{"id":842,"date":"2024-04-11T13:41:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?p=842"},"modified":"2024-04-11T13:41:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T13:41:53","slug":"pistol-deep-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/?p=842","title":{"rendered":"Pistol Deep Cleaning!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is what I do for deep cleaning my pistols. I don\u2019t want to get into the endless debate over how and when you should clean, that’s up to you. I am only showing what I do.<\/p>\n

This is a shot of my setup before initial take down.<\/p>\n

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Gun cleaning before take down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I use my Harbor Freight ultra sonic cleaner with a 30:1 ratio of distilled water:Simple Green set on heat for 16 minutes. 8 minutes flip \/ adjust parts another 8 minutes. Small parts go into a jar or solution filled zip lock bag.<\/p>\n

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Gun Cleaning Simple Green HF Ultra Sonic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then I blow everything off:<\/p>\n

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Gun Cleaning Blowing Parts Off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then I drop the parts in my Bald Eagle ultra sonic cleaner with a 20:1 ratio of Distilled water:Ballistol set on 122 degrees for 20 minutes. 10 minutes flip \/ adjust parts another 10 minutes. I put the small parts in a jar with the same solution.<\/p>\n

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Gun Cleaning Bald Eagle in Ballistol<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I blow and wipe everything off then lay the parts out back on the work bench.<\/p>\n

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Gun Cleaning Parts Trays<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then I put it back together and function test. Ready for the range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is what I do for deep cleaning my pistols. I don\u2019t want to get into the endless debate over how and when you should clean, that’s up to you. I am only showing what I do. This is a shot of my setup before initial take down. I use my Harbor Freight ultra sonic … Continue reading “Pistol Deep Cleaning!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,28,29,56],"tags":[87,30,59,32],"class_list":["post-842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-armor","category-glock","category-pistols","category-services","tag-cleaning","tag-glock","tag-gunsmith","tag-pistol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=842"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":846,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842\/revisions\/846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/viking-armory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}