Barrel cleaning

[rob]

Hi there,

I am a complete newbie to shotguns,so i hope this question  does'nt sound to stupid !

I have bought a second hand 12 bore o/u to get me started on the clay circuit but it does need a clean in the barrells, so i bought a Bisley cleaning kit, so my question is, what brush do i use first ? do i need to oil the bores like my rimfire? do i need to oil the actions ?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Will Hewland]

Put the solvent in barrel. I use Napier spray. Let it soak for a while if badly dirty. Then scrub through with brass brush. Then push kitchen paper through until its clean. Finish with paper on a jag ideally. Oil lightly if it is to be stored.

Light oil on moving parts of course, like ejectors.

 

[maddmatt]

Put the solvent in barrel. I use Napier spray. Let it soak for a while if badly dirty. Then scrub through with brass brush. Then push kitchen paper through until its clean. Finish with paper on a jag ideally. Oil lightly if it is to be stored.

Light oil on moving parts of course, like ejectors.

Other way, put the rod in the end of an electric drill, clamp the barrels (use a towel to avoid damaging the barrels), the run the drill while pushing the rod all the way in to the barrels, this is with the brass brush, don't run the drill too fast but this really gets them clean

 

[Will Hewland]

Other way, put the rod in the end of an electric drill, clamp the barrels (use a towel to avoid damaging the barrels), the run the drill while pushing the rod all the way in to the barrels, this is with the brass brush, don't run the drill too fast but this really gets them clean

I got close to the electric drill stage. I recall wandering around B+Q looking for a good one. Then I discovered that if you don't shoot Eleys you don't need one!

 

[maddmatt]

hahahaha well I shot some Hull shells on Wednesday, barrels looked like I had been digging holes with them! The eleys do leave quite a bit of plastic in the barrels, but the drill does make light work of the cleaning process..

 

[rob]

Thanks for that, i think i will try it by hand for now,the drill and me might be a big mistake!!

 

[Gene Holmes]

You may need to get a chamber brush as well.

When I got my first gun a few months back, I got all the cleaning kit and sprays and oils, but still had some crud that I couldn't get rid of. The standard brushes in most cleaning kits are not big enough to remove all the debris. I got myself a brass chamber brush and now everything come up lovely and clean.

There are also other posts elsewhere on the forum re to clean or not to clean.

As an engineer, I can't stand having dirty kit.

I shoot a couple times a week. A quick spray of Napier and a pull through with the bore snake after the weekday shoot. After the weekend shoot the gun gets a proper clean and oil.

 

[RobertBeard]

The last 2 times of cleaning my cleaning kit has let me down!

First time the plastic jag broke off at the rod and I had to drill the thread out of the rod. I've now bought a brass jag.

Today one of the wooden rods has come clean out of the connecting metal parts that connect the three parts of the rod together. They are only crimped in place. Too cheap or I'm giving it too much welly when I'm cleaning. It is a GMK kit so I thought it would be OK.

Is there such a thing as a good quality one piece cleaning rod?

 

[DoubleBarrelledDon]

I always use that household name in gun cleaning........Black and Decker! .  Just be VERY careful when removing the brush from the barrels....if its still going at a good rate of knots you and everything around you will get a good covering of oil!!!!

 

[RobertBeard]

I always use that household name in gun cleaning........Black and Decker! .  Just be VERY careful when removing the brush from the barrels....if its still going at a good rate of knots you and everything around you will get a good covering of oil!!!!

Yes but what do you mount the brush on to put in the drill?

 

[maddmatt]

Yes but what do you mount the brush on to put in the drill?

A cleaning rod, you sometimes have to file the rod a bit to fit to the drill chuck, variable speed drills are best

 

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Or you could just use clean shells like Fiocchi. I never need to clean the barrels.....and I shoot a lot.

Only gets cleaned when it rains......true story...!!

 

[Salopian]

Excuse me Goddess, using your many contacts, have a look down your barrels with an Endoscope.

Let me know what you find????????????

Cleanliness IS next to Godliness.

Get your Butler to clean your barrels Fiyucki or not. 

 

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Too old and set in my ways now Salopian :laugh:

If I have not had a problem in 25+ years....of doing the same.....it ain't going to affect me now .... :wink:

If you lot want to 'rub' away.... then be my guest :smile:

Off shooting now.......much prefer that to polishing....

TTFN.

 

[Hotshot100]

Or you could just use clean shells like Fiocchi. I never need to clean the barrels.....and I shoot a lot.

Only gets cleaned when it rains......true story...!!

Exactly what I was going to say. Since switching to F****** with 5% antimony shot the only fouling that I've had is a little bit of plastic in the forcing cone when using fibre wads.

 

[PhilS]

If you're using fibre wads, where's the plastic from?

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[chippy]

Fiocchi use plastic shot :hyper:

 

[Michael]

If you're using fibre wads, where's the plastic from? Sent from my GT-I9305 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

More inclined to think that plastic could be lead.

 

[Michael]

our 2 guns get cleaned after every use, regardless of the number of rounds fired. The barrels are always easy, except the area just in front of the chamber can be an arse to get the last little bit out, lots of brushing required. My wife likes to use Fiocchi  shells occasionally same problem though. I have just taken delivery of a big pot of cleanzoil hoping that's gonna make things easier.