02-14-2010, 02:38 PM
I have started a project with my 37-9, and started the process of rebuilding the bakelite block caps.
In Chuck's instructions (which are spot on) he mentions using laquer thinner to clean the residue out of the newly emptied cases.
If you are worried about flammability and smell, there is an alternative that I have found works very well, and it's really cheap.
Ed's Red gun bore cleaner, used by shotgunners, is a mixture of exqual parts automatic transmission fluid, kerosene, and oderless mineral spirits. Cheap, easy to make, and works well cleaning the innards of those tarboats. This is a modification of the full recipie (which also includes a bit of lanolin and some acetone) that I have been using for a while on the shotguns, and it worked great for those, and for the tarboats.
If you would like to see the real article, http://www.handloads.com/articles/default.asp?id=9
Just thought that I would pass it along.
73,
Kurt
In Chuck's instructions (which are spot on) he mentions using laquer thinner to clean the residue out of the newly emptied cases.
If you are worried about flammability and smell, there is an alternative that I have found works very well, and it's really cheap.
Ed's Red gun bore cleaner, used by shotgunners, is a mixture of exqual parts automatic transmission fluid, kerosene, and oderless mineral spirits. Cheap, easy to make, and works well cleaning the innards of those tarboats. This is a modification of the full recipie (which also includes a bit of lanolin and some acetone) that I have been using for a while on the shotguns, and it worked great for those, and for the tarboats.
If you would like to see the real article, http://www.handloads.com/articles/default.asp?id=9
Just thought that I would pass it along.
73,
Kurt
