wrote:
On Sun, 27 Nov 2016 08:27:32 -0500, Poquito Loco
wrote:

If you get sand into a mechanism, you have to remove all the grease to
clean it. The ultrasonic bath
excels at this task. My guns have thus far been spared, but I've used it
to clean bicycle chains and
freewheels, as well as carburetors.

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In basic training we used to get sand in the M-14 trigger mechanism
all the time. The unauthorized but effective cure was to wash it
under hot soapy water, rinse, dry, and re-oil immediately.


In air force basic, I seem to remember washing the M1 carbines we used at
the firing range in soapy water first part of cleanup. But that was nearly
60 years ago, so memory may be tainted.