plenty of fresh air.

 

[Baron_Null]

For what ever reason folks seem to dabble in the off the wall "lets try this."
Some work well. Some, well they just either blow up in the garage or
do nothing. Are folks just trying to save a buck ?


My stuff is important to me. I`m not about to try something cause somebody said. No disrespect to anybody intended.

I only use time tested stuff. Can`t go wrong with that. Especially when it comes to weapons..................

In my personal opinion, firearms are machines. Nothing more, nothing less. When you stop looking at guns as special objects and start looking at them the blocks of shaped material they are, you start to see the way people treat their guns as near superstitious. There's not anything necessarily wrong with it, but it leads to interesting results where people treat one hunk of metal completely differently than another, even though they might have similar purposes.

I don't mean any offense, but the thought that simple green is "off the wall" made me laugh. I worked as a machine operator for awhile, so if anything I'm more used to cleaning parts off with (metal friendly formula) simple green than I am cleaning them any other way. I fully admit and warn others that it's not something that needs to be done often, and most firearms will probably never need cleaning that thorough. But, it's another tool in the proverbial tool chest, so I'm not going to complain.

On the flip side, I often used Ed's Red in the machine shop to keep things clean and rust free, just as long as the surface I was cleaning didn't come in contact with any fluids that the Ed's would contaminate. It worked very well.

Remember, though, much of the time it's those off-the-wall people doing the off-the-wall ideas that end up driving innovation. As long as one is smart about experimentation there isn't a huge amount of risk to be had in trying new ideas out, all things considered.

 

[bannockburn]

Hoppes No.9, Shooters Choice MC 7, RemOil, and RIG Gun Grease (long term storage), work perfectly for all my gun cleaning needs.