Dry Lube for Cylinder

[DDDWho]

I get some spent brass sticking in my .22 revolver. I had a guy “iron” (whatever that means) the cylinder which helped. I’d like to keep it lubed up with something dry, not sticky oil to help even more. Suggestions?

 

[Zaydok Allen]

I don’t recommend using lube in the chambers.

Buy a 22 cal bore mop and some Mother’s Mag Polish. You can insert the mop and hand polish the chambers. Maybe 10 turns in each chamber, then clean, it shoot it, and see how extraction is. If still sticky, repeat.

I had a Ruger with rough chambers and this method cured the problem and did not change the accuracy. Just don’t go overboard. You don’t want to do anything but polish them up, not screw up the chamber dimensions or throats.

 

[DDDWho]

I have can of Mother’s. I’ll look for the mop. Thanks. Amazon has the mop for $3.00

 

[Zaydok Allen]

I have can of Mother’s. I’ll look for the mop. Thanks. Amazon has the mop for $3.00

Yep, they are cheap.

My problem gun was a 10 shot Ruger SP101 in 22lr. I hurt my hand repeatedly on the ejector rod the first few times I shot it, and the longer the range session, the worse the problem got. That's a lot of friction with that many spent cases rubbing on rough chamber walls.

 

[DDDWho]

Yep, they are cheap.

My problem gun was a 10 shot Ruger SP101 in 22lr. I hurt my hand repeatedly on the ejector rod the first few times I shot it, and the longer the range session, the worse the problem got. That's a lot of friction with that many spent cases rubbing on rough chamber walls.

This is an inexpensive Rossi Plinker, 8 round. I bought it used very reasonably. I think I know why it was so cheap. And yes your hand can take a beating during a day at the range. I'm not sure what "ironing" a cylinder is but it seemed to help somewhat. Now the cylinders are shiny and bright. I shot a couple of cylinders full without a problem. Usually if the gun is clean it will start hanging up on the second series of loads, not so this time. I'll give it some time to see how it works after "ironing". Thanks for you help, Jerry

 

[ontarget]

I believe ironing a cylinder is a process of taking out the flat spot in the edge of the charge hole caused by the firing pin impact when dryfired. One of several reasons most people don't like dryfiring a rim fire gun.

 

[chicharrones]

Both my Ruger Single Six and Bearcat had rough chambers with visible tooling marks. I've polished the chambers on both guns using Mother's liquid on a mop, but used a drill to spin that mop. Just like any liquid metal polish, the polishing action doesn't start until the polish liquid isn't really liquid anymore and friction is taking place.

Here's the only photo of one of my polished cylinders. It's the .22 Mag cylinder of the Single Six. The chambers were as bad as that hole for the center pin before I polished them and extraction was horrible after only a few cylinders full. Even with only one empty at a time being pushed out in a single action revolver.

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[chicharrones]

I believe ironing a cylinder is a process of taking out the flat spot in the edge of the charge hole caused by the firing pin impact when dryfired. One of several reasons most people don't like dryfiring a rim fire gun.

Yep, that's what I understand as well. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1007111192

 

[ontarget]

Both my Ruger Single Six and Bearcat had rough chambers with visible tooling marks. I've polished the chambers on both guns using Mother's liquid on a mop, but used a drill to spin that mop. Just like any liquid metal polish, the polishing action doesn't start until the polish liquid isn't liquid anymore and friction is taking place.

Here's the only photo of one of my polished cylinders. It's the .22 Mag cylinder of the Single Six. The chambers were as bad as that hole for the center pin before I polished them and extraction was horrible after only a few cylinders full. Even with only one empty at a time being pushed out in a single action revolver.

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Wow those turned out nice. I have a couple of HRR cylinders that now have a date with a mop and some mothers.

 

[WheelGunMan]

My Ruger LCR22WMR had a problem with spent cartidges sticking in the cylinder. Many times I had to depress the plunger by pressing it against a 4 x 6 pole. I scrubbed the cylinders, changed ammo brands but the problem persisted. I finally contacted Ruger about it. They had me send it back and they installed a new cylinder and crane. They even put in a new firing pin that drives a little deeper. I had a chance to talk with the tech when he called me to see if I wanted to upgrade the front sight to the current offering. I took the opportunity to ask what was going on with the cylinder. He informed a me that a few of the cylinders had undersized bores and got by QC somehow.

Anyway, a long story short, I got the gun back and have since put well over a thousand rounds thru it without any stuck casings.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

I've polished the chambers on both guns using Mother's liquid on a mop, but used a drill to spin that mop. Just like any liquid metal polish, the polishing action doesn't start until the polish liquid isn't really liquid anymore and friction is taking place.

I've never used the liquid kind before, only the paste. But it looks like it works just as well. Do you find it easier to work with?

 

[chicharrones]

I've never used the liquid kind before, only the paste. But it looks like it works just as well. Do you find it easier to work with?

The liquid is what I have on hand, can't say if it is easier to work with or not. If I had the paste type, I'd use that.