That Birchwood Casey lead removal cloth recommendation was a great takeaway. Good video. Thanks

I just just purchased a S&W 686 plus 4" (my very first revolver!) and your cleaning tutorial is a godsend. I subscribed

Great video. Watched others and they never removed the cylinder for a thorough cleaning. Also liked the tip about firing the 357 first before shooting 38 specials. Well done.

Excellent video... I will look for the lead remover cloth. I love my 686 3" and plan to grab a 4" next month. I never thought I'd watch a 20 minute cleaning video.. lol.. Thanks again!!!

I didn't think I was going to sit through the entire 22 minute video BUT I could have sat through another 20 minutes of your video. Great job cleaning, educating and adding a little humor to this video. I'm just getting back into revolvers after years of playing with polymer pistols that are all beginning to look alike so this was a nice refresher. The Birchwood Casey Cloth looks like something I wish I knew about years ago. I paused the video and ordered it from Amazon and will have it delivered tomorrow. It's been 5 years since you made this video and it still was only $8.99 per package, so I ordered a couple. Great job, I'm looking forward to checking out more of your videos. Liked and subbed.

One of the best cleaning tutorials I've ever seen. I've had a 686 for years and always thought I kept it pretty clean. I watched your video and have now added a couple of steps to my cleaning process. Also, great job making the video enjoyable. Like you said, most cleaning videos are boring. This video was not. Great video all the way around.

I've watched many revolver cleaning videos on You Tube, and this one is the most helpful.

Good video with an intelligent approach on cleaning a fine revolver. Thank you.

I really enjoyed your video. Liked the dry brushing 1st. Great idea. I use Ballastol on my Glocks as well and works just fine. Can't wait to get tha Birchwood Casey cleaning cloth. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.

Ordered a 6"x9" Birchwood Casey lead removal / polishing cloth on Amazon for $4.63 each. Thank you for the video👍

I remember using this to clean 🪥 my cylinder back with 1rst .357 Magnum 💯. I will be on the look out for this product 🤝

Good stuff. I’m glad you mentioned the Birchwood Casey Cloth 👍

Just bought my first S&W 686. I’m your newest subscriber. Thank you for the excellent video.

What a great video, I went to Birchwood and purchased the cloth, and also the basic screwdriver set. Thanks for what you do.

Brother your video is excellent! I just learnt how to clean my revolver that I'm waiting for to arrive thru my FFL. So thank u!

Gosh, your 686 is so gorgeous.

Thanks for the tip on the Birchwood Casey lead remover cloth. I just bought one. Buildup on the front of the cylinder was driving me crazy. Great tip!

I always use a bore guide on my cleaning rods. Especially when having to clean from the muzzle. Other than that, you did a good job showing how to clean a revolver. Thanks.

Excellent tutorial, especially about the lubing...thank you very much!

Good video. Just ordered that lead remover cloth. Thanks. That is something I needed

A Very helpful video, and what a Beautiful 686! Thank you!

Outstanding video I just bought my first revolver (S&W 686 Plus Deluxe 6" barrel0) This is excellent information thanks!

Thx man great video! That lead remover cloths work excellent and saved me a ton of time and trouble.

Loved this video!!! Funny yet informative!

For the cylinder holes, I chuck a cleaning rod with a .45 cal brush into a low speed drill and while holding the cylinder so it doesn’t spin, run the brush back and forth through each hole for maybe 5 seconds. Follow it up with a solvent soaked patch and they come out black. Follow up with dry patches to mop up remaining solvent. Gets them spotless. Never do this to the barrel since the barrel is rifled, but the smooth cylinder holes get as clean as they day they were made.

Thanks for the lead removal cloth tip! Good video!

That's a beautiful 686 before the cleaning!!

You do really good videos…camera work and narrative are A+…..

Churches and gun stores. Nice. Love the polishing cloths.

Great demonstration on cleaning a revolver. I like those grips. I use the birchwood lead remover too. I can get it at Gibsons in Kerrville.

