Back to the OP. Make sure your solvent doesn’t eat some pieces.
A gunsmith friend told me of something that happened to him in the very early 60’s. They had some type of solvent bucket they used. He hooked a Ruger on the wire by the trigger guard and dropped it in the tank . The next day he...
You generally won’t get tight groups with a dot because of the dot size.
It’s hard to hold an inch when your sighting device is 2” or more. They aren’t for precision work.
I can’t believe you destroyed that dime!
Many years ago when freon was dirt cheap we would shoot full cans. Stand them upside down and shoot the rim. They would go 100’ in the air. Miss the rim and you still got an exhilarating explosion.