Thanks! Glad I can help!

I personally stay away from chemicals, but I know the Windex thing is pretty common.

Be careful about ammo with that ine

@8mmmauserman Thank you, so far I've discovered that the only surplus ammo that would be "safe" in it is Romanian 154 grain rounds, as it's a lower pressure round. Also PPU 8mm which is loaded anemic to 30-30 pressures. I don't reload yet so I can't do that at the moment, so those choices of ammo will do.

Thanks for laughing with me and not at me!

Glad to help!!! I was intimidated at first too, but it's not hard

I just picked up some black powder stuff recently, so I need to get some ballistol

The ol’ Moose Milk

Amen brother, one of the tried and true ways to clean Holy Black guns.

Glad to help!

Glad I could help!

Good to know! Water works well for me, but black powder can be a different animal!

I'm looking to use just foaming bore cleaners once I use up all my traditional cleaning solutions. What foam cleaner do you use?

@@jacksonthompson7099 CVA Foaming Bore Cleaner. Use it on my Thompson Centers. All I have to do is spray, let it soak for 30 minutes, and run about a half dozen patches down the bore

@@Courier-Six awesome thanks! This will come in handy with my steel cased 8mm I got awhile back that I will be burning through once I download it (cracked my rifle stock and had to use a rubber mallet to beat the bolt open a couple times, great way to break and extractor on a mauser which happened to a depot reworked mauser i own) currently use sweets 7.62 bore solvent and man it stinks and its nasty but its harsh enough to pit metal if not cleaned out thoroughly and oil the bore well which has been a challenge to make sure doesn't happen in the past.

I've used that and hot soapy water.

Very nice. Welcome to the fold

Bayonets can be cheaper and easier to collect too

I love hearing the variety of methods people use

Bayonets are just so cool! I’ve been wanting one of those tools too, and as far as I know, it’d be pretty easy to make.

I think if somebody made those they would make abit of money off of that due to how simple that method is along with the historical usage which will just scratch that itch us collectors have.

Glad to help. I'd like to start a video series soon with the most basic things for people entirely new to guns.

I haven’t seen that stuff, but that’s interesting!

I've heard that works,and it was formulated for corrosive primers.

@@davidschaadt3460 The solvent was produced in the 1940's when the US was using corrosive primed ammo.

Glad I can help!

That’s awesome! Glad it works

Glad to help! Hope they enjoy it

Thanks!!

It’s ok Ulf, no one here will make fun of you for using a hair dryer for you luscious locks!

They're so cool. The nice thing is these rifles are still sorta cheap.

Thanks boss.

Indeed! As long as you get the salts out and dry everything appropriately, you’re in the clear.

Umm…. Make sure you get all the Cosmoline out of the chamber and action. Check out my series on fixing light strikes if you are experiencing duds and hangfires too frequently. Watch my video on making a Mauser bolt disassembly tool too help yourself not damage the firing pin.

@@8mmmauserman thank you I'll watch those videos.

Rust CAN hide under gun oil, but do what you think is best

I’d still recommend cleaning with water after corrosive ammo

@@8mmmauserman yes it works greate, but after cleaning it with water oiling the barrel is important otherwise i only do it if i put a gun away for a few month.

Sure. You can buy an inertial bullet puller and reload. There are hammer styles, and I recently bought one called the Pile Driver. Something to keep in mind is that most surplus ammo is berdan primed, and reloading with Berdan primers is really complicated in the US. You'll need to replace or convert the cases.

@8mmmauserman yes I understand that most if not all surplus 8mm will be Berdan primed. I have been watching several videos on de-capping cases with Berdan primers. One guy machines the case in a drill press, another guy did it with a Berdan de-capping tool, another guy did it by hydraulic decapping. So, which is the best option? I guess choose one.

That’s awesome! I love bayonets

Good question. The right gunsmith should be capable. Just make sure it actually is shot out first. I’ve had a couple barrels that looked that way until I gave them a good cleaning.

@@8mmmauserman Yeah I definitely cleaned it but I’ll run it by the gun smith. I actually got the rifle on Royal Tiger Imports knowing full well what I was asking for but holy smokes the barrel is worn out. I managed to save everything else and hoping to do the reblueing process soon once I get the barrel replaced

Do you do that every time you shoot corrosive ammo?

