What cleaning products?

[adam f]

I need to get some cleaning kit for my shotgun.

 

Ive been making do with a bit of acetone, 3-in-1 and some cotton rags and a piece of dowl.

 

So what do I need? A cleaning kit with mops and copper brush etc? Also what fuilds or oils etc do people recommend?

 

Thanks

 

Adam

[covlocks]

You need Oil, Barrel Cleaner, Rod, Bronze and Nylon Brushes, Mop, Jags, etc.

 

Best is to get a basic kit from your local gun shop, or from e-bay, masses to choose from, and plenty of reliable brand names. Once you have a kit, as each item runs out you will have a better idea if that product suits you, keep it or change it at will.

 

I can tell you brand names that I use, but it will start a flurry of mine is better than yours type of discussions. So buy a complete, inexpensive kit (ebay is a great place for that and I have seen some good cheap Bisley kits recently) and make your own changes as your product knowledge increases.

[Bloke]

Make sure you get some proper cleaner, as Browning told me I didn't need it, that I could just use their own product (Legia spray) for everything. Before long, despite cleaning every time I shot, the barrels had a good coating of plastic streaking etc. Bought some Napier gun cleaner and Hey Presto! - mirror-clean barrels again! Don't get me wrong - Legia is ok, but now I use it like some people use WD40 - for final coating on metal/wood etc, to keep out moisture, finger marks etc, but not as good as a proper cleaner and some good gun grease. If you don't want to spend hours with the scissors, or you've run out of rags, Fleabay sells forbytoo patches on a roll - I got 75 metres for just over a fiver. Oh, and don't forget to take out your chokes (If it is a multi choke gun, that is) and clean them every time you clean the rest of the gun.

Edited August 5, 2010 by Bloke

[HDAV]

Or be lazy and get a boresnake...............bit of spray, pull through, bit of a wipe, job done....

[steve_b_wales]

Also get yourself a bottle of Hoppe's 009 oil. Excellent stuff.

[apache]

Also get yourself a bottle of Hoppe's 009 oil. Excellent stuff.

I bought some but not sure what it shifts that my usual Napier stuff doesn't?

[Cranfield]

Napier Gun Oil is probably the best all round product, it also contains VP90 corrosion inhibitors.

 

Youngs 303 Oil is the best smelling oil.

My Grandfather used it and his "study" stunk of the stuff, whenever I smell it I think of him.

[killer_pigeon]

one of these muzzle loader chaps put me onto Hoppes No9 black powder solvent.

 

it gets rid of stubborn marks with ease

[Dekers]

Shotgun.

 

Ever so difficult this one as everyone will have their preferred options, I like Youngs 303, Express Gun Oil (Both Parker Hale) and Legia.

 

These are all getting on a bit and I would be surprised if there are not better cleaning/protective solvents out there now.

[VicW]

Car brake cleaner is an excellent gun cleaner for all uses. It is not a lubricant so don't forget a light smear of oil when you have done the cleaning.

Two very useful tools for gun cleaning are cotton buds and kitchen roll.Cotton buds for the nooks and crannies and kitchen roll for anything else including poking down barrels to clean the crud out.

Hinge pins and any load bearing points should have grease on them.I use white lithium grease which is good for choke threads as well.

Acetone was mentioned earlier. Acetone is an extremely powerful solvent and will remove oil/varnish from wood and blacking/blueing from barrels. It is highly flammable to the point where it is bloody dangerous and is toxic!!