How to clean up after shooting corrosive ammo ?

[BigSlick]

How do you clean up your Garand (and other guns) after shooting corrosive ammo ?

I use hot soapy water, but this comes up again from time to time so I thought I would put up a post to see if there is a better way.

[MullahElRon]

They another way?

[ede]

will cold soapy water work? that's what i've always used.

[Tailgunner]

The soap won't hurt anything, and may even remove a little carbon, but HOT water is all you need (followed by a regular cleaning.
The "spray it with Windex" methiod kinda works, but only because the windes is 98% water 1.5% soap (not a lot of amonia).

The corossive bit is a residual salt from the priming compound (potassium cloride?) and as salt desolves best in water, it is the easiest/cheapest thing to use.
Cold water is better than nothing, but it is harder to dry the barrel afterwards (hot water will flash evaparate off the hot steel).

[CZ93X62]

What Tailgunner said.

The chrome-lined bores in many Soviet-Bloc service rifles and handguns were a real-world accomodation to the corrosively-primed ammunition they fired through their weapons. That doesn't mean to NOT clean your AK properly after running corrosive ammo in it--it means you get a little leeway on bore life. Think of it in the same context as the safety on a deer rifle--a good stop-gap measure, but no replacement for basic safe gun handling.

[Boge]

Slick, use the stuff the Germans used for two world wars and thousands of blackpowder shooters use today. Best all 'round stuff there is: Ballistol.

www.ballistol.com (http://www.ballistol.com) ;)

[KCGunnr]

Slick,
Where you gettin that corrosive ammo?

Here is what the US military used, you can still find it online fairly cheap.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/bscott433/M1%20Carbine/IMG_3039.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a267/bscott433/M1%20Carbine/IMG_3038.jpg

[BigSlick]

Had some for a while, old school WRA

Dat GI bore cleaner stick ta high heaven, but it does work well. See it every now an again at shows for $1/can