'Cause they're half-assed gimmicks for lazy asses or ignoramuses who don't know any better...No offense meant to anybody in particular...
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Why do I never hear about you guys using this product
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I use em to swab barrel before i leave range. Then regular clean when i get home.
Before I leave the range I normally run one of those fluffy oversized pipe cleaners down the bore(s) and wipe down the outside metal parts with Ballistol or Rem oil.
When I get home I remove the chokes and soak them in a jar of mineral spirits. They are later cleaned with a nylon brush and dried with a cloth or paper towel. Final step is to coat the threads of the choke(s) with heavy grease.
I clean the barrel(s) with a brass bore brush and then a couple of patches soaked in #9 or other bore cleaner.
Final step for the bore(s) is to run a patch with oil down the barrel(s)
For the action, I clean and lube as needed.. depending on the type of action.
Models with vented rib are cleaned under the rib and those with ported barrel(s) are cleaned with a wooden or plastic pic and a cleaning patch.
Metal parts are wiped down with Ballistol or Rem oil.
Stocks and forearm are wiped down with a clean cloth. At the end of the season I wipe the oil finish stock down with a drop or two of Boiled Linseed oil.
Gloss finished stocks get a wipe down with furniture polish or furniture wax at the end of the season.
When I get home I remove the chokes and soak them in a jar of mineral spirits. They are later cleaned with a nylon brush and dried with a cloth or paper towel. Final step is to coat the threads of the choke(s) with heavy grease.
I clean the barrel(s) with a brass bore brush and then a couple of patches soaked in #9 or other bore cleaner.
Final step for the bore(s) is to run a patch with oil down the barrel(s)
For the action, I clean and lube as needed.. depending on the type of action.
Models with vented rib are cleaned under the rib and those with ported barrel(s) are cleaned with a wooden or plastic pic and a cleaning patch.
Metal parts are wiped down with Ballistol or Rem oil.
Stocks and forearm are wiped down with a clean cloth. At the end of the season I wipe the oil finish stock down with a drop or two of Boiled Linseed oil.
Gloss finished stocks get a wipe down with furniture polish or furniture wax at the end of the season.
Biggest problem I have with 'em is they do NOTHING to get rid of the fouling & microscopic bits of metal, etc. that can be in your bore--That stuff just embeds in the Barrel Serpent & doesn't GO anywhere--Be better to spray some WD-40 thru it & leave it muzzle-down to drain...
I just hose em down with rem oil, inside and out and the shoot the oil out next time and start over..
If you're talking about the Tico Tool or similar products when you reference "Fluffy Oversized Pipe Cleaners", I agree that they have great utility for cleaning Shotgun Barrels--Particularly 12-gauge Barrels before inserting Subgauge Tubes...
A sadly departed friend of many years used to refer to all such products as "Fuzzy Rods"--As in, "Leave me alone or I'll hit ya' with the 'Fuzzy Rod'"--LOL!
...BEWARE the Fuzzy Rod...
And then you sail them to some newbie on ODT, correct?I don’t clean my guns. I just shoot them until they are filthy and then sell them and buy a new one.
Kidding….kinda
But..they're neutral, so they never shoot their guns.The Swiss have been using them for years.
