Cleaning kits

A solid rod and bore guide is the way to go. In the field a good quality take down can be useful. Just no aluminum rods, they break and bend. Parker Hale rods are great but brushes and jags are hard to find and more money.
 
For rifles, I use a one piece cleaning rod, proper sized jags, brushes and patches, and a powder solvent, and a copper solvent. For shotguns, I use a bore snake to clean the barrel and Hoppes #9 to clean gas pistons. A toothbrush comes in handed for general cleaning on both
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For shotguns ..... a good solid rod that attached to a drill .... and some very fine steel wool on a brush .... and Ballistol:

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I have several traditional rosewood two piece rods for cleaning my shotguns. I also have a brass rod chucked into a drill. Wire brushes, mops, appropriate solvents, lots of patches I make from Scott's Heavy Duty shop towels and EEZOX as a protecting lubricant to finish.
 
I started with an old fishing tackle box and just kept buying pieces until I had exactly what I needed and liked using
I found that better than one of the universal kits
Cheers
 
Hi - I'll vote along with 3macs1 on this - I have a couple of the 'low-priced' 3-piece rod kits I got at yard sales, then bought jags, brushes and liquids to supplement. The rods are aluminum and since none of my guns cost over $500 I'm not worried about wear on the bore - I don't think Al is particularly abrasive in that scenario. I am very careful with the semi .22s since a quick clean goes in thru the muzzle. all of my 'older' t-shirt become patches:redface: I use synthetic grease on action friction internals and Singer oil on others.
Biggest issue I have here is that Cantire nor BassPro around here doesn't have a great selection of cleaners, so I'm looking at home-made cleaners and hope to find good substitutions. $8 for 2oz of #9 or oil is a real 'bargain':confused:.
Ed
 
Buck1950 said:
Hi - I'll vote along with 3macs1 on this - I have a couple of the 'low-priced' 3-piece rod kits I got at yard sales, then bought jags, brushes and liquids to supplement. The rods are aluminum and since none of my guns cost over $500 I'm not worried about wear on the bore - I don't think Al is particularly abrasive in that scenario. I am very careful with the semi .22s since a quick clean goes in thru the muzzle. all of my 'older' t-shirt become patches:redface: I use synthetic grease on action friction internals and Singer oil on others.
Biggest issue I have here is that Cantire nor BassPro around here doesn't have a great selection of cleaners, so I'm looking at home-made cleaners and hope to find good substitutions. $8 for 2oz of #9 or oil is a real 'bargain':confused:.
Ed
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3macs1 said:
I started with an old fishing tackle box and just kept buying pieces until I had exactly what I needed and liked using
I found that better than one of the universal kits
Cheers
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This. It's a better way to accumulate what you will want to use. Kits are almost always junk. Buy a good rod and then add as you need.
 
3macs1 said:
I use it but one has to be careful. Some hard on finishes and some plastics
Cheers
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LOL, He asked for a good, cheap homemade cleaner. Not a wood finish conditioner. Bwahahaha! But seriously, you make a good point. This stuff is to be used carefully and not on non metal finishes.
 
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