At my local gun club they have a station where you can clean your gun (shotgun usually) and the stuff they give you to out down the barrel (on a wire brush) and on the cleaning patch is WD-40.est Answer: WD-40 is fine for cleaning your guns. The reasons that I have heard for NOT using WD-40 are: (1) WD-40 will seep into your cartridges and render your primers inert. While soaking your primers in WD-40 will probably ruin them, it is unlikely that spraying WD-40 on your gun will affect your primers.
On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies was achieved and the Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed by Australia's first Governor-General, John Hope, at Centennial Park in Sydney. Australia's first Prime Minister was Edmund Barton, who was Prime Minister from January 1901 to September 1903.
Britain formally claimed the western part of Australia in 1829. Separate colonies were created from parts of New South Wales: South Australia in 1836, New Zealand in 1840, Victoria in 1851, and Queensland in 1859.The Northern Territory was founded in 1863 as part of the Province of South Australia.ritain formally claimed the western part of Australia in 1829. Separate colonies were created from parts of New South Wales: South Australia in 1836, New Zealand in 1840, Victoria in 1851, and Queensland in 1859.