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Instructions
Make absolutely certain that your gun is not loaded. Accidents with firearms happen all the time, and you must make sure your gun is safe before you handle it and start to clean it. Check and double-check that a gun is unloaded before you start.
Apply a light spray of WD-40 or similar product to clean the outside of the gun. Anywhere that soot or residue has built up, you can clean it quickly using the product and a soft cloth.
Clean the barrel and each chamber in the cylinder with a wet wipe with your preferred solvent. Use your brush to clean each chamber. Clean the barrel from the muzzle end. Wet everything before you run the brush through these parts of the gun.
Use a revolver-cleaning brush to clean out the muzzle. Run the brush through the barrel between five and 10 times. Also brush out the cylinders.
Push a patch through the bore and each cylinder with the patch on a bore rod's patch-pushing tip that fits properly inside the gun. You may need to use different rods to push the patch through the barrel and the cylinder, depending on your gun. You need to push three or four patches through each part of the gun. The first patches are solvent patches. Use two if your gun is particularly dirty, then use a dry patch. Finish up with a gun-oiled patch.
Clean the rear of the entire extractor assembly with a toothbrush and solvent. Be sure to also push out the extractor rod to clean underneath the assembly. After you clean it, use a solvent patch to clean the assembly a last time.
Use a drop of gun oil on the cylinder star and another on the ejector rod.