Gun Cleaning Thread - What do you use?

sweets 7.62, butches bore shine, shooters choice. spray bore brush (if used) with brake cleaner, after use, to remove solvent from brush. I also use hoppes, usually after an initial cleaning with one of the first mentioned. the sweets 7.62 may be the best for copper fouling ,but you don't want to leave it in the bore for any period of time.

 

Hopes and I keep an old tshirt sleeve soaked in rem oil in a ziplock bag that I use to wipe down the exterior of my guns at the range or feild with.

 

As an outside polisher - we use a Gun/Reel silicone clothe

 

i also use simple green. gets all the gunk off. break down pistol and spray. take nylon brush to clean and rinse with hot water. then use air compressor to dry of parts. hoppes #9 to oil up parts and assembly pistol.

 

There is home recipe for an excellent general gun cleaner out there on the net if you search for "Ed's Red".

I use a simpler version of that recipe by mixing equal parts of automatic transmision fluid and mineral spirits (or kerosene). However, you still need one of the good copper solvents for removing copper jacket residue from your rifle bores.

I also keep some of the spray gun scrubbers on hand for quick flushouts of the internals without dissassebly.

 

Watch out for aluminum when using Simple Green. It will f it up.

 

^thanks for the tip