How can I clean revolver chambers more effectively?

If you have a crud ring in the cylinder you need to clean it out.

If it is simply staining don't waste your time. This sounds like a stain to me.

That is gunpowder residue left over from all the shooting you did. Actually a bit of the gun oil you used also plus minute amounts of copper bullet jacket and/or lead if shooting lead bullets.

The 44 special rounds are shorter than the 44 magnum rounds. And it is in that .01 inch or whatever length it is that all that stuff listed above is collecting at by pressure and high temperature.

In front of where the cartridges rest in is a narrower portion where the bullet passes through. Some excuse like the reduced diameter closer to bullet diameter more effectively seals gas pressure giving the bullets you send down range better performance. And that is where all the stuff stops collecting at and where you get problems removing stuff because of the two different diameters.

Use a product called a tornado cleaning brush. It is made of stainless steel. Use it to loosen the crud only and not any more.

Or use a phosphor bronze cleaning brush with thicker stiffer bristles.

And buy a selection of cylinder and bore cleaning chemicals. Some with powder cleaning chemicals. Others with lead and copper cleaning compounds.

Remove the cylinder from the rest of the handgun to prevent bending the crane or center pin which will ruin operation and accuracy.

Modify chemical usage. Use a patch to slosh a good amount of chemical into each cylinder bore. AND let the chemical set in the bore for like 10 to 15 minutes before pushing it out with a patch on a 44 caliber jag.

Use a phosphor cleaning brush with a patch wrapped on it soaked in the chemical you are using to soak and brush stuff off cylinder bore.

So basically, use a patch to soak chemicals in the chamber bore.

Use a brush to soak and scrape stuff.

Use a jag with a clean patch to push stuff out.

The last jag pushed through should come out clean. Put oil on patch and oil cylinder bores to protect from rusting. (Stainless is still steel and will contain an amount of carbon steel for it's useful properties and will rust/stain.)

Other parts I hope you have spent time cleaning include in front of the cylinder. The back of the barrel. The forcing cone or rearmost portion of the barrel bullet enters plus the rifling in the barrel.

The ring is stain from the burning powder, the only way to remove it is to remove the metal: which ain't a good idea. As for 200 rounds I do that much in a day at the police rang. Stainless does stain and once stained you are not going to remove it very well. So keep cleaning and a shooting! You all right as things go!

If there's a lot of rust, have a powerfuble gunsmith verify it for protection before firing it. That suggested, i in my opinion might weigh it somewhat is fee as a relic before doing something to it. All that rust can upload authenticity. although, if fix to being a SHOOTER is your determination, i might use the recent cleansing products containing Sulfamic Acid, that gets out the rust and bypass away the steel on my own. overlook the steel wool, data, sandpaper and hand grenades, as you do no longer could desire to take any opportunities anymore of detrimental a great piece. basically get some BAM, and soak the gun in it. Brush with a brass brush each now and then to speed the gradual technique, yet enable the BAM do many of the artwork. a lot of rust ought to desire clean BAM. Do be conscious that a badly rusted piece will instruct some deep empty pits, as quickly as the rust is dissolved, which will neither be a shooter nor an excellent-finding relic anymore. judgements, judgements! good success with this! Regards, Larry.

As most have said, it sounds like a cosmetic issue. Take a toothpick and see if you can feel anything in that area; if not, then it is just discoloration.

You might get some Flitz polish to remove the stain, but it's really more work than needed.

your getting too picky with the details, the ring is a powder stain and will not come out without removing metal and that's not a safe option. just keep it as it is, the ring isn't hurting anything unless it becomes a obstruction and it shouldn't with regular cleaning, but if it ever becomes a obstruction and a .44 magnum case won't go through, you'd need to see a gunsmith about it, but this is very unlikely to happen.

Can use 1000 grip sand paper to take it off but personally i wouldnt worry about it, dont do this if you have a titanium cylinder as it will greatly reduce its lifespan. I did this only on a revolver i sold that was made of stainless to make it new looking for the new buyer.

You can use oven cleaner on a Q-tip to treat the stain. If you get the oven cleaner on the shiny outside of the gun you will be sorry though, so be very careful.

* Carburetor Cleaner makes short work of that problem.* Works for me Magnificently.*

It's not that big a deal, but read this thread and adjust for your larger caliber.