Is there a good product to use in order to clean this or are these circles around each cartridge there for good once it's been fired. I'm talking about the spots between the barrel and Cylinder that get coated black.

I purchased a used stainless Ruger Alaskan in .44mag that has been shot quite a bit and am going through it cleaning.

Thanks

Justin

I use Kleen Bore Lead Away gun cleaning cloth.

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Originally posted by craigster:
I use Kleen Bore Lead Away gun cleaning cloth.

Ditto. If it's done after each shooting session you'll keep the build-up to a minimum.

I used Lead Away in my revolvers and found it excellent for removing lead at the barrel throat aka forcing cone and lead build up in the cylinder throats. Now as to whether what the OP is asking about I don't know.

Whatever is your favorite bore cleaning solvent and a brush.

It's just kind of in the nature of stainless revolvers to blacken a little bit there.

Had a Ruger Stainless and thought I would never get the face clean and then stumbled into
"Wipe Away" that yellow cleanign cloth. It works. No idea if still available. Bell Labs made them. Worked for me. Luck. Happy Holidays.

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Originally posted by iiranger:
Had a Ruger Stainless and thought I would never get the face clean and then stumbled into
"Wipe Away" that yellow cleanign cloth. It works. No idea if still available. Bell Labs made them. Worked for me. Luck. Happy Holidays.

Appreciate the responses! I am going to try one of these

Justin

https://www.google.com/search?...EBE&biw=1348&bih=607

Gives you a look at the Google images of all the products on the market. Midway used to sell their own but they don't anymore. I think they are all pretty much the same thing.

Used the Kleenbore Lead Away cloth and it worked perfect! Well worth the $6.95

Have a great New Years.

Justin

Kroil and grey ScotchBrite will do the trick on heavy fouling.

ScotchBrite and #9

JB paste from Brownell.

I am sure this comes under several names.

It is small orange round patches - the ones we have are from Lyman.

Work like a charm.

What I do when our pistols - either auto or revolvers, get really dirty, is put them in our ultrasonic cleaner, using WD40.

An hour in there, and anything left - like on stainless steel revolver cylinders, I run by hand using the above patches.

It does not require much effort at all.

Simichrome polish or a similar paste called Gun Brite work too. Also ok to use on nickel plated firearms.

I just leave the black stain on the cylinder face; doesn't hurt anything and will just come back. Do not use any abrasive on nickel plated revolvers.

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Originally posted by dpcd:
I just leave the black stain on the cylinder face; doesn't hurt anything and will just come back. Do not use any abrasive on nickel plated revolvers.

Neither Gun Brite nor Simichrome polish is abrasive.