cleaning an old shotgun

Longranger

Hi all, finally got my new(ok, 30 year old)gorosabel sxs out for a test fire today and I've cleaned it, but there is a good bit of grease and gunk in the nooks and crannies. I have some ballistol robla cold de-greaser. Would it be worth a try?

FISMA

Longranger wrote: »

Hi all, finally got my new(ok, 30 year old)gorosabel sxs out for a test fire today and I've cleaned it, but there is a good bit of grease and gunk in the nooks and crannies. I have some ballistol robla cold de-greaser. Would it be worth a try?

LongRanger,
If you understand the internals of your firearm, I would not hesitate to use a kettle of very hot water to flush out the gunk.

Follow that up with a good drying (blown air/hair dryer), wd40, and Remoil, or the like, and it can cleaning much easier.

However, if you don't know your firearm and you strip off the grease in areas that it should be (like the trigger) and don't dry, displace water, and re-oil, you'll likely meet with less favorable results.

This procedure is one that works great with the old war guns I get in cosmoline. I tend to prefer hot water to chemicals.

deeksofdoom

Longranger wrote: »

Hi all, finally got my new(ok, 30 year old)gorosabel sxs out for a test fire today and I've cleaned it, but there is a good bit of grease and gunk in the nooks and crannies. I have some ballistol robla cold de-greaser. Would it be worth a try?

I haven't cleaned the internals of my Gorosabel, but what I would recommend you do is rub in boiled linseed oil into the stock, brings out the timber beautifully, there are even a few scrathes I put in it accidentally myself which have turned out alright, they even give the gun a bit of character.

I've oiled my stock once a day for week, and am now oiling it once a week for a month and then if I can remember to do it I intend to oil it once a month for a year.

stick up a picture when you get a chance.

RICHIE.39

deeksofdoom wrote: »

Longranger wrote: »

Hi all, finally got my new(ok, 30 year old)gorosabel sxs out for a test fire today and I've cleaned it, but there is a good bit of grease and gunk in the nooks and crannies. I have some ballistol robla cold de-greaser. Would it be worth a try?

I haven't cleaned the internals of my Gorosabel, but what I would recommend you do is rub in boiled linseed oil into the stock, brings out the timber beautifully, there are even a few scrathes I put in it accidentally myself which have turned out alright, they even give the gun a bit of character.

I've oiled my stock once a day for week, and am now oiling it once a week for a month and then if I can remember to do it I intend to oil it once a month for a year.

stick up a picture when you get a chance.

was just wondering whether i would be better off oiling the stock or varnishing it! Cheers for the tip d.o.d. :-)

Longranger

RICHIE.39 wrote: »

was just wondering whether i would be better off oiling the stock or varnishing it! Cheers for the tip d.o.d. :-)

I think I'll go with the oil too. Looks like a much nicer finish.

Grizzly 45

Go oil finish.Much easier to repair scratches and dings in it than a laquer finish.

daveob007

place the whole working into a container filled with parifin for a few hours,this will clean all the gunk and grease then dry with compressed air hose.also works for old dirty engine parts,,,friend put some old engine bits into his dishwasher and it cleaned up very well,,just be careful that you dont lose any of the small springs or fixing pins.