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Anyone use one to clean their pistols?

If so, what do you have and do you like it, and would you recommend it?

Thanks
Barry


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Posts: 1199 | Location: Rhode Island | Registered: June 07, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Honky Lips
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I got a cheap one at harbor fright, I use the purple "pro HD" simply green because of some thing about regular simply green causing issues with aluminum.

works great.
 
Posts: 8146 | Registered: July 24, 2009Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Also interested in what you guys use as the solution. I have one I haven’t used yet because I’m not sure what to put in it. I’m mostly interested in cleaning things like bolt assemblies and p320 FCU’s.
 
Posts: 6364 | Location: Modesto, CA | Registered: January 27, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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It made a 5906 smith that had been stolen years earlier that look like shit, sparkle.
It got every bit of dirt and dries on grease off.
Simple green in hot water was the way I loaded it into the sonic cleaner.
I normally use for brass with citric acid added.
They work in some cases on certain things.
 
Posts: 22410 | Location: Georgia | Registered: February 19, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Based on the price of these things, I'm interested!!

I'd also like to hear the voice of experience.
 
Posts: 2438 | Location: Winter Garden, FL | Registered: September 04, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I have the Hornady Lock and Load 7 liter ultrasonic cleaner and I love it. I use Hornady’s cleaning solution and it does a fantastic job. I use it to clean my guns and brass. I recently took the baffles out of one of my suppressors and cleaned them in it and they came out looking new. You can’t clean blued guns in it.

https://www.natchezss.com/horn...onic-cleaner-7l.html




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Posts: 8668 | Location: The Lone Star State | Registered: July 07, 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I ruined the finish on my M&P 22.

Don't put aluminum in it.

Perhaps if I hadn't of bought a Chinese industrial one off of amazon...there might have been a warning.

My brass and stainless guns are all looking like new though.

I use the lymans solution. I've used purple power degreaser.

A heated ultrasonic cleaner is awesome for brass. With my tumble and ultrasonic clean process, brass looks better than new.


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Posts: 13957 | Location: On the mouth of the great Kenai River | Registered: June 24, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I recently started using the one I bought from Harbor Freight.I originally bought it for brass cleaning.
I tried the lemonshine and dawn solution on the brass and it worked great.
I decided to try it on my CZ Shadow SPO1 barrel, THANK GOD I did not put anything other than the barrel in the tank, when I removed the barrel almost all the blueing had come off.
Be VERY careful what solutions you use.
 
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now I'll go for more
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I got the one from Brownells and yes I recommend it.

Bob


I am no expert, but think I am sometimes.
 
Posts: 4581 | Location: South Carolina | Registered: January 23, 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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A BM1 at one of my units used a sonic cleaner on several M9's....with Simple Green...

They brought me the guns after they had tried to paint them black with BBQ paint.

HAHAHAHAHA, dude got in so much trouble, they made him a BM2 and made it so where he could not even touch a weapon.

The takeaway is READ the instructions. Aluminium + sonic cleaner = BAD



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I have the RCBS Ultrasonic cleaner. I just want to clean the barrel and slide of say my M&P Shield. What solution would I use to prevent ruining these parts?? Thanks, all-knowing SIGForum panel!!



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I swear I'm going to buy one one day. Just to drop my cans in. Plus AR bolts.




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