Keep your firearm in best condition


Gun Cleaning 101

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



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