Frontier Pads
 

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

Nope.

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

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

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

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

http://www.big45metalcleaner.com/

Their link

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

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".

Bill I think you have to much stuff:rotf:

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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.

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

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

Look in the freezer...

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.

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

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.

Frontier Pads
 

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.

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

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!

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

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-

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

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