Proper Cleaning?
03-22-2016, 11:59 AM
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Rem Oil would be OK but there are better protectants out there. But don't put it on the wood (or any oil for that matter).
For the bore I recommend using a good powder solvent like Montana X-treme bore solvent followed by RGS plastic remover solvent. Then a light coat of a quality gun oil or product like Montana X-treme Bore Conditioner. This should be swabbed out with a dry patch prior to shooting again.
The exterior metal surfaces can be wiped clean with a cloth lightly oiled with a quality gun oil.
It sounds like I'm endorsing the Montana X-treme products but really, after owning and cleaning firearms for well over 50 years I've found their products to be some of the best out there.
For the bore I recommend using a good powder solvent like Montana X-treme bore solvent followed by RGS plastic remover solvent. Then a light coat of a quality gun oil or product like Montana X-treme Bore Conditioner. This should be swabbed out with a dry patch prior to shooting again.
The exterior metal surfaces can be wiped clean with a cloth lightly oiled with a quality gun oil.
It sounds like I'm endorsing the Montana X-treme products but really, after owning and cleaning firearms for well over 50 years I've found their products to be some of the best out there.
03-22-2016, 12:26 PM
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Any good gun oil is ok to wipe the gun down when you put it up. However, less is more when it comes to wiping down a gun, you just want a very light film and you don't want it on the wood. I store all my guns in my gun safe barrel down so if I get too much oil it runs down the barrel onto the safe floor and not into the the wood at the butt stock, although I am careful about just a light film. I spray G96 onto a gun rag and wipe it, I never spray the gun, that is a good way to get too much oil on it.
03-23-2016, 07:49 AM
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03-24-2016, 05:34 PM
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Well for my stocks I use Johnson's paste was for furniture. Comes in a yellow can about the size they put car wax in. A can will last for years. http://www.walmart.com/ip/SC-Johnson...e-Wax/23142990
For any dirt and grime a DAMP soft cloth and dry or just a soft cloth.
But for your Browning you can just use a little furniture polish spray on a cloth to clean it up. Those Browning have a heavy finish that is extremely tough. You'd realize that if you ever tried to refinish one. The only way I could get it all removed off my old A-bolt was by scraping with different shapes of glass shards. I wouldn't even come of with a furniture stripper!
For any dirt and grime a DAMP soft cloth and dry or just a soft cloth.
But for your Browning you can just use a little furniture polish spray on a cloth to clean it up. Those Browning have a heavy finish that is extremely tough. You'd realize that if you ever tried to refinish one. The only way I could get it all removed off my old A-bolt was by scraping with different shapes of glass shards. I wouldn't even come of with a furniture stripper!
Last edited by bronko22000; 03-24-2016 at 05:50 PM.
03-25-2016, 12:15 PM
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That's a good idea bronko22000. I would never thought of furniture polish but it makes sense. Thanks. I love the finish on the Browning and don't want to ruin it by cleaning it with something that I shouldn't.
03-30-2016, 09:57 AM
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04-01-2016, 02:59 PM
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Don't be afraid of change. (unless you're talking about the change our current President is doing..lol)