I'll be buying a 12 guage shotgun tomorrow and I have a 9mm with 50 rounds through it. What do you all recommend for a cleaning kit? Prefer it comes with cleaner and brushes to clean both my pistol and shotgun.
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Quality cleaning kit under $100
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Scarecrow
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I honestly have not had a complaint yet with my Winchester Universal Gun Cleaning Kit in Wooden Presentation Box - Walmart.com
Granted, I have years worth of supplies in my range ammo can, but this kit had everything I needed to clean the .410, 12 gauge, .45, .40, and the .22lr's. .30-06 was lacking, but the .308 brushes worked well until I got a boresnake for that.
Good starting set-up, you'll acquire the rest of your kit over years of piecemealing. Get a bottle of Hoppes #9 to break up carbon and some CLP for cleaning and lubing and some rags and patches and you'll be all set.
Granted, I have years worth of supplies in my range ammo can, but this kit had everything I needed to clean the .410, 12 gauge, .45, .40, and the .22lr's. .30-06 was lacking, but the .308 brushes worked well until I got a boresnake for that.
Good starting set-up, you'll acquire the rest of your kit over years of piecemealing. Get a bottle of Hoppes #9 to break up carbon and some CLP for cleaning and lubing and some rags and patches and you'll be all set.
All you need is a tooth brush, CLP type cleaner, bore brush, patches, rod, and a cleaning jag. OTIS kits are good for pistols/rifles and for a shotgun a cheap Kleen Bore kit. You don't have to get fancy, Remington makes a universal kit for everything from .22 to 12 gauge in one kit for $50.
Golddiggie
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Get boresnake's for each caliber along with a bottle of Hoppe's No 9 cleaning solution and some good lube (TetraGun is good stuff, or Hoppe's gun lube). You should be able to get all in for well under $100. If you want rods and such, just get a decent rifle cleaning kit along with a brush for each caliber (doubt you'll need it with the snakes)...
I used to go with the brushes and patches routine, until I used one of the snakes. Now I use them for all my firearms. Makes cleaning the barrel crazy easy (and fast). You can get the nylon cleaning brushes, or just pick up a cheap tooth brush for the extra bits.
Also go to Harbor Freight and get a set of the dental picks they sell (under $5). Those will help you get into the tight spots that everything else might not.
Just priced the snakes on Amazon... $12-$16 [each] for the pistol and shotgun snakes. If you have a Prime membership, shipping will be free.
I used to go with the brushes and patches routine, until I used one of the snakes. Now I use them for all my firearms. Makes cleaning the barrel crazy easy (and fast). You can get the nylon cleaning brushes, or just pick up a cheap tooth brush for the extra bits.
Also go to Harbor Freight and get a set of the dental picks they sell (under $5). Those will help you get into the tight spots that everything else might not.
Just priced the snakes on Amazon... $12-$16 [each] for the pistol and shotgun snakes. If you have a Prime membership, shipping will be free.
warwickben
bubba Kalashnikov
Wallmart has cheap kits.
I mainly buy brushes per the gun and just make my own mainly useing Otis stuff.
Bore brushes work good to.
I mainly buy brushes per the gun and just make my own mainly useing Otis stuff.
Bore brushes work good to.
I actually bought one of these just last night, I needed something better than what I had or should I say, what I was left with
This.
I'm going with your suggestion. Placed my Amazon order just now. 2 Hoppe's boresnakes, Hoppe's patches pk 500, Hoppe's cleaning solvent 5 oz. and Hoppe's lube oil. Total was $47.31. Is there a larger size on the oil? I bought the 2.25 oz bottle.
Thanks a million from a newby
Golddiggie
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I'd just go with the small bottle to start. I picked up a small bottle of their Precision oil that I expect will last a long time. Use the larger bottle until it's gone, for big areas. You an use the precision placement bottle on places like the slide/frame rails on the pistol. The stuff is high quality, and works really well. Plus, it's damned cheap.
If you're close to Hudson (NH), come on up/over with something we can use the oil on. You can also try out the Tetra Gun grease I have to see how you like that (before buying)...
Very generous of you. I live in the commy state MetroWest area. I will be attending the SL gun shop open house this Saturday in Mason NH.
Golddiggie
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Mason, NH isn't that far from me... If you want to swing over, let me know and I'll PM you my address. You probably won't even need to dip into the nanny state on the drive over. ![[laugh]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/012.gif "Laugh [laugh]")
I just got this Otis kit from Amazon. Hard to beat for the price.
Otis Tactical Cleaning System with 6 Brushes : Amazon.com : Sports & Outdoors
Otis Tactical Cleaning System with 6 Brushes : Amazon.com : Sports & Outdoors
Simple Green, bore snakes, axel grease, and 1:1 mixture of Mobil 1 5W/30 and Mobil 1 ATF. Cotton t-shirt squares instead of patches. I also have dental tools from Harbor Freight, magnetic tray, forceps, and a decent stand to keep most of the stuff in.
Did I mention I'm a cheap bastard?
Did I mention I'm a cheap bastard?
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Substitute Fireclean for Hoppes. I made the switch and am never using anything else. Stuff is amazing. You can find it on Amazon.
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Chris
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You can get this very comprehensive kit from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001Q8H6DY
I love the Otis kits. Pulling patches are easier and much less likely to do damage. Their special patches are not cheap, but you can use normal ones most of the time.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001Q8H6DY
I love the Otis kits. Pulling patches are easier and much less likely to do damage. Their special patches are not cheap, but you can use normal ones most of the time.
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If I am cleaning .22lr, 9mm and .45 pistols along with 5.56 and 7.62 rifles, is there any benefit to the above Otis kit ($55) over the one a few posts back ($35)?
Otis Tactical Cleaning System with 6 Brushes : Amazon.com : Sports & Outdoors
(I currently own boresnakes for each caliber.)
mikelawtown
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CLP and Frog Lube is all i use. works for me.
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^Excellent recommendations here. I have a couple of regular kits, one for 9mm pistols, and a rifle kit, plus an Otis tactical kit that covers just about everything up to 12 gauge, and I mainly use just the #9 and oils out of the kits these days, and find that the Boresnakes are my main "go to" cleaning tools along with nylon brush for mechanisms, trigger parts, etc., and Q-tips. Also, non-chlorinated brake cleaner is cheap and very effective to handle a quick hose down for stuff like AR uppers, BCG, etc. that get really gunked up and it doesn't hurt plastics or most finishes.
