i havea browning buckmark pistol and shoot it a good bit about once a week...shoot about 250rds per outing out of it...when i bring it home to clean it theres this stuff on the face of the slide where the shellis feed in and on the barrel face...i think its burnt powder...i use hoppes powder solvent and a toothbrush to scrub it off but it is pretty stubborn stuff...should i try a soft wire brush? any good solvents out there i should try? its a real mess trying to scrub it off and i still cant get it all...what would you do??
sure the little bit left wont hurt but im a clean freak when it comes to my guns...a dirty gun wont function properly after so long and a gun that doesnt function properly is useless..i rather be safe than sorry and my guns always shine when i take them out...thanx

i've had my buck mark pistol for five years and i've always used shooters choice and never had a problem with getting the powder residue off of the slide and barrel. i have the nickel plated model and that maybe the reason that the residue comes off very easily for me. i've never had to use anything more than a toothbrush saturated with shooters choice to remove the very stubborn spots.

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The way you're cleaning it now sounds fine. I wouldn't worry about the wire brush. It's kind of like the folks that spend excessive time brushing the front of revolver cylinders. They are just wearing away metal.

The way you're cleaning it now sounds fine. I wouldn't worry about the wire brush. It's kind of like the folks that spend excessive time brushing the front of revolver cylinders. They are just wearing away metal.

hey! my dad scrubs the front of revolver cylinders!...like i said we are both gun cleanness freaks...a speck of anything but shiny metal is not good...it will be taken off..i think i need something stronger..this stuff takes forever to scrub off and some still stays...i cant take having a dirty gun sit around...i dont care if its dirt on the outside and doesnt matter at all it will be cleaned if its humanly possible...any ideas of a stronger solvent or anything?

i too am a clean freak when it comes to my firearms. as i stated in my earlier post....... all i've ever had to use was SHOOTERS CHOICE solvent and a tooth brush.

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dab a little solvent on it and let it sit for a while, then carefully use a toothpick on the stubborn spots.

I get stuck on crud like you mention, on my Ruger MkII... I soak it with solvent, and use the tip of a small screwdriver to gently scrape it off. If you go easy, and don't apply too much pressure, you will take off the deposit, and not hurt the gun. I do this only on smooth steel surfaces... I wouldn't recommend it on a matte finish, or a blued surface. You might try a nylon bore brush with stiff bristles.. shouldn't hurt the blued surface, but would be better than a toothbrush..

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i gave up on cleaning that off my buck mark, it just wasnt worth the time after i realized that leaving it there doesnt hurt anything

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