Maintaining A Stainless Gun

[Gunowner99]

I try not to be too over anal, so I*ll just use a brass brush with some hopped and clean enough is good enough

[Big Kahuna 19547]

You can clean the rings from the cylinder face with a brush and Hoppes- but be prepared to spend the rest of your life doing it. The product mentioned was a yellow cloth with a chemical compound. I haven't seen it in years, it was called "Lead Wipe Away".

Be advised that stainless steel formulated for firearms is not like stainless flatware. Give enough neglect, it will rust.

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[Gunowner99]

They still make the product ! https://www.birchwoodcasey.com/produ...ing-cloth.html

I see that. I*m just wondering if I need to add you another cleaning supply or if just using the standard brush and cleaning solvent should be good enough for a non-museum quality clean ��

[imashooter2]

So a brass brush and hopped won*t hurt anything and do the job?

Yes. There is absolutely no reason to obsess over the burn rings. Take off build up and loose carbon with standard solvents and put the gun up until next time.

[Gunowner99]

Yes. There is absolutely no reason to obsess over the burn rings. Take off build up and loose carbon with standard solvents and put the gun up until next time.

Thank you, I seem to obsess at times ha ha!

New question, seems the factory had a sticker partly on barrel and I removed as well as I could manually. Unbelievable! Anyway, still gummy adhesive on it. Thinking Hoppes will likely loosen that and dissolve?

[SevenMilePete]

Thank you, I seem to obsess at times ha ha!

New question, seems the factory had a sticker partly on barrel and I removed as well as I could manually. Unbelievable! Anyway, still gummy adhesive on it. Thinking Hoppes will likely loosen that and dissolve?

Just Goof Off, Goo Gone or similar. I hate that crap.

[imashooter2]

Genuine WD-40 is legendary for removing adhesive sticker glue.

[Steve in PA]

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I’ve owned a stainless steel Ruger Super Redhawk for over 30 years. I use regular cleaning stuff like Hoppe’s or CLP. To clean off the carbon I use a Lead Away cloth. A few rubs and good as new.

[Gunowner99]

I got it, last one, I promise. Being new to revolvers, I notice that no matter what, you will get that line on the cylinder between the various chambers because it revolves and will hit on whatever it is called that locks the cylinder into place and causes it to rotate to next position. Or am I allready damaging it? Seems factory fresh I see that small wear between the various chambers and I assume if it were blued you would see it even more.

Am I doing something wrong here?

[cdi]

What make and model?