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Looking to spruce up my gun cleaning kit. Is there a kit you all like or do you ala carte everything? What are some must haves? God, Family, Country. | ||
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I go a la carte. 1. Slip cleaning solution 2. Slip EWL 3. Hoppes bore snake 4. 2" cloth pads 5. bore rod "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book | |||
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I purchase everything la carte as I find most kit quality lacking. One of the best find was this modular toolbox system for storage. | |||
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Bore tech cleaners. No smell- water soluble. Works well. | |||
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A "channel cleaning tool". Makes it easy to clean slide rails. 9 bucks on Amazon. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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Cotton swabs. Not the crappy Q-Tips; the medical grade swabs with long wooden stick handles. The cotton is wound tightly and doesn't come off. Great for cleaning nooks and crannies, and for applying oil or grease. I use Dynarex 6" Cotton-tipped applicators, found on Amazon. "If Gun Control worked, Chicago would look like Mayberry, not Thunderdome" - Cam Edwards | |||
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The wooden handle cotton swabs are great. You can buy in a big pack. Think Midway USA. I like simple. Think Otis. Both pistol and carbine kits. "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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I like using one of those $10 throw away toothbrushes that has a vibrating head. It really helps break up and get to the gunk in the hard to reach areas. | |||
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I a al carte everything. Along with a big bag of cotton patches, get a pair of these collapsing scissors. The work very well.  I also like Tipton Deluxe rods for pistols and Max Force rods for rifles. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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The cake is a lie! |
I use plastic "credit card" wrapped with a couple patches fits nicely inside rails. | |||
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This thread is timely for me. Somehow I’ve misplaced my cleaning kit. Looks like it’s time to put something together. | |||
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An ultrasonic cleaner can eliminate much of all that stuff. You would only need a brush, some bronze brushes, a mop, and pads. You still have to go thru the motions of cleaning, but it's a breeze. Bob I am no expert, but think I am sometimes. | |||
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As mentioned , industrial size Q-tips . Bore snakes . Screwdrivers with the correct tips . | |||
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Can of break cleaner "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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Ballistol. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt" "The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris | |||
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Do you own just handguns? If not, "we're gonna need a bigger boat". TXLe has a good piece of gear. A good tackle box (like fishermen use) is also great! Extra bronze brushes, toothbrushes, a small pick (helps getting off caked on carbon), I have 3 bore brushes for the popular calibers, a small container of Balistol, carb or non chlorinated break cleaner, the long, wooden q-tips, a 18"x18" piece of old sweatshirt that I use as a mat, another smaller rag. https://store.fixitsticks.com Gotta have some tools! There's an armorers hammer in there too. Everything is ala carte' in my kit. ______________________________________________________________________ "When its time to shoot, shoot. Dont talk!" “What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It’s not good at much else.” —Author Tom Clancy | |||
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Thank you all! Now time to invest in an ultrasonic God, Family, Country. | |||
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I've been told that they are good for cleaning jewelry, too. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| I made it so far, now I'll go for more |
I got the one from Brownels that is a two stage setup. A cleaning cycle and then you add the oiling/ protecting stage. Bob I am no expert, but think I am sometimes. | |||
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Caution-when using brake cleaner, wear wrap around, close fitting safety glasses. Last summer I had the nozzle backwards and got a blast dead in both eyes. I ran for the kitchen dish rinsing gun thing and flushed until the kitchen floor was thoroughly soaked. This was another accident that COULD have been avoided. On the other hand, a 60's era Great Western 22 revolver that had been totally gunked up got nice and clean. | |||
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