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| < 16ga. General Discussion ~ removing carbon deposits |
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Wed Jun 01, 2022 10:27 am
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Joined: 15 Dec 2009
Posts: 226
Location: eastern oregon
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| I need to soak some larger shotgun parts with heavy carbon build-up in a container that would be about one pint in volume. What fluid do you all use to remove the contaminants? |
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Wed Jun 01, 2022 10:31 am
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Joined: 17 Jan 2014
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Location: Denver, Colorado
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| Diesel fuel is (relatively?) cheap and has worked wonders for me in the past. The fuel has additives that help deal with carbon deposits in diesel fuel-systems in much the same way it will with your gun parts. |
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Thu Jun 02, 2022 10:51 am
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Joined: 26 Apr 2010
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Location: NCWa
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| Back when police officers carried revolvers a lot of the ones that I knew would dismantle them and soak them in a Zip-Lock of Hoppe's 9. The caution was that only blued and stainless steel guns were done because it would remove the nickel finish. |
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Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:55 pm
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Joined: 07 Mar 2010
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Location: South Eastern PA
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| I always used carb cleaner to clean the op rods on my SKS's after a day at the range. |
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Fri Jun 03, 2022 8:09 am
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| A large enough ULTRASONIC CLEANER WITH CARB CLEANER OR GUN CLEANING SOLVENT DOES A FINE JOB. |
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