Gun cleaning kit for my SKS. Questions.

Mermaniel

Mermaniel

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Hey guys,
Looking into getting a kit for when I get my SKS. I've heard great thing about Hoppe's #9 Solvent to clean after corrosive ammo.

Are there any other good ones out there that you would recommend?

I found this which seems to be ok to me...

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/5/SportsRec/1/Hunting/GunCleaning/PRDOVR~0755400P/Outers+Universal+Gun+Care+and+Cleaning+Kit.jsp?locale=en

Also, I would need a .30 cal brush for the SKS right?

thanks for the help.
 
Your SKS will come with a small cleaning kit. Use that and then buy a better kit with more stuff - brushes, patches, a variety of tools. You can usually find some decent ones in the $40 - $60 range. I have an OTIS kit that came with everything you could need, but it was around $100. I wouldn't bother with the CT kit you posted.
 
Get a teapot.

When using corrosive, boiling water is your best friend. After which, a standard .30cal cleaning kit will do fine. :)

You can also check out Youtube videos for cleaning tutorials for the SKS. It will make starting out easier. Good luck.
 
You can do the job with either, but make sure you use a lot of lube after you clean it with water. Check out the sticky on cleaning the SKS, its got some decent info. Save yourself some time, scrap the patches and get yourself a boresnake.
 
I use a Hoppe's kit I bought from Canadian Tire, it works fine. You can add pieces to it as you need. I don't use the SKS's kit.

Hoppe's and CLP is all I use to clean. Used to use hot water first, tried Windex, found them both to be wasted time.
 
The only time I ever used hot water on mine is when I cleaned off the cosmoline. I use windex and my 3-piece brass rod with patches after each use to clear out the corrosive #### and then go to the regular cleaning routine. No signs of any rust or corrosion on the gun anywhere.
 
Mermaniel said:
Hey guys,
Looking into getting a kit for when I get my SKS. I've heard great thing about Hoppe's #9 Solvent to clean after corrosive ammo.

Are there any other good ones out there that you would recommend?

I found this which seems to be ok to me...

http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/5/SportsRec/1/Hunting/GunCleaning/PRDOVR~0755400P/Outers+Universal+Gun+Care+and+Cleaning+Kit.jsp?locale=en

Also, I would need a .30 cal brush for the SKS right?

thanks for the help.
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Well anys .30 cal cleaning kit will do the job. For my part, i like the original kit that come with the sks, all the tools needed to clean it but i'm a nutz, i only use the military kit that come with all my milsurp rifles, after all, they are the issue tools for. Using boiling water will flush the salt away and the metal will dry itself in a sec, after clean like usual with whatever you want and lightly oil to finish. You will find bunch of thread about cleaning corrosive ammo.:)
Jocelyn
 
I recommend boiling water, or Windex (for its water content) after firing corrosive ammo, especially for the gas system. I personally would never use the metal cleaning rod or any of the tools included with your SKS. A teflon coated cleaning rod is simply the best choice, it won't scratch the crap out of the bore. As for using Hoppes vs water, which will cost you more? After flushing everything with water, bore brushing, etc, use a light coat of Hoppes, or CLP to give the metal a protective barrier.
 
Everyone knows your typical NVA soldier carried umpteen different cleaning kits, different cleaning solutions, and every chance they had - boiled a bot of hot water and used it to clean their rifles.[/sarcasm]

I talked to a Russian fellow who served in the Russian army, and he told me the way they cleaned their AK74's was with motor oil and diesel fuel. I didn't ask, but I doubt they had boresnakes or Hoppe's 9.

I did ask him about the boiling water trick and he said he never saw anyone do that. They just cleaned their rifles daily.

Me - I liberally clean my SKS with CLP immediately after shooting, then once more with in a week, then once more within a week again. I leave a very liberal coating of CLP after every cleaning on any part that might come into contact with primer particles. I also use the factory cleaning kit. No point spending an extra $20-40 to clean a $170 gun. If TSHTF, having all the cleaning components self contained is a big plus, imo.
 
All I have used over the years for cleaning my SKS's is a hot water rinse of the bore and gas tube and a scrub and wipe with G96 spray. BTW I have found that used dryer fabric softener sheets work well as patches.
 
collector67 said:
I recommend boiling water, or Windex (for its water content) after firing corrosive ammo, especially for the gas system. I personally would never use the metal cleaning rod or any of the tools included with your SKS. A teflon coated cleaning rod is simply the best choice, it won't scratch the crap out of the bore. As for using Hoppes vs water, which will cost you more? After flushing everything with water, bore brushing, etc, use a light coat of Hoppes, or CLP to give the metal a protective barrier.
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If you know how to use it, you will never damage a sks bore using the military cleaning kit.
 
Thanks again guys. I've seen a tutorial online and a guy uses ''Remoil'' on most the parts. Does that neutralize the salts in the corrosive ammo?

The way I figure it, is use a Solvent (Hoppes or other) to clean everything that comes in contact with gases. Bore, gas chamber, firing chamber, rods, bolt, bolt carrier. Clean off the excess solvant, then oil all the parts lightly with gun oil. is that pretty much it?

other than scrumbing the bore with the brush, then cleaning the bore with a dry patch then adding a patch with oil...lol...sorry about all the questions recently, just wanna be sure to do it well when I get it.
 
The boiling water will break down and flush out all the salt from the corrosive primers. It will also make the barrel very hot which will dry all the residual water out. Then you should use some solvent and a bore brush and give it a good scrub followed by patches to remove and residual crap and solvent. Be extra careful to also clean out the gas tube and piston from the top of the rifle and some people neglect that and it becomes rusted and inoperable.
 
Mermaniel said:
Thanks again guys. I've seen a tutorial online and a guy uses ''Remoil'' on most the parts. Does that neutralize the salts in the corrosive ammo?

The way I figure it, is use a Solvent (Hoppes or other) to clean everything that comes in contact with gases. Bore, gas chamber, firing chamber, rods, bolt, bolt carrier. Clean off the excess solvant, then oil all the parts lightly with gun oil. is that pretty much it?

other than scrumbing the bore with the brush, then cleaning the bore with a dry patch then adding a patch with oil...lol...sorry about all the questions recently, just wanna be sure to do it well when I get it.
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Oil has no effect on corrosives salts, water on other hand flush the salts away:) After flushing with water, bore cleaner or dry patch followed buy oily patch.
 
Calum said:
Bingo! I only use the stock cleaning kit.
Works great IMHO.
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It always amuses me people who are worried about a steel rod "scratching" the chrome lined barrel of a gun, when they shoot copper plated lead and superheated gases through them at supersonic speeds/extremely high pressure.

The SKS cleaning kit is as good as to have a muzzle mounted guide to help keep the rod centred as it goes down the bore. IIRC, the cleaning kits issued with a C7/C8 in the CF has a steel cleaning rod with no such guide - and I can guarantee you, those rifles see a LOT more aggressive cleaning than yours does.
 
Break Free Clp or G-96, scrub the hell out of if with the stock cleaning kit and pay attention to the gas tube system.Put it away and shoot the hell out of it the next trip to the range,repeat above and enjoy.I've been shooting corrosive ammo out of ny mosin's, SVT-40's and SKS's for decades and I have yet to see a spot of rust.I tried the boiling hot water on some of my blackpowder guns years ago but I found that I would sometimes get flash rust occurring.
 
Had a long conversation with a guy who served in the Bosnian army. He pretty much grew up on the SKS and his tools of choice were, a shoelace with some knots, some solvent, and a little gun oil. Hot water soak once in a while to break loose any salts from the primers. KISS principle, just like the rifle itself.
 
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