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Helpful Hints & Tricks of the Trade
« on: July 02, 2009, 02:10:23 PM »
With all the knowledge and firearms info floating around on here, we needed a thread just for helpful hints and tricks.

*For example, it has been posted about using a 'certain type of feminine personal product' as a shotgun bore mop. I have done this and it really does work well.

*Someone else posted about using a dab of gun grease to hold small springs and parts together for firearm re-assembly and such.

*I've cut up old flannel shirts for cleaning patches, as well as t-shirts and such. Old cloth baby diapers work well for gun rags as well as cutting them up for swabs.

*Take an old semi-auto pistol magazine and a scrap piece of lumber and run a screw up through the board and into the mag. Then you have a stand to hold the pistol for cleaning or photo taking. I knew a guy that did it for storage purposes, with several mounted side by side on a carpet covered piece of plywood.



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Re: Helpful Hints & Tricks of the Trade
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2009, 02:12:47 PM »
You know... I thought about starting this type thread just the other day. This should be a great resource.
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Re: Helpful Hints & Tricks of the Trade
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2009, 02:16:35 PM »
 Disassemble guns inside a clear plastic bag to contain escaped springs
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Re: Helpful Hints & Tricks of the Trade
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2009, 02:17:53 PM »
Quote from: ericire12 on July 02, 2009, 02:12:47 PM
You know... I thought about starting this type thread just the other day. This should be a great resource.

Great minds....and all that.   ;)
Been thinking about it a while myself. Seems like there is always something in all the threads with useful tips.
Maybe we can get a good collection, like the recipe thread.

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Re: Helpful Hints & Tricks of the Trade
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2009, 05:42:59 PM »
I recycle old tooth brushes for my gun cleaning kits.

Also I will use NON Chlorinated brake cleaner for a quickie scrub. Works fine on polymer pistols.

Also using compressed air (PC duster) works well at blowing out crud in hard to reach spots.
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Re: Helpful Hints & Tricks of the Trade
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Re: Helpful Hints & Tricks of the Trade
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2009, 08:31:37 PM »
5 or 6 inch long piece of wire coat hanger used in combo with a patch to get in slide rails, nooks and crannies, etc,....

Q-tips with Hoppe's.

The old "wife-beater" shirts work great also.  :P

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Re: Helpful Hints & Tricks of the Trade
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2009, 09:15:56 PM »
Slippery grip?

Use skateboard tape or deck tread and apply to your grip or problem area.
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Re: Helpful Hints & Tricks of the Trade
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2009, 09:30:13 PM »
Quote from: 1911 Junkie on July 02, 2009, 09:15:56 PM
Slippery grip?

Use skateboard tape or deck tread and apply to your grip or problem area.

A 1 inch square piece worked great on my .45 LC backstrap right below the hammer. Little goes a long way. Kept the "web" of my shooting hand right where it needed to be.
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Re: Helpful Hints & Tricks of the Trade
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2009, 10:01:11 PM »
Quote from: 1911 Junkie on July 02, 2009, 09:15:56 PM
Slippery grip?

Use skateboard tape or deck tread and apply to your grip or problem area.

Some one put that stuff on the front and back of the grip frame of a used .45 Blackhawk I got a few years ago.  Darn hard stuff to get off.  I think there are still smudges of the adhesive on the frame.
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Re: Helpful Hints & Tricks of the Trade
« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2009, 11:07:57 PM »
Quote from: blackwolfe on July 02, 2009, 10:01:11 PM
Some one put that stuff on the front and back of the grip frame of a used .45 Blackhawk I got a few years ago.  Darn hard stuff to get off.  I think there are still smudges of the adhesive on the frame.

Try using your wifes nail polish remover on. All it is is scented acetone and it eats up crap like that, also dissolves super glue.
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