Cleaning Cap & Ball revolver - Tip

[Silent]

I spent the day sending lead balls down range. After 90 rounds through my Pietta 1851 Navy Confederate, it was caked heavy with carbon. I'm running 22.5 grains of American Pioneer and .454 balls. When I got home, I decided to give something a shot. Since it took me over 1.5 hours to clean my pistol last time I decided to try something different. I broke down the pistol to it's smallest parts, and put all the pieces in my ultra sonic cleaner with warm water and Dawn dish washing liquid. After a single 5 minute heated cycle, 99% of all the carbon was gone. I don't know if this has been covered before, but I've seen no reference to using an Ultrasonic to clean C&B.

http://www.harborfreight.com/25-liter-ultrasonic-cleaner-95563.html

[coyotejoe]

Back when I was shooting pistols alot I would remove the grips from my Remington, pull the cylinder, wet brush the bore and run the two pieces, frame and cylinder through the dishwasher. I've since come to realize it really didn't save a lot of time or labor but seemed like a great idea at the time.

[Nobade]

I used to clean my little '63 Remington in an ultrasonic cleaner. I worked in a machine shop where we ran screw machines 24/7. Late at night we'd break out the little remington and shoot in the shop for entertainment. Then take off the grips, clean the revolver in one of our ultrasonic machines with Windex in it, blow it dry, oil with WD-40, and it was good to go.