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How do you dry and treat the interior of your water cooled to prevent rust after use?
WTK: A question for those running a water cooled
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First of all, I fill the tank with water soluable oil or sythetic machine shop cutting fluid. When I'm done running the gun, I dump the water when its HOT. I pull the barrel and let it sit and breathe while cooling off.......never had a any problems with it.
You can shoot some lub in the tank and roll it around after it cools if your going to store the gun for a long period of time.
ERIC
You can shoot some lub in the tank and roll it around after it cools if your going to store the gun for a long period of time.
ERIC
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Can someone recommend a particular product? True Blue was the one I came up with when Googling it.
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Mucho thanks!
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Great more money for Lou then lol... as i have decided to build one of my 1919 kits into a water cooled.... 
dammit I have a problem lol
dammit I have a problem lol
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It's a lot more fun! I love it when I get the steam working!Great more money for Lou then lol... as i have decided to build one of my 1919 kits into a water cooled....
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Hi Guys,
I'd need to make a correction here..I DO NOT make my jackets with interior rust proof coating...What I have SUGGESTED was after you park, or what ever finish you use, clean the inside out good with a good solvent, then pour in a good rust preventive paint, slosh around and drain..It coats the inside real nice....Thats whats on the inside of the Russian Maxim jackets I've seen..
Something else I've done.. Over the 4th I finally got my 1917A1 all together and we went shooting and I haven't got to painting the inside yet..I drained it at the range, and took it home to clean. I just let any water in it drain to the front..I took a long cleaning rod and put a big rag on it and run it inside from the breach end. spun it around a few times to get the water out, then poured in a bit of WD 40 and sloshed it around...Works fine....
Not that they haven't come out with better stuff over the years since I've worked in the shop, but you might want to watch some of that water soluable oil..When its not being run or turned up, it seperates..Not a good thing if your gun gets stored for a long spell.....Lou
I'd need to make a correction here..I DO NOT make my jackets with interior rust proof coating...What I have SUGGESTED was after you park, or what ever finish you use, clean the inside out good with a good solvent, then pour in a good rust preventive paint, slosh around and drain..It coats the inside real nice....Thats whats on the inside of the Russian Maxim jackets I've seen..
Something else I've done.. Over the 4th I finally got my 1917A1 all together and we went shooting and I haven't got to painting the inside yet..I drained it at the range, and took it home to clean. I just let any water in it drain to the front..I took a long cleaning rod and put a big rag on it and run it inside from the breach end. spun it around a few times to get the water out, then poured in a bit of WD 40 and sloshed it around...Works fine....
Not that they haven't come out with better stuff over the years since I've worked in the shop, but you might want to watch some of that water soluable oil..When its not being run or turned up, it seperates..Not a good thing if your gun gets stored for a long spell.....Lou
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Bigblock,
Only fill it 1/2 full..It will steam a lot sooner....I can't afford all that ammo either....Lou
Only fill it 1/2 full..It will steam a lot sooner.
...I can't afford all that ammo either....Lou
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Right on! Ill try that. I use a hair dryer clamped in the german AA tripod strap in the front hole at home after a shoot before I put It away. If Im out in the field I drain the gun and fire short belts every once and a while in the empty water jacket. I dont think It hurts anything and gets some heat In there to dry It.Bigblock,
Only fill it 1/2 full..It will steam a lot sooner.
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I field strip the gun, take out all the plugs and have a small fan blowing air through it until dry. Works good.
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It's just easier to strip it down for me since I have to clean the internal parts anyway. The antifreeze would raise the boiling point of the water making it harder to make steam which is the major reason for having a water cooled it seems. Antifreeze would do a better job of protecting against rust though.
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10 4 on the antifreeze. I have been using it for the last 5 yrs. I just drain the water from it when its hot and add a little antifreeze then slosh the thing around and just wipe things down when you clean the gun. PS I use water in it just to make steam. In facted at the last winter shoot at Minong WI it was 12 below and the steam was coming out and rising then turning to snow. ya got ta love shooting in the north country in the winter. Badger Bob
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Now there is someone that really loves to shoot!!
In my '17 (and '17ish from Lou) I run the cutting oil/water mix and then do a 250 dump for the last belt. While it's still nice and hot I drain the thing and let it cool. From there it's a wash of LPS and then WD40. The latter leaves more of an oily film. Yea there a ***** to run and clean, but it's worth it!! Just don't take them out as often and run it when ya do. They do make a nice looking "art" on the tripod when not in use.
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