Can anyone recomend a site / book for gun care

[James]

As I've now got my ticket though (very fast! 9 working days) can anyone
recomend a site / book for gun care / cleaning etc. please ?

many thanks

James

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Post by James
As I've now got my ticket though (very fast! 9 working days) can anyone
recomend a site / book for gun care / cleaning etc. please ?

You dont really need a book, it is pretty simple stuff!

The inside of the barrel gets coated in plastic/lead/gun powder and oil.
You need to clean this off after every session ideally, though I know
people who rarely do it.
Buy a set of brushes, they are typically £10 upwards for a set.There
will be 3 or 4 brushes - a brass one, a nylon one, one that isnt a brush
which a bit of rag is wrapped round and a wool/fabric brush.
My method(others do it differently) - Spray some cleaner down the
barrels, then rub the brass one up and down a number of times. Now do
the same with the nylon one, then put a pre-bought 'shotgun patch' round
the nylon brush, and push that up and down the barrel, this should leave
the barrel really clean and shiny. If there are any residues left on the
inside walls, then restart. Finally coat the wool/fabric brush with a
bit of gun oil, and push it up/down the barrels a couple of times, that
should leave a fine coating of oil in the barrels.
Now spray a bit of oil on a rag, and wipe over the external
surfaces.Also, it may be best to take out the chokes and give them a
wipe over with an oily rag, then refit them with a bit of oil on the
threads.
Thats about it for the barrels.Wipe over the action metalwork with a
lightly oiled rag.Try to keep oil off of the wood. You can buy proper
wood oil to keep the stock in good condition.
Alan.

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Don't over use the gun oil. it takes very little to do the job properly.

[David Christensen]

*Date:* Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:01:19 GMT
Don't over use the gun oil. it takes very little to do the job properly.

And don't overspend on "shotgun patches". Half a sheet of kitchen
paper towel works just as well IME. (don't use bog roll as it is
impregnated with stuff that may or may not affect your gun's finish)

DC

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Post by David Christensen
And don't overspend on "shotgun patches". Half a sheet of kitchen
paper towel works just as well IME. (don't use bog roll as it is
impregnated with stuff that may or may not affect your gun's finish)
DC

Agreed !

[Sarah Cooper]

I'd also add that even if you religiously clean your gun every time, do
take out the chokes and clean the threads as well. Even on a dry day a
change in temperature can cause condensation and rust around the threads
as I discovered the other day - a real bugger to remove. ( in spite of
very regular cleaning of the rest of the gun.) If you do end up with this
problem remember to use an old rag or something to protect the chokes as
you battle with some molegrips to get them out.

Also beware of the following:
Don't use WD40 as it contains a small amount of water, and also removes
heavier grade oil/grease which will be protecting the mechanism. Just a
light smear of oil is enough to portect the barrles or you risk getting
too much in the wood and it'll split.

Vaseline is just as good as graphite grease for moving parts, it is also a
lot cleaner and a lot cheaper.

Don't pour/squirt oil/cleaner into/around the firing pins.

I've found that paraffin is ideal for cleaning mucky chokes. Top up a
jamjar and leave for a few hours, give it a shake and scrub chokes with a
PB brush, then clean as normal - fouling comes away really easily. I only
do this with chokes and /don't/ use paraffin for cleaning barrels. If you
leave the paraffin to settle you can use the same stuff many times over. A
lot cheaper and safer than that hideous concoction sold for removing
plastic that, IMHO, might as well be napalm...and about as user friendly.
Of course, you could just cheat and use fibre cartridges :-) HTH

Mrs C