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May 2, 2009
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Well tonight I opened up a recently purchased DW for a cleaning session. This is a nice DW--good bluing, tight action, etc.... I was amazed at what I saw when I opened it up 
.... And I've opened more than a few...
It wasn't just old grease -- It was really old and caked grease !!! I'm talking like trailer bearing grease that was out dated 30 years ago and then stuck in a DW...
No wonder the action feels so nice and tight--the grease was acting as a filler between every moving part. The grease was so thick and tacky the parts stuck to my fingers as I took them out. I was amazed the action actually functioned.
This is so bad everything is getting dunked right in a can of gas for initial cleaning, including the frame.
***Bottom line for you new DW owners-- Pull the sideplate and clean your DW !!! At least pull the sideplate and hose everything down with solvent/degreaser then re-oil.
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SHOOTIST357 said:
No wonder the action feels so nice and tight--the grease was acting as a filler between every moving part. The grease was so thick and tacky the parts stuck to my fingers as I took them out. I was amazed the action actually functioned.
That's about what I found in my Sentinel MK III when I first got it...except the tacky part. It was all hard as a rock, zero tackiness.
Looked more like hardened rosin, than anything grease-like.
Some of it, I even had to chisel off with the sharpened end (on a bench grinder) of a tooth brush handle (not pictured). It sure feels sweet now, though.
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My Colt Lawman 4" was pretty close to that, although brake cleaner & gun solvent took care of most of it...no sharpened tooth brush handle needed on that one.
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If you're going to drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
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photohause said:
Dishwasher...
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LOL -- I actually use the dishwasher for reloading presses when I buy them... Shoot them with simple green and the hose to get rid of the heavy stuff, and then off to the dishwasher.
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I can't use my dishwasher for gun stuff...he'd get sick.
That would be fun.
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