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Cleaning guns

Remington1981Remington1981 Member Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited June 2008 in General Discussion
Cleaning a used Glock 42 before I put it out and I've got a ton of different chemicals here to use. I get free samples and I try to stay on top of the latest and greatest but I still find myself picking up the old Hoppe's no9. It's been around forever and I'm sure if there's a test I have at least trace amounts in my blood but it works as well as anything I know. If I have heavy copper deposits I will use something stronger but for everyday handgun cleaning I haven't found anything to beat it. I take great comfort that some things remain the same. Must be an old man thing.[:)][:)]
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  • Remington1981Remington1981 Member Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We run about sixty rental guns here for our range and that means a lot of cleaning. I usually have my guys do it during down time but sometimes I grab one and if it's just one I don't mind and find it almost therapeutic. This year I replaced the Desert Eagle .50AE with a stainless .44 magnum and tonight I noticed the safeties were loose so went ahead and tore it all the way down for a good cleaning. Well it took over an hour before I finished scraping all the carbon off this monster. Customers like to rent them but maintenance is a pain.
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  • Remington1981Remington1981 Member Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    [8D]We talk about "gun safes" and rust , about "golden rods" and rust inhibits, but we NEED to " monthly ,clean FONDLE those firearms-right??A Firearm should never rust from lack of attention! RIGHT???They're not close to a good looking Blond, but who's to measure.?[}:)][}:)][}:)][}:)]

    On your mark-get set- go away!!
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  • Remington1981Remington1981 Member Posts: 1,431 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have seen that several people on here clean their guns diffently. I am going to list the steps that I take to clean mine and let you guys critique it. Please feel free to add anything else that I need to do or not do

    1. Dry brush through the barrel to lossen fouling
    2. Wet patch soaked in Hoppes BR copper remover
    3. dry patch
    4. repeat steps 2-3 until patch comes out mostly clean
    5. wet patch with the same cleaner as step2 and leave in over night
    6. Next day run antoher wet patch through followed by a series of dry patches.
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  • leftytwogunsleftytwoguns Member Posts: 785 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    -a patch soaked in hoppes#9
    -a copper brushing
    -a dry patch
    -repeat the first three steps
    -a patch of Sweet's 7.62 solvent(or Barnes, ammonia smelling stuff)
    -leave that in there while I clean and grease the receiver and slide
    -give it a copper brushing
    -dry patch
    -go through with Hoppy9 again
    -dry patch
    -oily patch through the bore
    -dry patch through the bore
    ---
    Everybody does it different. This gets it clean like I want it.
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  • mondmond Member Posts: 6,458
    edited November -1
    & use a hoppe's pull thru every 10 shots, on the bigger cals (223+).
    i find it keeps the accuracy sweeeeeeeet [;)]
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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Your supposed to clean em??? [:0]
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by leftytwoguns
    -a patch soaked in hoppes#9
    -a copper brushing
    -a dry patch
    -repeat the first three steps
    -a patch of Sweet's 7.62 solvent(or Barnes, ammonia smelling stuff)
    -leave that in there while I clean and grease the receiver and slide
    -give it a copper brushing
    -dry patch
    -go through with Hoppy9 again
    -dry patch
    -oily patch through the bore
    -dry patch through the bore
    ---
    Everybody does it different. This gets it clean like I want it.
    Just about what I do. Except for my AK. I still clean it that way but I only clean it about once every 4th or 5th time out (sometimes even longer between cleaning). When I clean it it comes out solid black for a little while.
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  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When they are unloaded first it cuts down on the "Shot himself while cleaning his gun" reports. Also makes it much easier to run the brush and patch through.
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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  • slipgateslipgate Member Posts: 12,741
    edited November -1
    I just throw them in the dishwasher. Works like a charm!
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  • Spc FergusonSpc Ferguson Member Posts: 2,383 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
    When they are unloaded first it cuts down on the "Shot himself while cleaning his gun" reports. Also makes it much easier to run the brush and patch through.

    very good point james.
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    1 hopps patch
    2 brush
    3 hopps patch
    4 several dry patches
    5 rem oil on patch
    6 clean and oil the rest of the rifle.
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1. fill barrel with wipe-out foam
    2. walk away
    3. come back in 24hrs
    4. insert bore guide and patch out blue liquid that used to be copper
    5. run wet montana extreme patch
    6. if anything on patch, go back to step 1.
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  • bobskibobski Member Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    power wash with garden hose for 30 seconds to blow away anything left on surface.[:D] oil.
    Retired Naval Aviation
    Former Member U.S. Navy Shooting Team
    Former NSSA All American
    Navy Distinguished Pistol Shot
    MO, CT, VA.
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  • Horse Plains DrifterHorse Plains Drifter Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 40,236 ***** Forums Admin
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bobski
    power wash with garden hose for 30 seconds to blow away anything left on surface.[:D] oil.
    That how you clean an M21?[;)]
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In the old days we just pulled up to the filling station, went to the regular pump, opened the action, and washed the gun out. Now that gas is so expensive and since we have the high tub model dishwasher, I find the heavy load setting works pretty well; just substitute Hoppes for the Cascade.

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • headzilla97headzilla97 Member Posts: 6,445
    edited November -1
    insert cleaning stuff then run bore snake through then oil
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