Must-have gun cleaning neccessities

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Hey all,

I have some free time this weekend, and a garage full of plywood scraps. I am thinking of making myself a rifle cleaning caddy, kind of like a Tipton gun butler. Except instead of a plastic tray, would have a wooden box with partitions.

Now assume your talking to a complete newb here (cause I am). What would you throw into your ultimate rifle cleaning kit. I wanna hear everything you use when cleaning your rifles so I can provision space for everything when building the boxes and partitions. Right now, all i have is one of those all in one kits i picked up from BPS, and a couple of bore snakes.

thanks,
Mark
 
Sounds like a fun project.
The partitioned storage will probably be more handy for parts organization as you work on your guns then for storage of cleaning items.
Some notches cut out of the supports so you can place a cleaning rod parallel with the gun to keep it clean when not in use is a good idea.
 
both great ideas. keep them coming fellas. Esp the magnet idea. I lost an action screw while cleaning, which was why i started researching gin caddys in the first place.

Also, for the cutouts that cradle the rifle, do they need to be padded, or can I just layer some felt to prevent scratches.
 
Wipeout, patches, bore guide and a good rod.
Protective cloth for the stock.
I also use Amzoil foaming engine cleaner before the wipeout, and G96 afterwards.
Gun wax on the stock after.
Cat
 
You will need some proper one piece rods, bore guides, powder solvent, copper solvent, rust inhibitor, lubricants, patches, and a good set of quality screwdrivers can come in handy. The best place for those all in one rifle cleaning kits is the garbage.
 
A pair of scissors to cut patch and one of those Otis pull through cable things for your field kit they are much better then the boresnake
 
A bore guide, hollow ground screwdrivers, torx, and allen bits, an inch-pound torque wrench, brass jags and cotton patches of appropriate size, good work lights, a set of dental picks, never-seize, Lubriplate 130-A, Hoppes #9 for general cleaning plus a copper cutting solvent like Sweets, or a foaming bore cleaner, a good grade of gun oil, several nylon parts brushes, some copper (and make sure they're copper and not steel coated) scouring pads), an electric or batter powered drill, a bench vice, and a table top ultrasonic cleaner.
 
Boomer said:
A bore guide, hollow ground screwdrivers, torx, and allen bits, an inch-pound torque wrench, brass jags and cotton patches of appropriate size, good work lights, a set of dental picks, never-seize, Lubriplate 130-A, Hoppes #9 for general cleaning plus a copper cutting solvent like Sweets, or a foaming bore cleaner, a good grade of gun oil, several nylon parts brushes, some copper (and make sure they're copper and not steel coated) scouring pads), an electric or batter powered drill, a bench vice, and a table top ultrasonic cleaner.
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Another good list.
 
You will undoubtedly wind up with various cans of snake oil and foaming wallet thinners if you stay in the hobby for any length of time that is for certain so building a caddy to hold one or two bottles/cans at a time is plenty as extras can/will sit on a dusty shelf...

I find myself using a short (12"-18") cleaning rod with a nylon brush to swab chambers quite often and have 2 full length rod's
1 rod is coated steel for .22cal the other is a composite rod for .284"+
Neither long rod is left on my gun vise for long but it is handy to be able to drop them into the notches in the support Colum now and then to catch a drop or two of solvent from running from the muzzle.

The biggest pain I have encounterd so far is keeping track of various brushes jag's and adapters, I'd give special consideration to a organized storage spot to place these in.

A good quality bore guide or two and a patch trap would round out an at home cleaning kit quite nicely....


Others have mentioned as well already everything from magnetic trays to screw driver storage, I personally prefer having 2 seperate storage areas for working/cleaning tool's, a cleaning station gets cluttered up with cleaning supplies very quickly and the same for a work station, mixing the two tasks into 1 small spot ends with searching for small screws in seemingly bottomless stacks of cleaning patches and assorted other small parts.
 
A hockey puck makes a pretty good bench block. You can drill holes in them for driving out pins and route a V-groove for supporting barrels while drifting sights.
 
Can-down said:
A hockey puck makes a pretty good bench block. You can drill holes in them for driving out pins and route a V-groove for supporting barrels while drifting sights.
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I've got a round block of UHMW that I've been planning to use for just this purpose for the last 10 years. Time to fire up the drill press!
 
Bartledan said:
Fits in a pocket, and works like a hot diggity, though. I've got a basement full of sheyet I don't take out on the trail.

Or use anymore at all, now that I think of it.
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Unfortunately, fitting in your pocket doesn't make it clean barrels any better. As well, the OP is looking for things to store in the gun caddy that he is building, not things to carry in his pocket.
 
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