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Best supplies to clean with....

AO2000AO2000 Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
edited March 2008 in Ask the Experts
What are some of the best brands to clean your guns with??
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  • CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    High powered rifles... Copper Build up

    Barnes CR 10 (they know copper)
    *Sweets 7.62
    Shooters Choice

    Handguns and rimfires...carbon, powder residue
    *Hoppes #9
    *Birchwood Caseys Bore Scrubber

    Lubricants....
    *Break Free CLP
    *Break Free Lubricant/Protectant
    *Mil Tec - 1
    Browning Oil
    *Tetra

    Other good products from

    Wipe out
    BC
    Hoppes/Elite
    Shooters Choice
    Kleen Bore
    Outers
    Barnes
    Tetra makes some great stuff

    I don't rely on Hoppes to provide adequate rust protection. We have very humid weather here for 8 months of the year and it would destroy a gun in a year. Also, Rem Oil has failed me a couple times.
    I've switched to Break free CLP or just the LP and have had great luck with it.
    Half of the lives they tell about me aren't true.
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  • victorlvlbvictorlvlb Member Posts: 5,004
    edited November -1
    cubslover
    Which of the Militec-1 oils do you use, the metal condtioner or the oil?
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  • AO2000AO2000 Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the information.. We have very humid weather down here as well. I live in Texas right next to the coast.. All this info should work great.. I have a couple of bolt actions and a couple of semi-pistols and have been using Hoppes for the time being.. I'll have to look up these brands and figure what best... Thanks again!!
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  • victorlvlbvictorlvlb Member Posts: 5,004
    edited November -1
    For get my last post , iwas misreading the menu at midways site.
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  • 00scoots00scoots Member Posts: 410 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    What ever brand you choose to clean the barrel of your firearm, use a Hoppe's Bore Snake (in the correct caliber) to clean it with! [;)]
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  • glock__26glock__26 Member Posts: 80 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I use alot of aerosol Rem-Oil myself. Seems to work good in the field, until you can get back home for a real cleaning.
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  • sandwarriorsandwarrior Member Posts: 5,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    AO2000,

    I use Gunslick Bore Foam for my barrels. It works great for removing copper from barrels. You have to let it sit longer than 30 minutes though. I then use use Bore scrubber or Hoppes to clean out the carbon residue from inside the receiver. BreakFree/CLP works good but I haven't run out of this stuff in a while so haven't used it in a couple years.
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  • AO2000AO2000 Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks guys! I recently just got into this hobby of shooting guns.. I've been hunting all my life and my guns were just something I needed.. But I've been getting more into the hobby of shooting them and learning more about them.. Which will help me on the field.. I just bought a Glock Model 20 today and look forward to using that as well.. I'll have to try some of these brands out to see what works best.. Thanks again!
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bore snakes do a very poor job at best. Get a good cleaning rod from Bore Tech or Dewey. Use cotton patches, not synthetic.

    http://www.boretech.com/

    http://www.deweyrods.com/

    http://www.sharpshootr.com/wipeout.htm

    http://www.bluewonder.us/

    The best lubricant I have found is Castrol synthetic gun lube. I gather it is no longer available. If you find some on a shop shelf, grab it!
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wipe-out is the best bore cleaner I have ever used,...and I have used a ton of them. Wipe-out overnight will clean down to the bare metal,......have someone run a borescope up your barrel and you'll know[;)] Montana Extreme 50BMG is also a close runner-up.
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  • MtnloverMtnlover Member Posts: 66 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The Sweets 7.62 and Barnes CR10 are excellent for copper removal, especially when used with a good cleaning rod, like Dewey. If the odor is a real indoor problem for you (or a spouse), try JB paste for copper cleaning.
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