Frontier Pads

[Thomas L. Benson Sr.]

Anyone know what stores carry this product without ordering on the net. Thanks Thomas

[Dean Romig]

Nope.

[Joe Dreisch]

There is a fellow from Texas who attended the Maryland antique arms show selling them. I would guess he hits the major shows.
If you want it quicker, here's the information from the package:
Big 45 Frontier Gun Shop
PO Box 90947
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57109
1-800-342-1548

Says on the package they accept Master Card and Visa.

Hope this helps,
Joe

[Dean Romig]

That's who I bought mine from but I did it on line.

[Angel Cruz]

What is a Frontier Pad and what does it look like?

[Russ Jackson]

I'm glad you ask Angel ,I was just about to ! Russ

[Joe Dreisch]

http://www.big45metalcleaner.com/

Their link

[Angel Cruz]

I swear my mother used it to clean pots and pans!! Can you push it down the bores without getting stuck?

[Bill Murphy]

I found mine in my loading room. When these discussions about the Frontier Pad started a few weeks back, I just knew there was one in there somewhere. I have no idea how it got there. There is at least one of everything in there. I just have to be persistent in looking for "it".

[Rich Anderson]

Bill I think you have to much stuff:rotf:

[Joe Dreisch]

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Please excuse the poor pictures. I just took them quick to show results I got from Frontier pad. I am sorry that I didn't take before pictures when I got this gun but was too anxious to get started on cleaning it up.
This gun was stored in a LOM case for too long and had so much superficial rust that you could not read the maker name on it. The auctioneer had it listed as a "P Sperenson". The barrels would not go together with the frame and so the gun laid on the table with the halves held together by a nice German sling. Red powder rust on everything, freckles on barrels. So I bought it as a project for $65.00! Cleanup took 2 hrs. with WD-40 and a piece of Frontier pad.

[Richard Flanders]

And here I was wondering where the pictures of the recoil pad were....

[calvin humburg]

I thought recoil pad. Shows how good my memory is, now if I could find my pliers.

[Dean Romig]

Look in the freezer...

[Jerry Harlow]

If you call to order the pads while one is $6 ask about buying by the dozen. Very cheap then. I bought a dozen and then sold enough to friends that have a number of guns to recover my money and I have many left over.

For cleaning a barrel you cut a piece of it off and wrap it around a bronze brush. I ran mine at a slow speed with a drill and it did a lot of cleaning of the bore.

[Destry L. Hoffard]

Wow these sound great! I've always used something similar, what's called a Chore Girl. They're a copper scouring pad, you buy them at the grocery store in the dish soap aisle. You've got to watch though, and make sure you get them that are 100% copper. Also bronze wool works great too, though it's really expensive. I'll have to buy a sack of these Frontier pads to test out. I'm constantly cleaning up old tools and knives, guns too obviously.


DLH

[Fred Preston]

I always used 4O steel wool and Hoppes till I tried dipping the 4O in RIG, and like the results better for fresh rust. I have not had the lubed 4O do any damage to a hardened finnish or a rust blued finnish. Anyone know the hardness of generic 4O? It seems to be less than that of any typical gun metal surfaces.

[Jerry Harlow]

Even 0000 steel wool removes finish eventually. I use that on my last few coats of rust bluing to avoid scratches which will require additional coats. I can testify about the Frontier pads. I had a set of damascus barrels that were completely brown (rusty), but underneath the pattern existed. I had taken a lot of rust off with 0000 and oil but was starting to remove the pattern. I then used the Frontier pads with nothing and they do cut the rust without damaging the finish in my experience.

[Destry L. Hoffard]

Fred,

I did the same till I discovered bronze wool, no change of finish damage with that as it's so soft. But it costs like $8 for three small pads, so I use it sparingly.


DLH

[Steve McCarty]

I place the barrel in one of those plastic case like things with the rubber clamp fences. Then I scrub the dickens out of the bore with a standard wire bore brush after running a soaked patch down there. Seems to work okay so far. I've been doing it this way for about fifty years!

[Paul Harm]

it looks just like stainless steel pad. I buy it at Gordons. Have to see what it does on blueing.

[Peter Clark]

Wow these sound great! I've always used something similar, what's called a Chore Girl. They're a copper scouring pad, you buy them at the grocery store in the dish soap aisle. You've got to watch though, and make sure you get them that are 100% copper. Also bronze wool works great too, though it's really expensive. I'll have to buy a sack of these Frontier pads to test out. I'm constantly cleaning up old tools and knives, guns too obviously.


DLH
Now I know I am older than you Destry and when I was a kid they were indeed called Chore Girls but sometime during the frenzy of political correctness they had their name changed to Chore Boys, I believe quite awhile ago. Am I right, or is this a regional issue?
-plc-

[Destry L. Hoffard]

I think you're right! The ones I've got are vintage NOS, I dug them out of an old kitchen cabinet at an estate sale. They're the Chore Girl variety for sure.

I've got them, a copper scraper for really tough gun rust, and bronze wool too. But I'm still intrigued by these Frontier brand pads. I emailed about a lot price but haven't heard anything yet.

Destry

[Thomas L. Benson Sr.]

Destry: I just ordered and received a gross of them and they cost me 230.00 dollars plus shipping so you see it really cuts the cost. I will get rid of most of them this week end at a gun show that I put on.Thomas