Been exercising my suppressed .22LR

[RED]

A couple of things have surprised me. I had believed that cleaning the can would be the most important thing. Nope, cleaning the gun is more important. The chamber and extractors dirty up quickly especially in the pistol. I have a cheap TX22 pistol and a CMMG dedicated AR upper. There is only 1 brand of sub sonic ammo that operates the actions most of the time. Winchester .sub sonic 22LR will run 150 rounds through the AR before failing to eject. The pistol will dirty up after 10-12 rounds.

It is still fun to shoot these guns. I switch the can back and forth. I want to buy another can but my wallet says 'not yet.'

[Allen]

150 rounds can come quickly when you're having fun. Would a quick blast of WD40 clean things enough to continue till you could clean it more thoroughly?

[k arga]

WD 40 would might gunk it up more.

[lyman]

WD40 is horrible on firearms, never use it,

[Oyaji]

Try Birchwood Casey's Gun Scrubber or brake cleaner followed up with a shot of Rem-Oil aerosol.

[Allen]

WD40 is horrible on firearms, never use it,

How? I've used it all my life as a bore cleaner (with a brush) and used Vaseline as a rust preventer on the exterior surfaces. I've never had any ill effect from either.

[Phloating Phlasher]

A friend of mine did this with an Ithaca 37.
When I bought it it had trigger problems & hang-fires.
I removed an amazing amount of sludge & hard "varnish-like" stuff from inside it & it immediately started working properly.
I imagine using it to clean a bore & patching out removes most of it but hosing down the action & trigger leaves it in there to gum up badly.

[Major Tom]

Casey's Gun Scrubber is great stuff!

[Allen]

There's a lot of good gun cleaners. Like most of you, I've tried them all. The point I was trying to make was suggesting something quick, simple and convenient in a spray can to be able to continue shooting since the original message indicated the weapon may be jamming after 150 rounds, outside while shooting, not laying on the gun bench in a dozen pieces while cleaning.

WD40 is a very light penetrating oil with solvents.

[Phloating Phlasher]

Its actually a water dispersant, No 40.

[Allen]

Its actually a water dispersant, No 40.

I use it for starting fuel too on small engines.

[lyman]

Try Birchwood Casey's Gun Scrubber or brake cleaner followed up with a shot of Rem-Oil aerosol.
This,

kroil does good too

[Oyaji]

Kroil is a GREAT penetrant for loosening stuck fittings and cleaning firearms but boy-o boy it has a lingering and to me, sickening odor. I only use it when absolutely necessary. PB Blaster in an aerosol can is another highly effective penetrant to use.

[Allen]

Where I used to work Kroil oil was supplied in 42gal barrels. We would fill our spray bottles with it and spray down valve stems (outside) that were to be operated within a day or two. After a couple or three days or so the oil would have evaporated off. Again, this was outside. I don't know if there are different types but ours was dyed red.

Outside, in the elements, what held up was anti-seize compound, a mixture of grease and graphite (some have copper) and no, you wouldn't want to put this on your gun. The gun would be fine but your hands and everything else would be black from the grease. Very messy but it is good stuff. I use it at home for certain auto parts, BBQ grills and fasteners on equipment that operates at high temperatures that I expect will have to be removed sometime in the future.

Drill a small hole in the metal cap for the fuze to stick out. Place a cherry bomb/M80 in it, light and throw like a grenade and you will give the term "dirty bomb" a whole new definition.

[tmark]

As mentioned, there are other gun products specific to cleaning and lubricating firearms.