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I bought a used, but in very good condition Dan Wesson Model 15-2 a few years ago, and when I picked it up, it looked fine, but it was loaded with unburned powder that had gone into everywhere it could inside the gun to the point where it barely was able to be cocked. When I got it home, I took the sideplate off, and the stuff was caked up inside to the point the only parts not coated with it were parts that moved and rubbed on other ones. I took a little pan and put all the guts from the gun inside it, and while they were soaking, I started cleaning up the frame. I used gun scrubber to get the easy stuff off, and it got maybe 50% off, then I used a toothbrush, and worked at it for long time, and eventually nothing more came out. I looked over the inner works as I put the gun back together, and they were fine, and the gun ended up being about the second smoothest DW I ever had. The barrel looked bad, but a couple runs through it with a Lewis Lead Remover cleaned it up really nicely, and the gun shot great. I always wondered how many rounds had it taken to get it that way, and what kind of ammo left that kind of unburned flakes everywhere?
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