I'm going to give my Kodiak one more thorough cleaning before Saturday. It seems I read somewhere that you could use Mean Green to clean it with. Could I use that on the breech plug as well as the barrell? Also, should I scrub the barrell with a brass brush or not? I've heard it isn't good for the barrell. Finally, will the T17 patches be sufficient to prevent rust in the barrell?

BTW, if anyone has any ideas on how to clean the part where the firing pin hits the primer, I'd be happy to listen.

Thanks to all. Your knowledge is invaluable.

Mean Green... I use a product called Simple Green which is like 409 and it works great. As for using a brass brush, I really do not think you have shot it enough to have a build up of any kind yet. The Mean Green you want to use will take the fowling and crud out.

As for rust... do not trust that Thompson Center product. Use a quality gun oil or some WD-40 even and protect the barrel with that.

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I have seen the T/C T17 cleaner allow rust to form on the inside of a barrel. I use Rem Oil now and have no problems when I put the gun away.

Mean Green you can use but i would suggest that you use hot soapy water to clean the barrel out with first, especially the breech plug part of the barrel, clean out the threads really good and once the entire rifle it clean, do a follow up with a few patches of mean green to cut out anything that may be left over in the barrel. You can also use a bore mop which makes all of this a lot easier and cleaner.

Yes you can use a brass bore brush, if you can find a nylon brush, thats fine too.

Once the barrel is clean and DRY, get a patch and lightly coat it with Rem oil and make a few passes down the bore. After a few minutes run a dry patch down the bore to mop up and excess oil.

Lube breech plug, reinstall and you're done.

Make sure you clean the drop block too.