First get ya good cleaning rod. I like the dewey coated rod. Steer clear of the three piece kits by hoppes. Second, use you a nice bore guide. I like the ones by Stoney point. Third, I don't like bronze brushes, I go with nylon from brownells. Get ya a good jag to fit your rod. The plastic ones are junk and useless. Nice patches are a must for me. I like the cloth patches. But they are expensive. I use Sweets, Wipe Out, Shooters Choice, and JB's Bore bright.

With the strong ammonia type cleaners like Sweets, and CR-10, don't leavein the barrel for more than 5 min. Just follow the directions. Want to run 3 clean patches at least to get out all the ammonia. Some guys use brake cleaner to get this out. This removes copper. Oil immediatley if going this route. You still might have some hard carbon build up from not cleaning. The bore bright can help you here. I like Shooters Choice to remove the bore bright.

I use different methods depending on the situation or time I got. If no big hurry, use wipe out and leave overnight. Great stuff. bascially a foam youleave in the barrel. Eats out all the copper, and some carbon. I don't worry about carbon build up everytime. When I notice it, I clean it out every 5 shooting sessions.