re: Submerged shotgun

my ole man said you should

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Put it in the kitchen sink and use the sprayer to thoroghly rinse out ALL the salt water. Dry it as much as possible, then use WD-40 to displace any remaining water in the nooks and crannies. Finally, clean out the WD-40 with a CLP product like "breakfree", re-lube and you should be good to go.

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I'd rinse with freshwater, disassemble, dry and chase all the water off with blast cleaner or something, put some earl on that sucka and you're good to go

Nope.

If I had to guess its because the hot water would be great for dissolving all the crap in the crevices, but I'm not sure. All I know is that it works well. None of powpows guns have any signs of ever rusting. I do it with my shotguns still.

They also have no bluing left, but I like em like that.

what we did in the navy when shotguns got dunked in salt water/ salt spray.. before.. anything ELSE.

coated and infused with dawn(a dawn like product)... light scrubbing... and moving of action..

then hit with hose pretty good..

then took apart and cleaned..

especially if sand got in there - all the oil/grease needs to be removed.. with all the plastic parts in a nova i would be leery of boiling...

dawn accomplishes what the boiling will do...

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Know the reason for boiling?

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I did it for years. It would break down and remove all the gunk that in there. Then again, this was before there were all kinds of fancy chemicals and sprays that would do the same thing.

BUT, like I said. It leaves a nasty arse residue in your pot so it better be a shitty pot.

Boiling water is useful as I said in my reccomendation on page one. The reason for it is the heat loosens up the grime, and oil residue by making it more viscous. Once more viscous the water can carry the grime and crud out of the nooks and crannies better. Then once all is soaked and rinsed with hot water dry it througougly and coat with a good gun oil. DO NOT DO NOT use WD-40 for this, it isn't a true lubricant and tends to gunk up when really cold.

Since your gun was soaked anyway, did you try to recreate the scene where Chuck Norris rises up slowly out of the water?

It's REALLY good and not expensive. 10 bucks a can and you can do several guns with one can. It WILL take off the oil/gunk. It vaporizes after use so it is vital that you hold your firearm part at an angle so the carbon can drain out of it while the scrubber is still wet.

Here's a link with product info and a few reviews.
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