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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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.
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.
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'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
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
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)...
You can get this very comprehensive kit from Amazon.
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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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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.