The BEST Way To Clean Your Gun

OkayShooter said:
Cable pull thru are the best for when you cannot remove the bolt to use a traditional rod to clean chamber to muzzle.

I use one in my Savage 99, but I have bore guide for the crown if I have to go muzzle to chamber if I cannot do it the traditional way.

But I got a 1 PC stainless rod, multi piece rods, cable pull thru, bore snakes. They all got their pros and cons.

I find cable pull thru retain their curved shape, so you ate fishing a curved cable bore weight down the bore, to pull thru. Then you have to try and grip a slippery cable.And you cannot really do the back and forth scrub.
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No a pull through is not the best way...

Simply insert your quality cleaning rod with on brush on it down the muzzle into the action. Thread a new brush on it with a little solvent and pull it out of the bore. Repeat a few times, then do it with a dry patch... it may be a slow process but it is better than a pull through.
 
guntech said:
No a pull through is not the best way...

Simply insert your quality cleaning rod with on brush on it down the muzzle into the action. Thread a new brush on it with a little solvent and pull it out of the bore. Repeat a few times, then do it with a dry patch... it may be a slow process but it is better than a pull through.
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Sorry I forgot about that method. Could always drop the brush in the action, then insert the rod with your crown protector, and thread it on and pull out. That savage is the only gun I cannot run a rod from the chamber to the muzzle. But like I said there isnt a kit out there that is the best. We all upgrade and build them as we get different actions.
 
OkayShooter said:
I hate having to attach handles to pull them thru and removing them, to drop it back down.

My father has a Travor with 10s of thousand of rounds thru it. From teaching tactical courses, trust me the barrel is chromed lined for a reason. Longevity, as it's a military rifle. My old CSM was queens medal winner 5 times, they only ever used a multi piece steel rods. Its not as bad as you think.

Don't knock hot water. Alot of my guns get cleaned by spraying it with oil, scrubbing it with a tooth brush and running it under hot water.
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Oh I know that about the Tavor but I guess there's just something about being a bit of a newer shooter and also my tenancy to want to baby all my gear :p Though from what I have experienced so far, that Tavor is an absolute masterpiece, and it is MADE to last. I have seen some guys literally dragging it through mud - mind you, the full auto TAR and no issues. It's crazy how reliable that rifle is.

Hot water is definitely something I stayed away from but I figure long as you dry everything and then lube it up later you shouldn't have to worry about rust, right?
 
OkayShooter said:
I hate having to attach handles to pull them thru and removing them, to drop it back down.

My father has a Travor with 10s of thousand of rounds thru it. From teaching tactical courses, trust me the barrel is chromed lined for a reason. Longevity, as it's a military rifle. My old CSM was queens medal winner 5 times, they only ever used a multi piece steel rods. Its not as bad as you think.

Don't knock hot water. Alot of my guns get cleaned by spraying it with oil, scrubbing it with a tooth brush and running it under hot water.
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Yep, hot water is the best thing going for black powder muzzleloaders…
 
X95Operator said:
Oh I know that about the Tavor but I guess there's just something about being a bit of a newer shooter and also my tenancy to want to baby all my gear :p Though from what I have experienced so far, that Tavor is an absolute masterpiece, and it is MADE to last. I have seen some guys literally dragging it through mud - mind you, the full auto TAR and no issues. It's crazy how reliable that rifle is.

Hot water is definitely something I stayed away from but I figure long as you dry everything and then lube it up later you shouldn't have to worry about rust, right?
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Yeah I don't baby my tools.

Yes you need to blow dry the water out and re oil. Quite common if you shoot corrosive ammo. But having a compressor and blow gun is a awesome tool to clean guns.
 
OTIS products are the most bastardized JUNK on the market.

Pulling any "bootlace" thru any bore is NOT cleaning.

Save the B.S. shaving cream for a target, since it's as useless as TITs on a fish.

A proper steel cleaning rod & proper bore guide w/a jag,a patch/solvent & brush is cleaning a bore.
 
He chickened out big time... spraying an AR with hot water... Meh.

Strip it down and throw in some dishwashing soap.. you are going to get an affect on the parts for sure.... for some types of dirt, a very positive effect. For some surface finishes, well, you will remember how it got that way.

Except the bore is still not cleaned... but maybe during the drying process... with a boresnake

Jerry
 
The best way to clean your Gun, well first of all you have to know how to take her apart right down to the smallest piece.

If you don't know, don't want to learn, or are to lazy let your friendly Gunsmith do it.
At least you can be sure he wont loose something tiny like an ejector claw spring which could be hard or impossible or very costly to replace.

Cheers
 
I’ve found that a modified muzzleloader technique works really well to get the powder fouling out. You put the muzzle end into a small bucket that’s partially full of solvent. Then you run a bore brush with a patch over the front half of the brush down the chamber end. The patch acts as a seal. Once the bore brush and patch reaches the bottom (muzzle end must stay submerged in the solvent) you pull up on the rod and stop before you reach the chamber.

This creates a vacuum that pulls solvent up into the bore which picks up the debris loosed by the bore brush. The next push down flushes everything out of the bore. This method works well with cheap solvents like Ed’s Red, but the solvent has to be pretty thin. Heck, I bet straight varsol will work.

After the job is done you can place the dirty solvent in a sealed jar and let the crud settle. Then you can use a syringe or a turkey baster to reclaim the clean solvent for future use.
 
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