| If the gun fails to fire in that
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| | protect the chamber or muzzle crown from
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| situation, you probably won't live to
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| | damage.
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| regret it anyway. Neither will your
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| | Clean the action with a blast of
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| family. (Of course, you can hide in your
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| | pressurized solvent such as Gun Scrubber
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| room and wait for your local overworked
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| | by Birchwood Casey. It cleans without
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| and understaffed police force to come to
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| | leaving a residue.
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| your rescue. But that's another subject.)
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| | Oil Lightly! Oil attracts dirt! If you
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| Clean Your Gun!
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| | can see oil, you probably oiled too much!
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| Cleaning Tips
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| | If you're concerned that you've oiled too
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| Use a bronze wire brush for normal bore
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| | much, try storing your gun with the
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| cleaning. When removing copper, heavy
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| | barrel down. This will prevent oil or
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| lead fouling, or plastic shotgun wad
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| | solvent from seeping into the wooden
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| fouling use a nylon brush with Shooters
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| | stock.
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| Choice or similar bore cleaner. (Shooters
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| | Strip clean about every 800 rounds or so.
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| Choice is a powerful bore cleaner, will
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| | If you don't know how and don't have an
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| eat bronze brushes.)
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| | owners manual, take the gun to a
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| Run the bronze brush through the bore
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| | Gunsmith. It doesn't cost that much.
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| once for every round fired. (I prefer
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| | (It's cheaper than having him replace
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| Hoppes #9 solvent for light cleaning.)
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| | that spring that went flying into the
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| If you are serious about the care of your
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| | recesses of your oh so clean garage or
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| gun invest in a coated steel or brass
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| | basement work room.)
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| cleaning rod. Aluminum rods are soft.
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| | There's much more to gun care, but this
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| They collect grit and particles that can
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| | info should put you ahead of the game. If
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| scratch the bore.
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| | you want to learn more, check out a hobby
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| Wipe the rod off after every pass through
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| | gunsmith course such as one offered here
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| the bore.
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| | at The Fish Creek House and Gun Club in
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| Use a brass jag to push patches through
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| | Southwest Montana We offer Firearms
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| the bore. Dragging a dirty patch in a
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| | training repair, rebluing, nickel, chrome
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| slotted tip back through the bore is not
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| | plating, teflon, custom work from recoil
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| what I call cleaning.
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| | pad installation to complete custom
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| Use a bore guide or brass "bumper" to
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| | rifles and handguns built to your specs.
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