What cleaner for nickel plated revolver

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i recently bought a nickel plated model 10-5 . I know a conventional powder solvent could cause the nickel plate to flake. The plating on this revolver is flawless. What cleaning product should I use to keep it that way.
 
Rem oil sounds good. What about a bore cleaner. Most of those contain copper solvents that could damage the nickel plate. I shoot only cast bullets in this revolver.
 
I use homemade Ed's Red minus the acetone. For cleaning lead, a piece of Chore Boy around a brush or Lewis Lead Remover work equally well.
 
No problem with leading. Mostly wondering if there is a powder solvent that isn’t also a copper solvent.
 
Ballistol, Outer's Nitro Solvent, BreakFree CLP, should all work without causing problems with the plating. Avoid anything with ammonia, and anything that turns blue or green when you leave a piece of copper sitting in it overnight.
 
For the outside, I'd use Flitz polish. Its only slightly abrasive, and uses chemicals to clean the nickel finish. (CZ recommended it for its nickel-plated weapons, which is how I started using it.)

Many of the newer nickel-plated guns don't have a copper undercoat and ammonia is not a concern for those plated weapons.. But it can be a problem for older guns.

There's also a small device that you can get from Brownells that looks like a wire mesh that you can put on a cleaning rod to pull/push out lead.

There are also chemically treated cloths that are great for cleaning off the front of the cylinder and can also be put on a jag to clean the barrel. (Cut off small patches, and seal the remainder up in a plastic bag to keep them chemically moist and active.)
 
I use Flitz on the outside of my plated guns. It does a great job of cleaning (especially dirt and tarnish), and leaves behind a protective coating.

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