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Posted: 9/29/2002 6:06:59 PM EDT
| I decided it was time to clean my 30-round magazines today (Cooper Industries, light green follower). They worked just fine but were getting dirty. Well, after I sprayed them down with carb cleaner, the black surface started to dissolve before my very eyes! This was the first cleaning. Is this goop that started dissolving some kind of graphite spray they used on new mags? Did I do wrong by blasting these puppies? Thanks. |
Carb cleaner?!? Yeah, you just removed all the molybdenum dry-film finish from those mags. Guns are not carborators! Carb cleaner is not a gun-safe product, as it can disolve plastic and eat away finishes. You don't need anything near as strong for cleaning anything gun-related. Next time, use hot water and dish soap (Dawn is the best). Buy a mag brush (a bottle brush bent into a square shape) at the next gun show or from Brownells, or use an old toothbrush, to scrub the inside of the mag bodies. Pay special attention to the inside of the feedlips, and the top of the mag body in general, as that's where it will be the dirtiest. -Troy |
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take the spring and followers out of the mags. and load up the dishwasher. no mess no fuss and you are done in about 30 minutes. you can do about 50 at a time. maybe more if you have a big dishwasher! spending your time cleaning them is a waste of your time. let the machines do the work. |
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