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MadMax · October 27th, 2005, 17:37

Who cares where he's from? He asked a technical question which hasn't got anything to do with geography.

If you use the water trick, it's important to completely dry it out quickly. Many spring steel alloys also rust. One way to rapidly dry a gun is to preheat an oven to the lowest available temperature setting. My oven has a marking at 200F (95C) but I note that the thermostat turns on well before that. Warm it up to a toasty but not burning temperature and SWITCH OFF the element. Put a cardboard panel on the rack in case the racks are very hot from heat radiated from the elements (you might leave grill marks if you don't use cardboard) and put your pistol on top of the cardboard.

I like to remove the control knobs and stick on a big sign saying "NOOOOOO!" so my g/f doesn't decide to preheat the oven to say 400F to bake cookies with my gun still in there.

Do not put a cocked springer in for oven drying (warm ~65C temp will reduce many plastics strength) as it may stress features which hold the piston/spring cocked.

You can dry out a pistol without disassembling it in about 20 min sitting in a dry warm environment. It helps a lot to shake out as much water as you can before the oven too. The only water you won't remove is the bit of water which finds it's way into screw threads. Some screw threads will rust a bit, but it's just cosmetic.

This trick is also handy for GBBs, but you shouldn't stuff a gas filled mag in the oven for obvious reasons. While you probably wouldnt' blow up the mag, you would have a very high pressure mag which could do some damage to your slide if your hammer manages to bash open the valve.

Only dry with residual heat as kitchen ovens aren't designed for tight temperature control at low temperatures. I modded one for curing big rubber parts and found that the stock thermostat can overshoot by as much as 50C when you use a 50C setpoint. ABS melts at around 105C I think so don't even try to use an oven thermostat in a running mode. Preheat, check the temp and switch things off.

October 27th, 2005, 17:37	#10
MadMax Delierious Designer of Dastardly Detonations Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: in the dark recesses of some metal chip filled machine shop	Who cares where he's from? He asked a technical question which hasn't got anything to do with geography. If you use the water trick, it's important to completely dry it out quickly. Many spring steel alloys also rust. One way to rapidly dry a gun is to preheat an oven to the lowest available temperature setting. My oven has a marking at 200F (95C) but I note that the thermostat turns on well before that. Warm it up to a toasty but not burning temperature and SWITCH OFF the element. Put a cardboard panel on the rack in case the racks are very hot from heat radiated from the elements (you might leave grill marks if you don't use cardboard) and put your pistol on top of the cardboard. I like to remove the control knobs and stick on a big sign saying "NOOOOOO!" so my g/f doesn't decide to preheat the oven to say 400F to bake cookies with my gun still in there. Do not put a cocked springer in for oven drying (warm ~65C temp will reduce many plastics strength) as it may stress features which hold the piston/spring cocked. You can dry out a pistol without disassembling it in about 20 min sitting in a dry warm environment. It helps a lot to shake out as much water as you can before the oven too. The only water you won't remove is the bit of water which finds it's way into screw threads. Some screw threads will rust a bit, but it's just cosmetic. This trick is also handy for GBBs, but you shouldn't stuff a gas filled mag in the oven for obvious reasons. While you probably wouldnt' blow up the mag, you would have a very high pressure mag which could do some damage to your slide if your hammer manages to bash open the valve. Only dry with residual heat as kitchen ovens aren't designed for tight temperature control at low temperatures. I modded one for curing big rubber parts and found that the stock thermostat can overshoot by as much as 50C when you use a 50C setpoint. ABS melts at around 105C I think so don't even try to use an oven thermostat in a running mode. Preheat, check the temp and switch things off. __________________ Want nearly free GBB gas?