Great thread guys!

Anyways hear is what i do. For barrel cleaning i start out using "Sweets 7.62" I run a saturated patch (always using a bore guide) thru the barrel and then a dry patch. I repeat this procedure until all signs of copper/lead fouling are removed. Now "Sweets 7.62" does contain ammonia in it so it must be removed from the bore, which in the next step it will be. Next I use a 50/50 mixture of "Kroil" and "Shooters Choice MC#7". Run down a saturated patch and then follow with a dry patch. I then repeat this procedure until the patched come out as clean as they went in. I have had great luck using this process, i never have a need to use brushes in my bores by using this procedure. One look down the bore and you wont go back to anything else!

For the exterior of my rifles i stumbled across "Lucas Gun Oil" (yea the auto oil guys). It comes in a small 1-2 oz. bottle looks very similar to a synthetic ATF fluid. Accually, i'm sure it is just that, re-bottled ATF oil. Well, i guess i don't care if it is, or isn't because this stuff is the best, period! A few drops on a soft, lint free rag and wipe everything down. It leaves a thin coat that LASTS, Also, it wont evaporate off like some of the "solvent" type oils out there, but at the same time its not overly oily either. Sometimes, if i know a rifle will be sitting unused for a long period of time, after the above barrel procedure, i will then run a patch with a few drops of "Lucas Oil" thru the rifles bore as well. followed up by one dry patch.