Ultrasonic cleaning Cap and ball revolver

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  • Melnic

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    Dec 27, 2012
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    HoCo
    I have seen a few videos where they totally pull apart a cap and ball revolver. and put into a metal screen of an ultrasonic cleaner. I've seen other pages where they put warm or hot soapy water into a Tupperware container, then pull wood grips off, pull cylinder out and barrel (like the navy) and then dunk, shake and sit.

    Anyone ultrasonic clean theirs w/o fully taking apart? Seems that metal basket would scratch? My navy is a brass frame so I was thinking to form a plastic basket out of Tupperware so I can make separate compartments for the barrel, cylinder and frame and then put it into the ultrasonic cleaner
     

    dannyp

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    Oct 30, 2018
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    all i do with mine is soapy water and a bore brush , dry it well and a little gun oil to wipe it down . i never submerge the whole pistol .
     

    cstone

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    Dec 12, 2018
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    Baltimore, MD
    Ultrasonic the cylinder and barrel, but toothbrush and mineral spirits on the hammer, firing pin part of the frame. If you ever disassemble the entire frame, hammer, trigger parts, you could dunk them in the ultrasonic, but I wouldn't make a habit out of that level of disassembly. Definitely remove the nipples and clean those and the nipple and cylinder threads real well.
     

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