Gun Cleaning
 

What is the best cleaning supplies for guns? Which kind do you use? What is your favorite gun oil.

RE: Gun Cleaning
 

Here's what I use:

Shooter's Choice (mixed 3 to 1 with Kroil) for powder fouling
Wipeout or Barnes CR-10 for copper fouling
Boretech cleaning rod
JB bore paste every 2 or 300 rounds
Sinclair bore guides
Dewey, Boretech or Sinclair brass jags
Sinclair bronze bore brushes
Sinclair 100% cotton flannel patches
Butch's oil for the bore
Break-free CLP for cleaning and protecting all other metal surfaces

I also use Birchwood Casey Gun Scrubber for degreasing and cleaning into tight places (like trigger assemblies) when necessary. I also use it to clean my bronze bore brushes after using them because the solvents in most bore cleaners will eat them away.

RE: Gun Cleaning
 

Thanks for the information. Do you use one piece rods or take down rods. Does the bore guide help a lot iv'e never used one.

RE: Gun Cleaning
 

One piece coated rods are certainly preferable to the kind that come in sections. Bore-Tech and Dewey make excellent rods. I've got both, but I prefer the Bore-Tech because the handle is so much more comfortable and it spins with less effort.

Bore guides are probably not absolutely necessary, but I would not want to clean a rifle bore without one. They work with bolt action rifles and are inserted into the action where the bolt would normally go allowing you to properly clean the rifle from the breech end rather than the muzzle. They align the cleaning rod with the bore which helps to prevent damage to the chamber, throat and rifling that your cleaning rod and implements might cause. Another benefit a bore guide provides is that it seals the chamber which prevents bore solvents from getting into the rifle action, magazine well and trigger assembly. I like the Sinclair bore guides the best, but Stoney Point makes a pretty nice one too. The Sinclair with it's O-ring design seals the chamber better in my opinion.

RE: Gun Cleaning
 

Where is a good place to pick-up these supplies. Midway doesn't carry Bore-Tech rods.

RE: Gun Cleaning
 

Midway has all of your gun cleaning needs...;)

RE: Gun Cleaning
 

Here's some possible sources:

www.sinclairintl.com (my favorite)
www.lockstock.com
www.midwayusa.com
www.grafs.com
www.midsouthshooters.com

Hope you find what you're looking for.