Rifle cleaning

[book...@yahoo.com]

I'm getting serious about ordering all the parts needed to follow
instructions I've been reading about cleaning the barrel of a new gun.

Got my Outers kit of bronze rod, oil, cleaner, and patches with two
kinds of rod tips for pushing chemicals through. Then I realized that
gun mavens are high on a "bore guide" to prevent gupp from getting
into the action when you clean. A proper bore guide has a nozzle for
adding oil or chems into the barrel, too. Then you can mop or brush
without marring the lands or getting stuff into trigger assembly,
etc..

I live in Alaska, so figured I might as well bite the bullet and pay
for the product locally without being charged what they do for
shipping when you buy on the Internet. But the one place that had a
bore guide wanted $32, or so, and I get my back up about being
overcharged. The alternative to check out, without doing a lot of
telephoning and driving around, was either a couple local free ad
sites, like Craigslist, but struck out there, too.

Finally, I found an EBay-related company that had a low price on a
simple version of bore guide marketed by Hoppe's, for about $25 plus
another $5 for shipping. I also got a Hoppe's "bore snake" in my
caliber, .375, for about $14, since I hope I can combine the
shipping.

I contemplated the possibility of getting a bore snake for my shotgun,
a semi-automatic, but then I do take the barrel off anyway. Second
thoughts about getting away without buying a bore guide for my rifle,
since one could turn it upside down to avoid the problem of dirt
getting into the action; but bit the bullet on that.

Biting the bullets lately, but will hopefully be burning a few at the
bench soon. bookburn

[GeoW]

Many people went many years without bore guides and some guns cannot
be cleaned with a bore guide. I wouldn't lose sleep over it :)

[Advocate]

"GeoW" <gws...@GMAIL.COM> wrote in message
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> On Feb 27, 6:23 am, bookb...@YAHOO.COM wrote:
>> I'm getting serious about ordering all the parts needed to follow
>> instructions I've been reading about cleaning the barrel of a new gun.
>>
>> Got my Outers kit of bronze rod, oil, cleaner, and patches with two
>> kinds of rod tips for pushing chemicals through. Then I realized that
>> gun mavens are high on a "bore guide" to prevent gupp from getting
>> into the action when you clean. A proper bore guide has a nozzle for
>> adding oil or chems into the barrel, too. Then you can mop or brush
>> without marring the lands or getting stuff into trigger assembly,
>> etc..

>

> Many people went many years without bore guides and some guns cannot
> be cleaned with a bore guide. I wouldn't lose sleep over it :)

A bore guide isn't used to "prevent gupp from getting into the action"; it's
main purpose is to protect the bore from damage caused by the cleaning rod.
I wouldn't argue that people cleaned their guns without the aid of a bore
guide for centuries... but at the same time, I believe it's fairly common
knowledge that more bores are damaged due to improper cleaning techinques
than lack of cleaning.