newbie with cleaning questions
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:40 pm
Hi everyone, I just took delivery of a new SXP camp/field combo. This is my first firearm, so naturally I've been going through the manual and messing around with it (in a safe manner) to get a feel for how everything operates. well, after loading and unloading it a few dozen times, I finally took it apart to look into cleaning it for the first time... flakes of plastic from the shells are EVERYWHERE!
can't just blow them out, because of the grease from the factory making them stick
can't get a brush down into the nooks and crannies of the trigger group or bolt
the first thing my mind jumped to was trying to rinse it out... not sure if that would be a good idea since water and steel aren't the best of friends
my second thought was my spray can of dupont teflon motorcycle degreaser... and i'm not coming up with any obvious reasons why this would be a bad plan.
naturally this would be followed up with a thorough oiling.
advice? opinions?
can't just blow them out, because of the grease from the factory making them stick
can't get a brush down into the nooks and crannies of the trigger group or bolt
the first thing my mind jumped to was trying to rinse it out... not sure if that would be a good idea since water and steel aren't the best of friends
my second thought was my spray can of dupont teflon motorcycle degreaser... and i'm not coming up with any obvious reasons why this would be a bad plan.
naturally this would be followed up with a thorough oiling.
advice? opinions?