Gun Cleaning Thread

[Cubo de Sangre]

In watching some vids, I saw some guys use picks, some guys using brushes and so on. I didn't have either on hand so I just used Q-tips to get the little hard to reach crevices and making sure now to leave any strands of cotton behind.

Picks are awesome.

 

[v.kevin]

It depends on what you are trying to eradicate...

If you do semi-regular maintenance cleaning, q-tips are going to be effective. If you clean after every 5,000 rounds....

not so much.

 

[PlayswellwithLawnDarts]

Any thing that strips the Copper and Lead residue
from the Barrel is a health hazard. Hoppes is nasty stuff too TS
Try Bluguard VCI. Well oiled firearms can be stored for a long period in those bags.

 

[RerouteToRemain]

When I go hunting I sometimes have problems with uncleaned gun. Do you have any suggestions for making it convenient to carry in a backpack?

Can you be more specific? Are you not cleaning the gun before you go hunting. Is it getting dirty from the environment? What exactly are you talking about.

A quick small set up.

Small bottle of clp

Bore snake

If you need more than that for some reason they sell stuff like this

 

[Roaming East]

strike industries anti-venom gun cleaner? fucking awesome. ive been using it to unf-k customers dirty suppressed systems for a week now and ive been impressed as hell.

 

[My Spot]

I've been using Hoppe's Elite lately because it's supposed to be odorless. I don't think it is though. :/
What do y'all think about wipes? I've seen them from Break Free and Remington.

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

Sweets works good for copper fouling, but lately I use this one everything else, bolts, barrels, suppressor. Mixed with GM top engine cleaner, it's even better.

 

[Omegaboy13]

I've been using Hoppe's Elite lately because it's supposed to be odorless. I don't think it is though. :/
What do y'all think about wipes? I've seen them from Break Free and Remington.

I use the wipes on the outside of my firearms just to give them a coating before storing them away.

 

[wvboy]

I've mainly been using BreakThrough Clean products for a while now, and I like them. Their solvents and cleaners don't have a foul odor like Hoppes so I can clean my guns in the house without stinking up the place. I was given a bag of packets of Ballistol wipes that I've been trying to use up. The stuff seems to work well because I haven't noticed any barrel finish deterioration, but the wipes smell absolutely awful.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

I've mainly been using BreakThrough Clean products for a while now, and I like them. Their solvents and cleaners don't have a foul odor like Hoppes so I can clean my guns in the house without stinking up the place. I was given a bag of packets of Ballistol wipes that I've been trying to use up. The stuff seems to work well because I haven't noticed any barrel finish deterioration, but the wipes smell absolutely awful.

At this point I'm more concerned with toxicity than smell.

 

[wvboy]

At this point I'm more concerned with toxicity than smell.

The Breakthrough stuff is non-toxic, but that was never a selling point to me. I don't clean my guns so frequently where the toxicity of a cleaner really matters to me all that much.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

The Breakthrough stuff is non-toxic, but that was never a selling point to me. I don't clean my guns so frequently where the toxicity of a cleaner really matters to me all that much.

Thanks.

I clean after most every use and liberally apply whatever's being used. Plus I think fumes are given off when firing.

 

[My Spot]

At this point I'm more concerned with toxicity than smell.

The smell of ANY cleaner gives me flashbacks to being stuck at the armory.