Frugal

[Tobyjoe]

The family gives me their old white T shirts to be cut up and used as gun cleaning patches. Paper q-tips I use are reused to clean powder fouling off nooks and crannies. Same with old toothbrushes. Don't use my case tumbler anymore. Rather slosh the brass in a bucket of hot water and couple teaspoons of citric acid powder. Old koolaid works too. Purple not so much, hehe. Brass doesn't get shiny new but clean and shiny enough.

 

[ss51]

I have heard of dishwasher for brass. thanks for the tips.

 

[Tobyjoe]

I have heard of dishwasher for brass. thanks for the tips.

Your welcome. Have read that that Lemi Shine is good if you want to try a dishwashing product.

 

[Unqualified]

Reusing patches, washing them, soap and hot water on black powder, bore snakes- no more patches, lead bullets- making your own. Antique rifles- no extras. Reloading. —- without dies. Lubing your own lead bullets.

 

[chilehed]

I have heard of dishwasher for brass.

I've heard of eating lead-based paint chips as well.

 

[ss51]

I've heard of people making ignorant comments too, to a post over 1 1/2 years old....