Clean your extractor channels

Ever since I got my Open Gun, I’ve been cleaning it religiously. The first time I cleaned it, I detail stripped it and cleaned every little thing I could. After that time, I’ve only “field” stripped and cleaned the gun to a shine. I’ve never bothered to remove the extractor to clean it or it’s channel.

After the last match this Sunday, I decided to remove the extractor and clean it just in case I start to develop extraction problems.

The extractor itself isn’t too dirty, but look at how frigging dirty the extractor channel is? I drove a cue tip in to clean it and this came out.

And that small black bit next to my slide? that’s from the channel too. I’ve only shot maybe, 1,500 rounds through the gun after the first detail strip?

So remember to clean the extractor channel from time to time, especially in Open Guns. One failure to feed or extract will cost you to lose the stage.

Hoppe’s #9 to the rescue!

My kitchen is a mess. More specifically the appliances. The stovetop has crusts all over the surface, kitchen cabinets with oil stains from all the frying, and the eyesore of all, the microwave. Situated right above the stove top. It’s all grimy with years of uncleaned oil and what not.

I’ve been struggling to find a solution to this mess other than buying new kitchen appliances.

Every respectable gun-owner knows that Hoppe’s is the universal cleaner. It’s the magical solvent that melts through carbon, grime and lots of unwanted stuff, yet is able to keep important surfaces, like polymer & wood, untouched.

So tonight, I put that to the test once again. On my Microwave oven!

here’s how the front looks like, the sticky oil residue. So hard to scrub away with traditional cleaners. Trust me, I tried.

The bottom part of the door again showing all the yuck:

so I applied the Hoppe’s using my cotton patches (of course), and scrubbed it with a sponge scrubber :

and wiped it with a dry Bounty towel. Here it is, all clean! Just like magic! and it only took less than 3 minutes:

and the shiny front door :

The oil and grime came off as quick as carbon residue from my guns. MIRACULOUS!

Oh Hoppe’s #9. You are my savior and I’ll never doubt your abilities ever again.

Look at how clean it is now! LNIB!!

The best part, my kitchen now smells of Hoppe’s!! SWEET!

Some high-end horse-trading!

So to fund the silencer for my new Ruger 22/45 that I purchased recently, I had to sell my Kimber Eclipse Pro II. Tried selling it online and after a few days, took a little negotiation and lots of back-and-forth with multiple prospects, I landed on a trader who would give me part cash and a gun with accessories.

The gun he wanted to trade was a Glock 29 in 10mm, DeSantis OWB holster, with 4 mags, Pearce magazine extensions and 100+ rounds of ammo. I thought, since I’ve never had a chance to own the caliber of the gods (10mm), I decided to take the offer.

Here’s the gun:

You can imagine a small gun like that shooting full powered 10mm rounds isn’t going to be a very good feeling. That said, it would make an awesome defensive pistol. I never got to shoot it though, I cleaned the gun and quickly listed it back up on our local gun forums. Within a few hours, it was sold.

The buyer offered to trade for a LNIB (Like-New-In-Box) Glock 17 Gen 4 with a Lone Wolf threaded barrel. Since it’s sort of a fair trade, and I would rather have a newer Glock 17 with a threaded barrel instead of a gun that I might not shoot, I accepted.

Here it is all detail stripped and ready for cleaning :

After cleaning and lube :

Now do I keep this or sell it? hrmmm maybe I could use a suppressed 9mm platform.

What makes a gun of character.

For those who think not cleaning your gun is cool.

These, are beautiful guns.

This is just f**king filthy!

FrogLube really works!

I talked about Frog Lube in a recent post, and ordered a 4oz set from Ebay for about $28. This set comes with a 4oz liquid bottle, 4oz paste, applicator brush and a microfiber cloth. It came today and during the video recording of the PowerFactor show, Caleb brought his hybrid revolver and being Caleb, the gun is dirty as f**k! I thought, wouldn’t it be a great time to give Frog Lube a test.

The carbon on the gun has been there on the gun for a loooong time, and the gun was not cleaned for maybe, couple of hundred rounds if not thousands.

I used the liquid version of Frog Lube CLP :

Put a bit on a towel and went to work.

 

Here’s the breech face before & after :

 
The cylinder crane :

 

The muzzle :

 

Not only does it clean the carbon off easily, it leaves a film of lubrication (it’s a CLP after all) that makes everything very slick but not oily. Also, it smells great to boot! Unlike Ballistol which smells like horse piss, Frog Lube smells like wintergreen gum or spearmint. I wanted to lick the revolver after I cleaned it.

I probably wouldn’t use just Frog Lube on my competition guns as they tend to run best wet, but I will definitely use it for my carry guns.

Is FrogLube that good?

checkout this video :

 

and

 

very interesting that it’s completely Bio-degradable, made with natural materials , great for your skin and smells like mint.

I’m so buying it! Will post a review soon.

My kind of Butter!

Found a recipe online for a great lubricant for my guns and decided to give it a try. I’ve been an avid fan of GunButter and have been using it for a long time. It has served me well, not just because of the way it works and smell, but that it comes in a great needle tip applicator.

I found these bottles on ebay for real cheap and bought three of them to give it a try. http://www.ebay.com/itm/350500551219?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

Bottles look exactly the same as the ones that are used by GunButter, perhaps it’s manufactured by the same company.

Here’s the lubricant mix I used :

and voila! I can’t believe it’s not…

Allison Speed Brush & Mop for easy revolver cleaning.

Much to my friend’s chagrin over cleaning your guns often, this excellent tool by Allisontool.com would speed up my cleaning regime for my revolver. One of the things about cleaning revolver is you have to clean six chambers compared to one on other semi-auto guns, and it can be a chore sometimes. With this tool, I can just use one stroke to clean all 6 holes in the cylinder.

It comes in two flavors, a Brush and a Mop.

The brush even has a single retractable brush on the other end of the tool for cleaning cylinders or chambers of other compatible guns.

I think all revolver owners (who love clean guns) should buy one.

I bought mine from Brownells. Just be careful when you order, look at the Manufacturer’s part number, the “P” stands for Brush and “M” stands for Mop. So for instance, the .45 ACP S&W N-frame revolver tools are coded as N4P for brush and N4M for Mop.