How To Clean Your Gun Barrels

Cleaning and maintenance of firearms is never a trivial matter. If you can't clean your firearm properly, it is likely to damage it, so today we will talk about how to clean your gun barrel.

Powder and other surface residues are removed first by pushing a piece of cleaning cloth, fabric patch, or proprietary cleaning material. Alternatively, a piece of kitchen roll or similar can be rolled into a ball and pushed through with the cleaning rod, take care not to use too much or screw it too tight, or it may become stuck. This leaves the more persistent residues; spray some bore cleaner (of which there are many) down the bores and leave it a few minutes. This will soften any tough powder and plastic residues that may be present.

A brush can now be pushed several times through each bore. Then push another cloth patch through to remove loosened residues and allow a close visual inspection to check if any fouling remains. Hold the barrels at a shallow oblique angle towards a moderate light source. Focus your vision in turn on the forcing cones, then the choke area, looking for uneven surface reflections to detect lead or plastic fouling, if found, repeat brushing it.

Finally, clean the chambers with a chamber brush, a short, oversized bristle brush large enough to scrub the chambers clean. This aids easy cartridge ejection and prevents corrosion.

Once happy all is clean, run one clean patch through, then your wool mop with a spot of oil on it. After lubricating with oil, your barrel cleaning is finished.