Worth watching just to find out how to get lead off the front of the cylinder. The 686 is the first stainless handgun I've owned and I really struggled with those deposits first time I cleaned it.

The video I’ve been looking for! Thanks!

Great video. I have a 686 and thought I was cleaning it well. But I learned some good tips from you, especially the Birchwood recommendation (just ordered some from Amazon). And, I too was probably over-oiling mine.

Truly... venerable wisdom!

Awesome video brother. Appreciate you sharing

Excellent product!

Amazing lead removal cloth, great video

Great instructional video. Thanks! Learned a lot.

I just received the birchwood from the Us and this work perfectly! Thanks

Excellent video! Thank you!

I like to shoot a little Rem oil down into the lock works........just because. Been doing that the same way for 40 plus years. I do it because I like the idea of the inner workings being lubricated. My revolvers don't have any grease or " gook " oozing out either because............Rem oil, and most gun oils evaporate fairly rapidly. So it is just how I make love to my precious firearms. PS I always, always am very careful to not let any oil under my handgun grips. Nor under a barreled action on rifles. Love, Doug.

Good video . A couple of things I’d mention . 1: wrap the wood grips with cling wrap or a tight plastic ziplock bag . Solvent is very degrading to wood and wood stain/ finish . 2: I always wear protective gloves thin rubber ones work great . Solvents are bad juju to skin . 👍👍

Thank you very much was a great video very helpful

I like it when the church is next to the gun store: after service just walk next door. Also, our church encourages open carry during service. Them lead removal cloths are awesome; been using them for years. Thanks for the video.

Gorgeous gun.

Excellent! I'm probably an over oiler! Even though I know better!! I will be more aware from now on. Thanks

Great video thanks for ur help just got my first revolver used s&w model 60. Trying to clean gotta get all the supplies

Great video. Very helpful.

In the past, I scrubbed for hours (or it felt like hours) with a brass brush removing the lead and powder from the face of the cylinder.

Nice advice straight out of the blocks about using proper screwdrivers and methods when disassembling gun screws....it's almost inevitable to scratch/mar your beauty if not heeded!

Very helpful, good i came across this, thanks

Careful when using steel headed brush. Doesn't do much but scratches are a COMING. Beautiful gun. I clean after break down and oil everytime. Marines always know to clean and oil their life blood. Great info. Neal

Great vid Have a new 686 Awesome gun. Carry it on my hip. Revolvers are the best. IMO. 🤠

Excellent video. I like your style. Birchwood Casey lead removal cloth a great tip.

Awesome presentation Thank you

I learned a lot -- thanks!

Used to live across the street from a gun store in Bloomington, IN. Have not been as fortunate here in Austin.

I couldn't afford the 686 so I went with a Ruger GP100. I wasn't let down

Well done. Thank you :)

Great song!!! 👆🏾🙌🏾

Good stuff, thanks for sharing.

Great video. Thank you

My co-favorite (along with the Ruger GP-100) handgun of all time. Don't care for the 7-shooter. Mine a sixer. Got a dozen or so speedloaders. Very seldom ever remove side plate. A good spritz of Birchwood Casey Gun Scrubber, let it dry, then a good spritz of Break-Free and I'm done. Got an old Lewis lead remover for the bore. Good video, but you need the aforementioned items. Also, I'm a strange guy about guns. I loathe and detest almost ALL centerfire semiautomatic firearms. Don't like single action revolvers much either. However, when it comes to RIMFIRES, love semiautomatic. Got a Smith Model 41 target 22 pistol and an old Hi-Standard Victor. Cheers everybody!

nice job on the video

Thanks for the use of stainless steel removal of lead and copper.

nicely done. thank you sir.

Nice grips on that bad boy!

I use Blue Magic metal polish for cleaning the cylinder face. Easier and faster than the Birchwood Casey cloth.

Birchwood Lead Remover cloth, perfect, thanks!

Thank you so much. Awesome.

