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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: Walter45Auto on June 30, 2007, 03:51:54 PM
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What do y'all use to clean your guns???
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M Pro-7 and Kroil (occasionally).
Hoppes #9 should be a cologne ;D
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Break free, Break free break free CLP using it for 20 years exclusively I wouldnt even try anything else. Best thing since sliced bread IMHO.
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I use "Orange Clean" spary soap for a degreaser/cleaner(nontoxic which is No.1) better than Hoppe's for tough-jobs on over leaded/copper/k-rap in barrels, frames, and other need to clean parts. And Shooter's Choice Greese for lube. Looks like a horse-needle setup to get into the nooks-n-hard-to-reach places without over lubing. Works for my carry and competition setup.
Tex
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Hoppes # 9, Pro-Shot Copper cleaner, and CLP.
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Here's a tip, General Motors top engine cleaner, pt #1050002. It is the identical chemicals as butch's bore shine, but less than $5.00 for 15oz. ;D
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Hoppe's seems to work fine, but we clean after every firing...maybe some folks don't do that.
My wife uses one of those lead remover rags on her stainless S&W 686- cleans it quick, but I don't think you want to use it all the time.
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Here's a tip, General Motors top engine cleaner, pt #1050002. It is the identical chemicals as butch's bore shine, but less than $5.00 for 15oz. ;D
+1 on the GM TEC. Excellent for carbon. Butches cuts copper. I don't think TEC will. Also Slips 2000 carbon cutter. After one of these I use bore tech eliminator to get rid of the copper. The bore tech is just as good as Sweets 7.62 as far as I can tell but with no smell. Really nice to use. The directions say it can be left in the bore over night. Sounds like it is pretty easy on a barrel. A quick look at Sinclair International web site will show some of the products that work well. I have a couple factory rifle barrels that can be a real bear to clean. The Slips 2000 followed by Bore Tech Eliminator seem to make things easier.
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For rifles I use Kroil and jb bore cleaner, I start with a worn bore brush, with a patch wrapped around it , soaked in Kroil, wet the bore and let it work. Then put a new patch on and coat it with jb bore cleaner,work it back and forth until clean, clean patch and then I protect the bore with fp 10.
Pistols, I use Kroil initailly, followed by lewis lead remover, " i shoot lead the most" and then jb or miracle cloth or wipe away, lead away cloths cut into patches. Followed up by fp10 as the lube and preservative.
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I love Kroil! Very good penetrating oil. It seems to get down underneath stuff in a bore and lift it out. Good stuff. I've gotten away from the JB. I don't know why. It works well and can help clean a stubborn barrel. I've just gone to the cemicals I guess.
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Hoppe's seems to work fine, but we clean after every firing...maybe some folks don't do that.
My wife uses one of those lead remover rags on her stainless S&W 686- cleans it quick, but I don't think you want to use it all the time.
Exactly, never let the sun set on a dirty gun!
Some properly sized cleaning jags carried in the case to the range or field, a complete breakdown cleaning every few months for all the fiddly parts
and you are good to go nearly 100 percent of the time.
How did you get your wife to clean her own revolver?
Best regards,
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Exactly, never let the sun set on a dirty gun!
How did you get your wife to clean her own revolver?
Best regards,
Hmm, my wife insists on cleaning all her own guns. She says it is just extending the fun of shooting to after the range when we get home, and she feels good in know how to take them down and how to clean them.
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Exactly, never let the sun set on a dirty gun!
Some properly sized cleaning jags carried in the case to the range or field, a complete breakdown cleaning every few months for all the fiddly parts
and you are good to go nearly 100 percent of the time.
How did you get your wife to clean her own revolver?
Best regards,
I'm a bore snake believer. Darn things are amazing!
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I like to put a wet patch or two down a rifle barrel at the range. Plug the ends and let it soak until I get home. I think the warm barrel just speeds things up a bit. Got to watch what you do this with so it isn't harming the barrel steel.
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My wife has always cleaned her own gun because she sincerely believes that I will not get it clean enough.
She's probably right, but when she's done it looks like it just came out of the bag.
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You're supposed to clean them?
Just kidding.
Usually Break Free or M-Pro 7 Cleaner, Lube, or CLP. IIRC, S&W and Hoppes Elite are M-Pro7 too.