Cleaning magazines

spacecoast · 05-18-2015, 09:25 PM

I've had this pack of sturdy cotton swabs in my desk at work for at least 20 years, and finally thought of a good use for them. They are great for reaching way down into magazines and pulling out the carbon that builds up from repeated shooting. Shown below with a Hi-Standard magazine, I'm sure they would work equally well for Luger mags or just about anything else.

ithacaartist · 05-18-2015, 09:37 PM

Nice re-discovery, Mark. Q-Tips are hard to beat, but these are Q-Tips on steroids! If you run out, try a medical supply store. I received a handful, after I asked, at the Dr's office during a visit...

CAP Black · 05-18-2015, 10:22 PM

Just where do they put those things medically? Don't answer.
Jack

Sergio Natali · 05-19-2015, 04:11 AM

I clean my mags very rarely, and only the ones I use at the range, in any case I rinse them with some sort of tetrachloroethylene which is a solvent used to take stains off clothes; but I would never use it on Luger mags with wooden bottoms.

When I've got to clean a very dirty gun I always start with a piece of rough cloth soacked with tetrachloroethylene.

Sergio

rhuff · 05-19-2015, 02:30 PM

I keep an ample supply of those wooden Q-tips in my shop.....actually, the very same brand. In the Medical office, they are used for many things....noses, ears, etc. They do a better job than the short plastic stemmed Q-tips. It is like using pipe cleaners for cleaning the slide and frame grooves.

05-18-2015, 09:25 PM	#1
spacecoast User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: FL and PA Posts: 332 Thanks: 276 Thanked 243 Times in 109 Posts	Cleaning magazines I've had this pack of sturdy cotton swabs in my desk at work for at least 20 years, and finally thought of a good use for them. They are great for reaching way down into magazines and pulling out the carbon that builds up from repeated shooting. Shown below with a Hi-Standard magazine, I'm sure they would work equally well for Luger mags or just about anything else.

05-18-2015, 09:37 PM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,284 Thanks: 7,013 Thanked 2,478 Times in 1,320 Posts	Nice re-discovery, Mark. Q-Tips are hard to beat, but these are Q-Tips on steroids! If you run out, try a medical supply store. I received a handful, after I asked, at the Dr's office during a visit... __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

05-19-2015, 04:11 AM	#4
Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	I clean my mags very rarely, and only the ones I use at the range, in any case I rinse them with some sort of tetrachloroethylene which is a solvent used to take stains off clothes; but I would never use it on Luger mags with wooden bottoms. When I've got to clean a very dirty gun I always start with a piece of rough cloth soacked with tetrachloroethylene. Sergio __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

05-18-2015, 10:22 PM	#3
CAP Black User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Fairmont, WV Right here in Mountaineer country and God's country Posts: 767 Thanks: 100 Thanked 168 Times in 96 Posts	Just where do they put those things medically? Don't answer. Jack

05-19-2015, 02:30 PM	#5
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,271 Thanks: 2,690 Thanked 958 Times in 704 Posts	I keep an ample supply of those wooden Q-tips in my shop.....actually, the very same brand. In the Medical office, they are used for many things....noses, ears, etc. They do a better job than the short plastic stemmed Q-tips. It is like using pipe cleaners for cleaning the slide and frame grooves.