Thread: Care & Maintenance Of Our Firearms

I wish they made a soap that smells like 9 lol

To me this thread was meant for both,,,,, I believe that cleaning & maintaining is the same thing,,,, so whatever you want call it,,, care, cleaning, maintenance, storing, presenting,,or just good ole luven your firearm. It all fits this thread.

My only firearm is a 50 cal percussion cap Great Plains Rifle. So far it seems to me that Ballistol is the best option for it.

I had to clean this one tonight, so I snapped a few pictures of my usual setup. My son has been training with it the past 3 weeks, it belongs to him. We got back late tonight & he has school tomorrow, so I'll knock it out for him,,, usually he cleans his own weapons & they must be cleaned the same day as shooting. I bought a square bake pan & place a thick old rag at the bottom; this is my drip/flush pan. The rag absorbs all the junk & is good for a month or two,, then discard. I use WD-40 to flush the parts first, toothbrush & 1st wipe with cloth. The WD-40 pushes carbon, grit & solvent off the metal before the detail cleaning with Q-tips. (Special care not to flush WD-40 into the firing pin area.)









The past month I have been using the M-Pro 7, don't see a problem with it yet. The WD-40 I purchase at Home Depot by the gallon & place in a squirt bottle. It lasts a lot longer than the spray cans & is a lot cheaper in the long run.

When I was working I just disassembled and put it in the ultrasonic cleaner. It came out as clean as a whistle and you don't even get your hands dirty.

Too bad those days are over. It's back to the hoppes for me.

Hello to All,

For bore cleaning I have found Iosso bore paste to be superb

It is what I have been using in my 0.30 Krieger barrelled BAT actioned long range target rifle for years, and it has done a spiffing job.

Have fun

Best regards

Russ

John,

Love the MPro as well. Great stuff.

Gun cleaning is another theraputic activity. I dread getting to it, but once I'm in it, I find it quite relaxing. The happy place.

I don't own any handguns. I do however have a shotgun and a couple of rifles.
The only cleaning I ever do is to pull a boresnake through the bore of my firearms after every use. I apply gun oil maybe once every one or two years.
Even with this very limited maintainance they all look just as good and shoot as well as when I first bought them.

Last time I cleaned any firearms was over 20 years ago.

I used to tear down my pistols and clean and lightly lube all the parts after use and then a quick wipe down with WD40 when assembled.

For big bore CF rifles the barrel got swabbed out with a bronze bush and Sweets 7.62 bore cleaner from the breach end using a bolt guide. The was followed by a light bore swabbing with WD40 which was swabbed out with a dry patch before the next use if I could not fire a fouling shot before use. The receiver lug raceways and lug lock recesses got a cleaning too. The metal parts got a wipe down with WD40 lastly. The bolts got disassembled and cleaned several times a year.

The only firearm that ever gave me grief and it was not for lack of maintenance was my BSA CF long range match rifle. It had a tendency to break extractors so I took to carry a couple of spares with me to matches.

Bob

Fireclean and Froglube.