| Hey if you're like me you love to take your handguns | | | | The term alter sonic sounds pretty exotic, but it's |
| out and spend Saturday afternoon either at the range | | | | actually really simple: |
| or out in the boonies plinking away at targets or | | | | All ultrasonics really do is make a powerful |
| varmints. The downside is that if you're going to keep | | | | high-frequency noise inside of the tank full of water. |
| your guns in tip top shape, they have to be claimed the | | | | This produces cavitation, which I'm not sure I fully |
| next day. | | | | understand -- but I do know that this cavitation thing |
| You can't just leave all that carbon, lubricating oil, dust | | | | scrubs anything that you put inside the ultrasonic tank. |
| and dirt sitting there. Over time it will attract moisture | | | | The other thing that's really neat is that it gets into |
| and you will begin to see deterioration in the condition | | | | places that you and I could never reach with a brush, |
| of your weapons. Okay fine -- so what we all do is | | | | or even a single piece of wire. It really leaves no stone |
| spend three or four hours during the next week | | | | unturned and removes every single bit of old gun oil, |
| breaking down our weapons. Then we clean them. | | | | carbon residue and anything else that may be coming |
| Then we lubricate them. Finally, we reassemble them | | | | up the works for you. |
| and store them safely, ready for our next outing. | | | | But these gun cleaning systems do more to: after you |
| All of our friends are doing the same thing. The | | | | clean your guns in them, you rinsed them off and then |
| amount of time we all spend as a group doing this is | | | | put them into another pan to lubricate. You just pour |
| immense. But what if there was a way to get out of | | | | weapons lubricate solution into the pan, lower the pan |
| it? | | | | into the ultrasonic cleaner and hit the button. In the |
| Well there is -- and it's the way that the guys who run | | | | same way that the cavitation uses the cleaning |
| National Guard Armory's professional shooting ranges | | | | solution to scrub away any dirt, it uses the lubricating |
| have used for years. They use ultrasonic handgun | | | | solution to remove any lingering traces of moisture that |
| cleaners and spend their afternoon drinking Cokes and | | | | are left over from the cleaning and rinsing. |
| eaten chips while a machine does her gun cleaning for | | | | In the end, what you end up with is a perfectly cleaned |
| them. | | | | and thoroughly lubricated handgun. And you get this |
| Ultrasonic gun cleaners have been around for | | | | without having to sit at a badge get your hands dirty |
| decades, but they're only now becoming inexpensive | | | | when you'd really rather be watching the game. |
| enough for small gun clubs and individuals to own them. | | | | |