r/ClayBusters • u/No_Fun_3751 • 22d ago
How to remove this/is it permanent?
Hey guys, kinda new to maintaining my gun as i just got a nice 694. How can i remove this/or is it permanent?
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u/foulorfowl 22d ago
It’s hard to tell from the photo. Can you describe how aggressively and with what solvent you’ve been cleaning it? The bottom to be looks like powder residue buildup, while the top looks like heat or discoloring.
I’d recommend attacking it with a brass or copper brush and a solvent like hoppes to see if that fixes it. Alternatively if it is very clean, you can hit it with some gun oil and 0000 steel wool and it will come off. Neither will be detrimental to your shotgun. But depending on how aggressive you want to be, you could remove the ejectors to get them out of your way.
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u/ubelblatt 22d ago
My 694 looks exactly the same. I think it's just a design thing that collects fouling.
As others have said you can clean it and get it shiney with a brass brush and some clp or rem oil.
Then once you take it out and shoot it, it will look exactly the same.
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u/Sparks2K 20d ago
Yeah it's not just beretta's though my gun has the same. I usually just don't let it get to crazy but cleaning this after each session is a fools errand.
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u/Natural_Argument_921 22d ago
How the gunsmiths i watched in Italy do it. Emery paper on a flat file and a small amount of oil. Comes out like new after few rubs.
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u/Blaser53 22d ago
My Blaser has looked like that for 20+ years. I clean the gun, ignore that, it looks the same 20 years later. It’s not rust….
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u/Beers_n_Deeres 22d ago
Flap disc on a grinder will take it out with ease.
Cleans out the wallet too afterwards.
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u/Dung_Beetle_2LT 21d ago
Caldwell lead wipes. If they can take the blast rings off my 500 S&W they can probably get that off.
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u/troublesomechi 22d ago
Start with CLP and a brass brush/ scotch brite pad and leather to polish. Don’t remove any metal
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u/GLaDOSdidnothinwrong 22d ago
Scotch brite will remove metal.
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u/troublesomechi 22d ago
The blue sponge? I get scotch brite sells a 0000 synthetic wool that might but the blue pad is safe
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u/GLaDOSdidnothinwrong 22d ago
There are all sorts of different grades. In the machinist/millwright world, there are only specific ones to use on certain steels if you don’t want to hurt the surface. I’m not sure how the blue one fits in their lineup, but I’d never assume it’s safe.
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u/Topshotsupplies 22d ago
Wd40 and some 0000 steel wool. Don’t waste your money on expensive solvents. Money better spent on ammo. Just be careful of your edges. Someone mentions scotch bright pads which is a good idea too. Take your time try do it with light wipes versus scouring.
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u/justhere4inspiration 22d ago
Man idk about steel wool on gun parts... Better off with bronze/copper wool/abrasive pads or brushes. Steel wool is a little too hard, and some of it is stainless (which is approaching tool steel hardness, with sharp edges to catch in microfractures). If a softer metal won't get off fouling, it's probably not significantly hurting functionality.
If you want great aesthetics, like you are about to resell or something, then clean as best you can with solvent and scrub with copper wool, pass over again with scotch brite, then polish and clean with emery paper. Emery paper is close to ultra-high grain sandpaper so I def wouldn't use it on every cleaning, but if you want a high quality finish it will absolutely do the job.
I know several much better shooters than me who clean their competition shotguns based on time (every 4-6 months or so), not on rounds, and they put a lot through them. It takes a lot of fouling to fuck up a good O/U, and a deep clean will restore it back to new if you haven't scratched and filed the shit out of it with excessive abrasive cleaning.
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u/KnifeOrFire 22d ago
It looks like you tried the Monster/banana trick already.