cleaning

fishnfool1991 · 04-12-2008, 07:55 PM

i know it has been mentioned in the past but can someone explain how i can effectivley clean my .30-06 and 17 hmr like what to pull through the barrel and what to put on it and everything to clean thanks

Midas · 04-12-2008, 10:31 PM

You will need a cleaning rod, patches, bronze brushes, and bore solvent (I like to use Hoppe's # 9). After you shoot, put a .30 cal brush onto your rod, and squirt some bore solvent onto it, run it through the barrel 8-10 times. Next, ( you will need a plastic jag for this, which is included in most of the basic cleaning kits) place a patch on the jag, and squirt some bore solvent onto it, run 3-5 patches through the bore, only put solvent on the first couple of patches. repeat these processes until the bore is clean. But if you really wanna be lazy, buy some foaming bore cleaner, you just squirt it into the barrel, and wait a couple of hours, it works very well, I have found.

Mooseman684 · 04-12-2008, 10:55 PM

Just go Buy a Bore Snake and some Hoppes No.9 solvent and a small can of gun oil...Put a little solvent just ahead of the brush woven into the boresnake,
and a few drops of oil behind the brush about 6 inches...One pull through the barrel...Done ! Cleaned, oiled and Patched...
Rich

04-12-2008, 07:55 PM	#1
fishnfool1991 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: biscoe, nc Posts: 147	cleaning i know it has been mentioned in the past but can someone explain how i can effectivley clean my .30-06 and 17 hmr like what to pull through the barrel and what to put on it and everything to clean thanks

04-12-2008, 10:31 PM	#2
Midas Troll B' Gone Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Springdale, Arkansas Posts: 3,805 Images: 2 Blog Entries: 6	You will need a cleaning rod, patches, bronze brushes, and bore solvent (I like to use Hoppe's # 9). After you shoot, put a .30 cal brush onto your rod, and squirt some bore solvent onto it, run it through the barrel 8-10 times. Next, ( you will need a plastic jag for this, which is included in most of the basic cleaning kits) place a patch on the jag, and squirt some bore solvent onto it, run 3-5 patches through the bore, only put solvent on the first couple of patches. repeat these processes until the bore is clean. But if you really wanna be lazy, buy some foaming bore cleaner, you just squirt it into the barrel, and wait a couple of hours, it works very well, I have found. __________________ "Recoil lasts for a second, gravity lasts forever"

04-12-2008, 10:55 PM	#3
Mooseman684 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Wilderness Posts: 9,668 Images: 2	Just go Buy a Bore Snake and some Hoppes No.9 solvent and a small can of gun oil...Put a little solvent just ahead of the brush woven into the boresnake, and a few drops of oil behind the brush about 6 inches...One pull through the barrel...Done ! Cleaned, oiled and Patched... Rich __________________ You know you might be facing your doom,when all you get is a click when you're expecting a BOOM!