I have a Arg Mauser and can only find corrosive ammo for it. Any special way to clean it after shooting this ammo?

Dave

Here is what I do -- you may have to improvise a little, but you get the idea:

I use a piece of tubing from the hospital, a large syringe, and plain soapy water (from bottle), right at the range. Tip the barrel down, shove the tubing into the chamber, sloooowly push the water out through the bore. Then a patch or two. Then more soapy water. Then an oiled patch. Clean normally when you get home -- you can even wait a day or two, as long as you dry the bore well then oil.

As long as you don't force the water in too fast and back flood into the action, the only thing that gets wet is the inside of the barrel, and I've never had rust. You can use an ammonia based cleaner also, but I wouldn't want to leave that in for too long.

Todd

I take an empty cartridge case, cut in half with a tubing cutter and drill a 3/8 hole thru the primer pocket. Then I select some clear plastic tubing(about 18 inches) with an inside diameter just smaller than the rim of the case I just altered. Next I press the rim of the case into one end of the tubing. Finally, I find a plastic funnel with a spout big enough to fit snugly into the other end of the tubing.

When I go to the range, I take a large thermos bottle full of boiling water. After I'm through shooting, I position my rifle muzzle down, open the action, insert the case end of the tubing into the chamber and pour the hot water slowly thru the funnel. I finnish with a dry patch then clean as usual with Hoppes No. 9.

An even easier way is to take a spray bottle of Windex and a jug of clean water to the range, along with cleaning rod, patches, and your favorite oil.

As soon as youa re done shotting, clean the bore with Windex (or any weak ammmonia solution) to neutralize the corrosive residue. Patch with water to flush the ammonia, patch dry, and oil.

Finish cleaning the usual way at home.

Thanks.

Take a small bottle of water with you and when you're done shooting just run a couple of wet patches thru the bore. Use the second patch to wipe off the bolt face. Then run a couple of dry patches thru. This is all it takes to remove corrosive salts. You can then clean in normal manner at your leasure. However, a neat trick is to use windex instead of water cause it's water will remove the salts and it's ammonia will remove any copper fouling, then dry and oil bore...Gary D.

The key to it is using something that contains water. Water will dissolve the corrosive salts. Old fashoned GI bore cleaner, soapy water, black powder solvent, Windex, It does not really matter.

I have a device that I really like to accomplish that goal. I have a laundry sink in tha garage. Attached to the faucit is a length of hose that is normally used to supply a washing machine, the black stuff. In the end of the hose is jammed a piece of brass tubing. The brass tubing fits sungly in the tapered case body section of 303 British and 8mm mauser chamber, the only corrisive ammo I shoot. It makes a leak proof seal. Ge such brass tubing from hobby shops. They sell it as telescoping brass tubing.

To use this thing for cleaning, I first remove the bolt from the rifle. Then I place the rifle muzzle down in the sink. I then stick the brass end of my hose in the chamber. Turn on the hot water and leave it for a five minuets or so. It will completey flush out any salt like substance and warm up the barrel. Remove the flusher and clean as ususal. You will be amazed at how much gunk come out with the first patch.

It sounds more complicated than it really is. I stick the rifle in the sink and get it going. I let it run while I put my other stuff away. I then clean as usual.

[ 11-20-2003, 19:40: Message edited by: scot ]

I shoot a lot of corrosive in my garands and springfields because nobody wants it and it's CHEAP.

I clean with warm water and a couple drops of whatever dish soap my wife happens to be using that week. The water disolves the salts, the soap helps break any surface tension and floats away the dirt.
After 'de-salting" though, you still need to clean out any copper fouling with whatever solvent you cloose to use and re-wash with the water solution, as the salts can find their way under the copper fouling from a long shootoing session.