cleaning a shotgun

[Bulletts]

i have an older shotgun that was put away yeas ago with lots of oil. what can i use to remove the old sticky oil and loosen up the action

 

[Painkillers]

Varsol.

 

[IvoB]

G96 crud remover

 

[scotteboy]

I just use hoppes9. Take the whole thing down and give it s good scrub. Re oil and wipe dry then reassemble. Good to go

 

[Buck1950]

To remove 'wad plastic' I use a bit of steel wool on an old 12g brush with some Hoppes #9. Spin the rod on a low speed drill for ca 10 sec and it shines ! This would work for dried up oil cra* too. Oil well after.

 

[old303]

I recall a note that Ed's Red (a traditional cleaning solution) could be mixed up without the acetone if you weren't cleaning plastic out of shotgun barrels, from which I infer that this is a key ingredient if that's what you do want to do.

 

[kamlooky]

Tails awf yore speaks of dismantling and yewsing the dish warsher.

G96 or CLP should work fine.

 

[Mike Webb]

Open the action over some cardboard or newspaper and blow a can of brake cleaner down through the action letting all the gunk run down thru. Never saw need to tear down unless really gummed up.

 

[guntech]

Lacquer thinner... lots of it... air hose... lots of it... repeat. Then varsol or G96 and air... but lacquer thinner first.

Keep the wood out of it...