cleaing a gun from the muzzle
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: western NY
Posts: 58
cleaing a gun from the muzzle
hey i was wondering if any of you do this, i normally take the entire gun apart and clean it.The gun isnt really dirty but the barrel is filthy. I dont really wanna take the time to take the barrel off to clean i bore first. Anyone think i could just run the cleaing rod carefully from the muzzle?
#2
RE: cleaing a gun from the muzzle
ORIGINAL: ajg2425
Anyone think i could just run the cleaing rod carefully from the muzzle?
Anyone think i could just run the cleaing rod carefully from the muzzle?
#3
RE: cleaing a gun from the muzzle
If you are able to clean the gun from the breach, then that's how you should clean it. Cleaning from the muzzle not only pushes the crud from the barrel back into the action where it's harder to remove completely, it also invites damage to the crown of the muzzle. Even slight damage to the crown will cause the rifles accuracy to go down the toilet.
Mike
Mike
#6
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: old pa mountain hunter
Posts: 382
RE: cleaing a gun from the muzzle
sure you can clean threw the muzzel. they have been cleaning lever action rifles for about a 150 years threw the muzzel. just use a plastic coated or a aluminum rod to be safe. gun barrels will take alot more abuse than people think.
#7
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Manning, Iowa
Posts: 307
RE: cleaing a gun from the muzzle
get a bore snake for your cal of rifle. I just got one for .22 call and it works great, I plan on getting one for each cal. I own. then you can clean from the breach end with out taking it apart.
#9
RE: cleaing a gun from the muzzle
ORIGINAL: trailer
If I’m not mistaken isn’t an aluminum rod one of the worst rods to use.
If I’m not mistaken isn’t an aluminum rod one of the worst rods to use.
Yes it is! It picks up grit, which becomes imbedded, and then abraids the steel - any soft metal rod (ie, aluminum, brass, etc.) will do this!
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Michigan
Posts: 3,329
RE: cleaing a gun from the muzzle
What is people's opinion of the bore snakes?
I have a couple but I wonder if anyone has ever done any comparisions between using a bore snake and using a cleaning rod.
Tom
I have a couple but I wonder if anyone has ever done any comparisions between using a bore snake and using a cleaning rod.
Tom