Couple Gun Cleaning Questions

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Hey guys...these are newb questions so they are going in the newb section:

1. There is only gun solvent and oil right? I see tons of products out there but when it comes down to it there is only two categories right? Solvents for cleaning and getting grease, grime, oil, etc out. And then oil for protecting and coating things so they don't rust? Is there then sub-categories? Like copper for cleaning bores with copper in them?

1a. I also know that grease is used on some guns. So technically three categories I guess

2. When cleaning an sks due to corrosive ammo you run water through the bore and the gas system to neutralize the salts correct? After that is it cleaning like any other gun? Or do you have to rinse out the chamber/firing pin/bolt/etc/ Logic to me seems to suggest that the gas only touches the barrel and gas system so it should be fine

3. When using patches to clean to bore you use the eye loop things right? So then what are jegs?

4. What are the bronze brushes used for? Getting out fouling? When do you use them? Solvent-brush-solvent-oil?

I think that is all I have for now. Thanks for any help, somethings its hard wading through all the products and opinions and my dad never taught me any of this stuff
 
The jags are for running clean patches through the barrel to remove the solvent. They are sized to be tight in the bore for getting the solvent out of the riflings.

The bronze brushes are for scrubbing out the riflings with the solvent.

There are several types of solvent some are for lead fouling some for copper fouling.

Never have and never will own an SKS, so I dont have an answer for that.

Hope you got the answers you are looking for.
 
Yes that helps somewhat, so the eyelets are for applying the solvent and the jegs are kind of a final solvent stage...getting it all out before oil?

Also is there also general use solvents for cleaning out chambers/bolts/firing pin areas/general?
 
Know that you can damage a barrel through improper cleaning.

1) Take particular care not to ding your crown with a rod or erode it with a "pull through" device.

2) Don't reverse the direction of a brush while its inside the barrel.

3) Generally,if you get into high speed chemicals for Cu removal, final steps in the cleaning process should remove these chemicals and leave a preservative (oil) in the bore. "Its a good idea to read labels".

4) Run a dry patch through the bore (remove the oil) before you next fire your rifle.
 
HKMark23 said:
Know that you can damage a barrel through improper cleaning.

1) Take particular care not to ding your crown with a rod or erode it with a "pull through" device.

2) Don't reverse the direction of a brush while its inside the barrel.

3) Generally,if you get into high speed chemicals for Cu removal, final steps in the cleaning process should remove these chemicals and leave a preservative (oil) in the bore. "Its a good idea to read labels".

4) Run a dry patch through the bore (remove the oil) before you next fire your rifle.
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Damaging something is what I am afraid of! Haha. I have a Mossberg 590, an M14, and will be getting a SKS and 10/22...I guess YouTube is my friend here. I don't shoot tons, but I just want to know enough to take care of my firearms
 
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