double10 Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 morning all, christened our first gun today with some clays but having never had to clean a shotgun before I was a bit stuck when we got home. Could someone give me a list of what to do when faced with cleaning it? I ended up doing this: remove chokes, spray bore cleaner down barrel, leave for a few mins, run a clean cloth through a few times till it comes out clean, run a cloth with some gun oil through, clean then oil chokes and put em back in, few drops of oil on some kitchen roll and wipe down action and rest of whole gun, wipe off wood and external metal parts. any advice helpful cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cawdor118 Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 morning all, christened our first gun today with some clays but having never had to clean a shotgun before I was a bit stuck when we got home. Could someone give me a list of what to do when faced with cleaning it? I ended up doing this: remove chokes, spray bore cleaner down barrel, leave for a few mins, run a clean cloth through a few times till it comes out clean, run a cloth with some gun oil through, clean then oil chokes and put em back in, few drops of oil on some kitchen roll and wipe down action and rest of whole gun, wipe off wood and external metal parts. any advice helpful cheers You have pretty much covered it all there mate! I would suggest you phosphor bronze brush the bores before you put patches down as this will remove any stubborn dirt. Remember to clean the action face and remove any grit. A drop of a good gun grease on all metal to metal moving parts will never go a miss either. Cheers and best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lister1 Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Leave the chokes in when rodding the barrels out or you will damage the threads. if you need to remove them clean the put a dab of light gun grease on the threads and out them back.in nefire you brush out the barrels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 As you and the others have said but copper slip grease on thread chokes light grease on metal to metal bearing surfaces and NO gun oil on any wood, use a good quality bees wax on wood every now and then. I like a silicon cloth to wipe down the outside metal but an oily rag does the same. As you and the others have said but copper slip grease on thread chokes light grease on metal to metal bearing surfaces and NO gun oil on any wood, use a good quality bees wax on wood every now and then. I like a silicon cloth to wipe down the outside metal but an oily rag does the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double10 Posted November 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 cheers guys, i have some bees wax from my fly-tying kit, would that suffice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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