Hello all!
I own a UTAS XTR-12, 12GA 3” on an AR15 platform. It’s my first gun that I’ve owned(don’t judge) and I’m relatively new to the whole gun care thing.
Anyways, it’s smooth bore (I believe that’s what it’s called, when the barrel is clean it’s all shiny and smooth inside) and trying to keep it clean is a nightmare. I’m not sure how important it is but I like to clean the barrel until I see absolutely no crud in it, and it take hours and hours of repetitive scrubbing with brass bore brush and then pushing pads through over and over again.
I’m wondering if I’m doing something wrong, because other posters seem to just run brushes through their barrels a few times and be done with it.
I was using M-Pro 7 and I recently switched to Hoppe’s 9 since I used half a bottle of M-pro just getting the barrel clean one time
I also bought a bore snake because I read such wonderful things about them but honestly it doesn’t do squat.
So my questions are:
1) I’ve been tempted to hook my brush rod up to my cordless drill and just spin the **** out of it until it’s clean. Does anyone see a big problem with this?
2) I ordered a can of wd40 specialists cleaner stuff because I read it can help. Any drawbacks to this stuff? Should I just spray a good amount down the barrel and let it sit for a few minutes?
3) I currently own a cheap $15 dollar gun cleaning kit and I’m wondering if it’s actually worth spending like $80 on a higher end one off of amazon like the Marksman Precision universal gun cleaning kit (my girl inherited hand guns in 4 different calibers so I do use a few different sizes)
4) Does anyone have some advise on making cleaning this gun easier? I’ve read that some people use soap and hot water but the idea doesn’t really appeal to me. Any handy tidbits from experienced gun people would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time!
I own a UTAS XTR-12, 12GA 3” on an AR15 platform. It’s my first gun that I’ve owned(don’t judge) and I’m relatively new to the whole gun care thing.
Anyways, it’s smooth bore (I believe that’s what it’s called, when the barrel is clean it’s all shiny and smooth inside) and trying to keep it clean is a nightmare. I’m not sure how important it is but I like to clean the barrel until I see absolutely no crud in it, and it take hours and hours of repetitive scrubbing with brass bore brush and then pushing pads through over and over again.
I’m wondering if I’m doing something wrong, because other posters seem to just run brushes through their barrels a few times and be done with it.
I was using M-Pro 7 and I recently switched to Hoppe’s 9 since I used half a bottle of M-pro just getting the barrel clean one time
I also bought a bore snake because I read such wonderful things about them but honestly it doesn’t do squat.
So my questions are:
1) I’ve been tempted to hook my brush rod up to my cordless drill and just spin the **** out of it until it’s clean. Does anyone see a big problem with this?
2) I ordered a can of wd40 specialists cleaner stuff because I read it can help. Any drawbacks to this stuff? Should I just spray a good amount down the barrel and let it sit for a few minutes?
3) I currently own a cheap $15 dollar gun cleaning kit and I’m wondering if it’s actually worth spending like $80 on a higher end one off of amazon like the Marksman Precision universal gun cleaning kit (my girl inherited hand guns in 4 different calibers so I do use a few different sizes)
4) Does anyone have some advise on making cleaning this gun easier? I’ve read that some people use soap and hot water but the idea doesn’t really appeal to me. Any handy tidbits from experienced gun people would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time!