Leroy Tyrone Jackson III asked:


I have only been cleaning my guns when they look really dirty inside, maybe twice a year if they are lucky and I shoot the hell out of them. I like to shoot a lot but I am not a “gun nerd” so to speak. I don’t buy in to cleaning guns every time I use them, breaking in barrels or stuff like that. A lot of that stuff seems like superstition IMO.

This is what cleaning equipment I use (bought at Dicks sporting or walmart):

Rimfire pistol cleaning rod (metal with swivel handle)
Regular pistol cleaning rod (ditto)
Plastic patch jags (.45 and .38)
Plastic patch loops (.22, .30 and .45)
Bronze brushes (.22, .38, .45)
AR15 chamber brush
Break-free CLP aerosol can.
Q-tips.
Patches.
Small toothbrush.

For pistols I spray CLP on the toothbrush and lightly scrub all the crevices, then wipe off the dirt with patches and q-tips. I then run spray CLP down the barrel and run the bronze brush back and forth 3 or 4 times. Then I run clean patches down the chamber end with the jag attachment 5 or 6 times. DONE.

For rifles and .22 pistols I do exactly the same except I use the pull loop for patches instead of a jag.

The thing that bothers me is putting the cleaning rod down the muzzle with no attachment so i can attach the brush and run it through from the chamber end. I worry I will damage the barrel.

My guns all run great but maybe you recommend anything I should be doing different or better? There are about 200 different chemicals but I have never felt the need for anything except CLP. Also I want a better cleaning rod that wont risk scratching barrels.

Finally what’s a good way to store your cleaning stuff? right now I use an old shoe box.

Kathy