Thanks for the correction. I may have gotten that wrong. In my experience, whatever finish they have is still more resistant to rust than the bluing or parkerization on the rest of the rifle.

You could keep some non-corrosive ammo on hand if you just want to shoot a few shots, and save your corrosive ammo for serious shooting.

You should be good. It will still get the salts out.

From my Understanding, a number of European ammo manufacturers have shifted a chunk of their production to Ukraine PPU and S&B that make a lot for the US market. Probably other factors as well. It seems like US manufacturers are finally getting caught up with modern ammos, which I would assume have a larger market share

By all means, send it their way!

Interesting! Good to know

Bullshit!

@@steventuck1524 how so?

@@brapgabslab7336 firing a blank round does NOTHING to remove corrosive salts from a gun barrel! Please educate yourself!

@@steventuck1524 you sound like a very "reasonable", "well versed" and "educated" individual on the subject please explain. Also do you have any personal experience using blank rounds to help remove corrosive salts?

This is very true. I cleaned a handgun today, and used an air can to help get out extra lube.

Yikes… I’d use a plastic brush with plenty of CLP to get out as much rust as I can, run some patches, and shoot the gun to clear out any rust in the barrel, then I would clean as demonstrated in this video. Disclaimer: THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION, IM JUST SAYING WHAT I WOULD DO WERE I IN THIS SITUATION.

If it works it works, simple as

@@8mmmauserman hey I don't know if you saw but I sent you the email of that 8mm round I was asking about.

Some people do it this way, but I prefer to use liquid as well

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Thanks! I do water as that’s how I learned it. I do know that Dawn dish soap is safe, but other than that, I never let commercial products near my guns. I recently picked up some black powder guns, so I will be trying to do that soon.

You speak from 40 years worth of crap. Go to any gun store and find bore cleaners designed for corrosive black powder rifles, then read the ingredients....guess what Goober, the main ingredient in many is AMMONIA! Putting ammonia in a rifle bore will hurt NOTHING......... put in the bore to dissolve corrosive and it does so better than ballistol. Ballistol is $2 an ounce. Ammonia is 2 cents an ounce. Mix one pounce of ammonia with a spoonful of liquid soap which is a grease cutter and pint of hot water, pour it down the bore, wash it out with clean hot water...you are DONE. Takes 5 minutes, costs a few cents. No way having ammonia in a bore for a few seconds, or even a few minutes can hurt anything, especially if mixed with water. Stop spreading BS.

@@chadhaire1711 I should have qualified my statement...ammonia WILL cause the bore to rust if not removed promptly after cleaning...chromoly steel specifically, but also stainless to a lesser degree...this is a documented FACT! Go look it up, it's true, you birdbrain! So stop shooting off your mouth until you have your facts straight!

@@steventuck1524 Facts right? LOL....Gee ammonia will ruin the barrel if you leave in the barrel? A ham will explode in a microwave if you leave it in the oven. Plastic will melt if you leave it in the sun. A cat will drown if you leave it under water. Since black powder shooters have been using ammonia based cleaners since your 40 years experience, and no body has been dumb enough to leave it in long enough to ruin a barrel, we can see from your comments who the birdbrain is Gomer. Stick to your ballistol at at $2 an ounce, while ammonia is 2 cents an ounce, and mixed with soap and a pint of hot water does a better job in 5 minutes. THAT is another fact I have straight........

@@chadhaire1711 the fact remains...ammonia WILL corrode a gun bore if you leave it in...and there are MANY gun owning fools who do just that all the time...which was my point all along, you jerk!

Thank you for commenting. I don’t mind taking the extra time, and it also takes less time when I’m not filming. I’ll continue to do it this way because I’ve always found it to be effective. Do what you think is best.

Brother sometimes the cleaning process is the relaxing part, try shooting black powder anything and see what I mean. I reserve at minimum 2 hours of cleaning after a good shoot with my cap and ball guns. Quick and simple works for many, but taking the time to admire your guns while cleaning is something else entirely. Maybe I'm just a weirdo though, always a possibility...

@@YoushouldloveyourselfNOW1738 or you just have too much time on your hands