Re: where can I get a good cleaning kit for my 308?
.308 Cleaning Checklist
w/ links:
file:///Users/esminbritt/Desktop/Assymetrical%20&%20Symetrical%20%20/Rifles/Proshot%20Rods.webarchivehttps://www.deweyrods.com/cart/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=486
http://www.mpro7.com/
http://www.skdtac.com/SLIP2000-Extreme-Weapons-Lubricant-p/slp.105.htm
I didn’t buy a kit. I chose a kit piece by piece and I’m glad I did. Above, you will find links to sites where you can find the products I list below
I use a Pro Shot Micro-polished stainless steel, uncoated rod. The 36” rod just fits all the way through my rifle and bore guide (J Dewey Bore guide). I have a Rem 700 .308 R5 Milspec 24” bull barrel. Make sure to get a rod for a minimum .27 calibre bore. Smaller rods have too much slop & can damage the bore, throat, & crown. It’s also important to use a bore guide to ensure that the rod goes in straight. The Pro Shot rod came with a patch holder and a tapered adapter to hold smaller brushes. Make sure to use this adapter or else there will be a sharp ridge where the brush seats on to the rod. That ridge can also damage the bore, the throat, & the crown. There is much debate over whether to use a coated or an uncoated rod. Pro Shot does a very nice job w/ their micro-polishing. Coated rods can accumulate abrasives and those abrasives can get embedded in the coating. That abrasive can come off in your gun. Plastic shavings can also be scraped off the coating. You obviously don’t want plastic shavings in your. As long as you use a bore guide, high quality uncoated rods are safe for the barrel, & they also don’t accumulate abrasives. Whatever you do, get a one piece rod. Segmented rods are problematic for a few reasons. Just don’t do it
As for cleaners, the MPro7 cleaners are quite good. The copper cleaner works very well with only 2 passes and a brush in between. Don’t let the solutions mix in the barrel. It can damage the metal surface. Always dry patch the bbl in between using the cleaner and the copper remover. A friend told me that Hoppes 9 only gets out about ½ of the carbon. I did a quick test to see. I did 4 cycles of Hoppes (patch, brush, patch). The last pass came out clean. Then I immediately did 4 more cycles using MPro 7 general cleaner. The first 2 were filthy and the 3rd came out clean. So there was A LOT more carbon left that the hopes didn’t dissolve. I tried a control test the next time I finished shooting, using the MPro7 first this time. 3 cycles of MPro and the and 3rd came out clean. Then I ran 3 cycles using Hoppes and all 3 came out spotless. Enough Said.
For lubrication, all good lubes will most likely be good enough for most people. I use SLIP 2000 EWL (Extreme Weapons Lube). That stuff holds up very well. Militec-1 is also supposed to be good stuff.
I use brass brushes to clean the bore.. I also use a plastic bristled brush and sponge, both for .45 ACP pistol cleaning, to clean the chamber, receiver, etc. of my bolt gun.