I've cleaned many weapons in my career, but since reading these forums I have decided there is a better/proper way to clean bores & such. Where can I go for the right equipment/instructions?
Gunsmithing Weapons Cleaning Tools...
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I usually use Sinclair International for ordering my cleaning gear. They also have decent prices on reloading gear and components.
Geb
I usually use Sinclair International for ordering my cleaning gear. They also have decent prices on reloading gear and components.
Geb
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All you need:
Dewey SS rod appropriate to your caliber
Nylon brushes appropriate to your caliber
Box set of jags
Jag adapters
cotton flannel patches
Sweets 7.62
Hoppes #9
Bore guide for your action
Nylon brush
That's it! Has worked great for 20+ years.
All you need:
Dewey SS rod appropriate to your caliber
Nylon brushes appropriate to your caliber
Box set of jags
Jag adapters
cotton flannel patches
Sweets 7.62
Hoppes #9
Bore guide for your action
Nylon brush
That's it! Has worked great for 20+ years.
Re: Weapons Cleaning Tools...
I use a dewalt 18 volt drill, my dish washer, TC no 9, lens pens, my kid, my wife, some times a friend or two, rem oil, pics, a flexiable mirror, I might think of some things more as well. Ohhhh yeahhh wire wheel.
I use a dewalt 18 volt drill, my dish washer, TC no 9, lens pens, my kid, my wife, some times a friend or two, rem oil, pics, a flexiable mirror, I might think of some things more as well. Ohhhh yeahhh wire wheel.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: C. Dixon</div><div class="ubbcode-body">All you need:
Dewey SS rod appropriate to your caliber
Nylon brushes appropriate to your caliber
Box set of jags
Jag adapters
cotton flannel patches
Sweets 7.62
Hoppes #9
Bore guide for your action
Nylon brush
That's it! Has worked great for 20+ years. </div></div>
What he said but I use brass brushes and at some point you'll need a mild abrasive to manage heat checking and carbon build up, Flitz, JB bore paste, Iosso bore paste are a few that come to mind.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: C. Dixon</div><div class="ubbcode-body">All you need:
Dewey SS rod appropriate to your caliber
Nylon brushes appropriate to your caliber
Box set of jags
Jag adapters
cotton flannel patches
Sweets 7.62
Hoppes #9
Bore guide for your action
Nylon brush
That's it! Has worked great for 20+ years. </div></div>
What he said but I use brass brushes and at some point you'll need a mild abrasive to manage heat checking and carbon build up, Flitz, JB bore paste, Iosso bore paste are a few that come to mind.
Re: Weapons Cleaning Tools...
My stainless 36" one-piece cleaning rod and guide are from Pro-Shot. No special reason, they're what were hanging on the gun shop wall when I bought them. They show no discernable difference from Dewey.
I use a steel long slotted tip for running my patches.
I have pistol bore brushes in 45 cal and 9mm which I use for cleaning chambers. I have various caliber bore brushes, but almost never use them in the bore itself. When I do, it's mainly to spread bore solvent deeper into the rifling prior to soaking. For my purposes, nylon bristles are just as suitible as bronze.
I use Gunslick Foam Bore cleaner and cotton patches. Borescoping indicates it's totally effective, and it's so much easier to use that it's probably dumb not to.
Hoppe's #9 is my liquid solvent of choice. I wet the bores with it prior to extended layups, and patch it out and replace it once or more a month over the Winter. It protects the bore and dislodges stubborn bore residues, leaving a fresh bore to start the new shooting season.
I seriously doubt that anything that relies on mechanical abrasion is going to be particularly helpful. I don't think that bronze bristles are a proper match for carbon glaze.
Theoretically, all residues should respond, eventually, to solvent action. Time is a much underappreciated tool.
The above comment about abrasive and throat checking has caught my attention, and I will be giving it further thought. I guess it depends on what the borescope reveals, although I don't get so much access to it lately.
Greg
My stainless 36" one-piece cleaning rod and guide are from Pro-Shot. No special reason, they're what were hanging on the gun shop wall when I bought them. They show no discernable difference from Dewey.
I use a steel long slotted tip for running my patches.
I have pistol bore brushes in 45 cal and 9mm which I use for cleaning chambers. I have various caliber bore brushes, but almost never use them in the bore itself. When I do, it's mainly to spread bore solvent deeper into the rifling prior to soaking. For my purposes, nylon bristles are just as suitible as bronze.
I use Gunslick Foam Bore cleaner and cotton patches. Borescoping indicates it's totally effective, and it's so much easier to use that it's probably dumb not to.
Hoppe's #9 is my liquid solvent of choice. I wet the bores with it prior to extended layups, and patch it out and replace it once or more a month over the Winter. It protects the bore and dislodges stubborn bore residues, leaving a fresh bore to start the new shooting season.
I seriously doubt that anything that relies on mechanical abrasion is going to be particularly helpful. I don't think that bronze bristles are a proper match for carbon glaze.
Theoretically, all residues should respond, eventually, to solvent action. Time is a much underappreciated tool.
The above comment about abrasive and throat checking has caught my attention, and I will be giving it further thought. I guess it depends on what the borescope reveals, although I don't get so much access to it lately.
Greg
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