gun cleaning please help... lol

[xbox360]

I dont know much about cleaning guns and I wanted to check if I have all the right stuff and I am doing it right. I have rem oil, hoppes gun oil, bore cleaner, a delux cleaning kit w/ brushes/and ram rods/cleaning pads. I take the cleaning pads put bore cleaning ram it down the bore 2-3 times, wipe the inside with clean pads 4-6 times ( I cut the pads in half to fit in my .22) then what should I do ??? I use bore cleaning in the mag slot and up by the chamber entance for the bullet.. is this right or should I be using the other oil type? I also use air dust blasters to remove gun powerd residue.

after I shoot I see all the copper build up so I clean it, once I am done the barrel is nice and clean.

whats the difference in rem oil and gun oil ?

 

[psyopspec]

It sounds like you have a right idea. Don't bother counting how many patches and swipes you use - just continue repeating the process until they're coming out light gray. Or, if you're just sitting down to watch Gone With The Wind, Titanic, Heat, or a myriad of other epic films, go ahead and go for inspection white on those patches. If your gun has a plastic lower, don't bother with the oil in the mag well. Just wipe it out with a cloth pushed through with a cleaning rod.

Couple other general tips I use, but not necessarily endorsed by others:

-Use cotton swabs for the nooks and cranies - slide rails, trigger wells, corners of the bore, etc.

-Clean as much as possible dry. When carbon is chipped or wiped off dry, it's crusty. When you add oil it becomes a sludge and migrates all over.

-Get a dental pick. Order online, milsurp store, or ask your dentist nicely. Works great for cleaning the breach face on handguns, under the extractor, star chamber on an AR, etc. Make your own if you like by cutting a coat hanger where it rounds the bottom and in the middle of the straight part (about 5-6 inches) so you have a stem to work with. Take this outside. Find a rock and a sewer lid. Flatten the ends of the piece of metal you cut. Voila! Gun cleaning pick.

-Watch gun movies. It helps pass the time and reinforces the labor of love.

I don't worry about the canned air, but if you think it works for you, go for it.

whats the difference in rem oil and gun oil ?

Rem Oil tends to evaporate sooner than a lot of other oils with lower viscosity. Not a concern most of the time, but be careful in very wet environments or when prepping a gun for long-term storage.

 

[Straight Shooter]

+1 on the cotton swabs (Q-tips) it really helps with tight spots. Get ones with a hard shaft (or whatever its called). Wooden ones work really well.

 

[xbox360]

can I use my bore cleaning in the chamber area? [ mag feeds in at and bullets eject from. or should I use rem oil for that? if rem oil is just about the same as gun oil I should take back the oil ?

 

[Auburn1992]

Here is my routine which seems to work fairly well:

Take a one piece cleaning rod (much better than a 2 or 3 piece)
Put correct caliber bore brush on it, with a patch soaked in Hoppe's 9 bore cleaner
Do about 5-6 passes with a bore brush
Switch to only patches soaked in Hoppes (do every other one soaked until clean)
Once clean, put a patch soaked in BreakFree CLP, then one clean patch.
Clean the rest of the gun with BF CLP (unless it's a handgun, then use Hoppe's lube for the rails.
If it is not one of my target guns, and something like a shotgun or plinking gun, spray some WipeOut down it, wait a few minutes and push it out with a clean patch. Then do the rest as stated above.

 

[Mark whiz]

Yes Xbox - it is ok and a good idea to clean out your chamber with your cleaning solution. Wrap a cleaning patch with solution around a bore brush and work it in and out through the chamber and repeat with another patch or 2 and you should be good to go.

I'd hold onto the Rem oil - it's good for any lubrication need with the gun and other things around the house. Just use the gun oil to coat your bore while it's stored and you will be fine.

 

[AKElroy]

This is what I do for my Glocks; other guns generally take less time as they are more difficult to detail strip & I just don't do it. Glocks are easy enough to detail strip the slide. Over a plastic bowl, I drop in the firing pin & spring, ejector & spring, blast the internals of the slide with brake cleaner over the bowl, the overflow cleans the little bits in the bowl. I do not usually detail strip the frame, but if it is bad enough I will blast it with brake cleaner. I use cotton swabs & hopps #9 on all the exposed grime, clean the frame & slide rails, breach face & all metal surfaces with cotton patches soaked w/ #9. For the barrel, I dribble a generous dose of #9 while holding the muzzle & breech closed with my finger & thumb, shake a little, empty into bowl, run brass brush through 10-12 times, rinse once more with a little #9, then pull a boresnake through 3 or 4 times, 2 or 3 drops of light oil on the leading edge of the snake. I use VERY LITTLE oil on the slide rails, applied with a cotton swab to just coat evenly. Ditto the exposed metal parts of the frame. I never drip oil anywhere in the action, I prefer to use the swabs to control the amount. It will migrate where it's needed. Since I blasted the slide with brake cleaner, I use a cotton swab dipped in #9 to apply some corrosion protection to the slide internals, not oil, and I let it dry before re-assembling. Same for the internal slide bits. I apply 3 or 4 drops of light oil to the outside finish with my finger & wipe it down, ditto the outside of the barrel. I have night sights, so I finish with windex on a cotton swab to clean the trijicon lenses. Reload & put up, pick up next gun & repeat. I have invested in boresnakes for every caliber I own. My days of waiting for white patches are behind me.