I inherited a 357 mag S&W Mountain lite 7 round wheel gun . It's a 1988 in perfect shape, shot less then 20 times. Comes with medal locking case. IT ONLY WEIGHS 18 OUNCES, THAT'S RIGHT 18 OUNCES. 3.5 INCH BARREL. THEY STOPPED MAKING THEM BECAUSE IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO MAKE AND HARD TO WORK WITH. 7 ROUNDS ON TARGET GIVES YOU PEACE OF MIND. NEAL APOLLO BEACH FLORIDA

Very nice. Thank you.

Regarding the author's advice to acquire the awesome (my favorite too) Birchwood Casey Lead & Polishing Cloth, I AM in the Phoenix area but both Cabelas and Bass Pro locations here have always stocked these Cloths in the gun kit cleaning sections. Because of Cabelas and Bass Pro being national chains I'd at least look for them there if you frequent either place as they are only Seven bucks and change and last a long time. I've take a black penny and turned it brighter than mint with two fingers inside about 90 seconds with minimal force and lead is NO Match for these cloths. No elbow grease required.

Love K9s Treat em good, they'll treat you better

Good video. I prefer the KleenBore Lead Away Gun Cloth over the BIRCHWOOD CASEY brand. Both work; yet the KleenBore brand is thicker and works a little better. Additionally making smaller patches with the lead remover cloth; works nicely inside the cylinder and barrel.

Very helpful

you have to have the right size butter knife

I would use a swab saturated in clp first and run it thru the barrel first to loosen up the residue. Then use the brush to remove the lead, etc. Then patches until they come OUT clean. Same with cylinder. BWC lead remover is great. I use shooters choice to clean my guns, but doesnt smell like hops.

A short, thick strip of leather and pair of vice grips is how I take the cylinder apart. Clamp the leather onto the knurled section of the ejector rod with the vice grips and rotate counter clockwise to loosen it. Notice a small area inside the rod is hollow, so try not to crush it with too much clamp force. It’s not a necessary step after every shooting, but hey, those little parts inside get dirty too! 😉

I learned it's best to wipe excess carbon off the cylinder/finish relatively quickly. I waited a good day to clean it and it was a mother#$%^$#@ pain to clean it off. I'll own to the fact that I was horrible to a Smith & Wesson revolver. To anyone who buys one, wipe off the cylinder when you're done shooting! You don't have to CLEAN IT clean it but a goood wipe will save you lots of elbow grease when you do clean it!

Q: Do you HAVE to use left-handed metric cleaning tools ? Those are really expensive ! LOL By the way, may I suggest using nitrile gloves ? I like to prevent oils and solvents from getting into my body. Just a thought...

Beautiful gun, noice

Some good ole unintentional ASMR

The Birchwood Casey lead remover also works on the forcing cone. I use it all the time.

Thank you.

I love your grips, what are those? Absolutely beautiful and great informational video. Definitely helped me with my 686

Thanks for the video and thank you for the tips! Are those Altamont Grips? They look great!

Ordered the birch wood 😉👍

so badass

useful! thanks

Yes, ballistol the best 👌

just ordered 2 bags of the birchwood casey cloth from amazon.

@TheGoatMumbler, do you have a complete list of all the tools in this video so that I can get them myself? Thanks.

Crazy! You have the grips for my 686 I’ve been looking for. It’s the Smith and Wesson Deluxe grips but theirs do not have the finger grooves. Yours does, I’ve never seen those before but that’s what I’ve been looking for. Did those come stock? Or did you get them aftermarket and if so where? Please. Oh, I dig the video too. Good and informative

I see you have an original 6 round 686. I have the exact same gun and it is way smoother than the newer 686+. It is a gun you keep forever.

Very helpful. Thanks. Where did you get the blue towels?

great great video, is there any reason not to use those lead cleaning wipes you said to order off the internet on more than just that face of the cylinder? like would cleaning the chambers or barrel with those be a bad idea, or just unnecessary? God bless

A lot of good tips, thank you! Just one question though... I thought when pushing a wire brush through a bore (and in this case the cylinder) you need to push it all the way through before retracting it. That way it doesnt damage the bristles or the bore. Myth?

What kind of grip do you have. I Love the way it looks.

had me at q-tips