Posted: 5/5/2014 1:34:19 PM EDT
| I just got a new single 10 and the action is a little gritty. I'm sure it will smooth with some shooting, but someone told me toothpaste would help. He said to mix toothpaste and water into a slurry and pour in all the cracks in the action and work it some, rinse it out and put a hair dryer to it or oven on low to dry. I have never heard of this and I wonder if it's legitimate? |
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DON'T.
This old gag has screwed up a lot of guns. The abrasion is not controllable. It will abrade parts and areas you don't want "polished". Some surfaces require sharp edges, and this will round them off. Depending on how much "polishing" you do you can take years of use off the gun, or even ruin parts leaving an unsafe gun. A better option is to lubricate the gun properly and use it. You can also dry fire it a lot, but use snap caps. You get a lot of benefit out of just giving the action a good cleaning to remove old fouling and dried lube and applying fresh lube. |
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Toothpaste is definitely a polish.
If you wanted to be a cheap ass (like me  ), you could use it to polish some surfaces on your gun. You do not want it blindly applied to everywhere. And you want to make sure it is fully out of there when you are done so that it doesn't continue to polish things passed where they should be.
Apply it direct, without water. Polish it however you are going to. Remove with brake cleaner or something something, oil/lube, and enjoy. I'd break it in first if for no other reason than to see the tell marks of where it's rubbing. |
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Toothpaste is definitely a polish. If you wanted to be a cheap ass (like me ), you could use it to polish some surfaces on your gun. You do not want it blindly applied to everywhere. And you want to make sure it is fully out of there when you are done so that it doesn't continue to polish things passed where they should be.
Apply it direct, without water. Polish it however you are going to. Remove with brake cleaner or something something, oil/lube, and enjoy. I'd break it in first if for no other reason than to see the tell marks of where it's rubbing. So you do put sand in your car engine to 'break it in' faster. |
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Toothpaste is definitely a polish. If you wanted to be a cheap ass (like me ), you could use it to polish some surfaces on your gun. You do not want it blindly applied to everywhere. And you want to make sure it is fully out of there when you are done so that it doesn't continue to polish things passed where they should be.
Apply it direct, without water. Polish it however you are going to. Remove with brake cleaner or something something, oil/lube, and enjoy. I'd break it in first if for no other reason than to see the tell marks of where it's rubbing. So you do put sand in your car engine to 'break it in' faster. |
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So you do put sand in your car engine to 'break it in' faster. Quoted:
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Toothpaste is definitely a polish. If you wanted to be a cheap ass (like me ), you could use it to polish some surfaces on your gun. You do not want it blindly applied to everywhere. And you want to make sure it is fully out of there when you are done so that it doesn't continue to polish things passed where they should be.
Apply it direct, without water. Polish it however you are going to. Remove with brake cleaner or something something, oil/lube, and enjoy. I'd break it in first if for no other reason than to see the tell marks of where it's rubbing. So you do put sand in your car engine to 'break it in' faster. What does that have to do with it? Polishing compounds are commonly used to smooth surfaces in firearms. Toothpaste is a polish. Try it on a DVD your kid scratched up. 
Hell, I could probably use sand in my AK or Glock though
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What does that have to do with it? Polishing compounds are commonly used to smooth surfaces in firearms. Toothpaste is a polish. Try it on a DVD your kid scratched up.
Hell, I could probably use sand in my AK or Glock though Quoted:
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Toothpaste is definitely a polish. If you wanted to be a cheap ass (like me ), you could use it to polish some surfaces on your gun. You do not want it blindly applied to everywhere. And you want to make sure it is fully out of there when you are done so that it doesn't continue to polish things passed where they should be.
Apply it direct, without water. Polish it however you are going to. Remove with brake cleaner or something something, oil/lube, and enjoy. I'd break it in first if for no other reason than to see the tell marks of where it's rubbing. So you do put sand in your car engine to 'break it in' faster. What does that have to do with it? Polishing compounds are commonly used to smooth surfaces in firearms. Toothpaste is a polish. Try it on a DVD your kid scratched up.
Hell, I could probably use sand in my AK or Glock though You do not just goop up mechanisms and operate them to polish them. |
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Shoot the gun 1000 rounds. If it still has issues, identify the parts and the proper procedure for smoothing them.
Use jewelers paste instead of toothpaste, a little at a time, taking out the parts, cleaning it off and re lubing the parts. Only work the trigger with the paste about 25 times each time. |
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