Cleaning a Gun..Question to All of you (AK Site. WWWBoard)

Cleaning a Gun..Question to All of you
Author: CODE((10))	February 13, 1999 at 04:47:45

Sometimes I wonder about what I was taught in militairy
service and the way sport/hobby/civilian shooters act
totally diffrent. 1. I was told to pass brushes as well as
patches in the direction the bullet leaves the barrel. This
means having a pull through cord/chain (HK style) or
passing the cleaning rod through the barrel and screwing
the brush on behind the chamber. then pulling the brush
patch into direction of the muzzle (pass each pull through
like that). ( this gives eventual scratches the right
direction, eliminates scrubbing too much on one particular
point and after next shootings residue building up in these
particular too well scrubbed/damaged areas/damaged
areas...+ it keeps the brush set in one direction
.../////// like this and it will clean and not scratch or
damage an accurate barrel. The impression that Iªve won is
that most hobby shooters scrub barrels wildly, inserting
the rod by the muzzle, pushing and pulling forth & back,
causing eventual scratches of microscopic dimension that
have a direction vers the bullets way/across the twists /
or scrubbing certain regions of the barrel more than
others. 2. I was told that even when a gun has been well
and properly cleaned, that it should rest only lightly
oiled in the barrel/chamber area and be cleaned 2-3 days
after the last shooting again, to remove powder residue
that has been hididing in the barrels metal pores....to me
it seems that most american shooters want to do it always
fast and 1 time...only...(clean is clean).

I would like to hear from some of the experts in here...are
my cleaning rules right (better)....how do most of you
clean your guns (the two criterias above) and what do you
learn in the US armed forces????What do you think on this?

Follow Ups

I clean my rifles over a 2-3 day period... KYoon 00:35:27 2/14/1999 (4)
- Re: I clean my rifles over a 2-3 day period... Survivor 05:20:07 2/14/1999 (3)
  - You're very perceptive. Actually, I only have 3 guns that I shoot on any sort of regular basis. KYoon 02:14:53 2/15/1999 (2)
    - just dont put wood in ultrasound, it'll knock the varnish right off! It happend to my Taurus .380 grips! ntxt Tom 101 Airborne 06:55:54 2/16/1999 (1)
      - Thanks for the tip. Sorry to hear about your Taurus grips. KYoon 11:21:42 2/16/1999 (0)
*** again HOT WATER *** rick 16:35:30 2/13/1999 (0)
Re: Cleaning a Gun..Question to All of you mike 07:30:25 2/13/1999 (4)
- Re: Cleaning a Gun..Question to All of you Mike 10:11:58 2/13/1999 (3)
  - Re: Cleaning a Gun..Question to All of you Packrat 16:34:27 2/13/1999 (2)
    - Re: refinishing ron howard 14:18:01 9/29/2000 (1)
      - Re: refinishing ron howard 14:19:28 9/29/2000 (0)
Re: Cleaning a Gun..Question to All of you Joe 05:45:54 2/13/1999 (0)
Re: Cleaning a Gun..Question to All of you Rich 05:22:33 2/13/1999 (3)
- Re: Cleaning a Gun..Thank you! CODE((10)) 19:47:31 2/13/1999 (2)
  - piss down the AK barrel to clean it out not qualified 01:17:06 2/14/1999 (1)
    - I guess that'll work, but it sure must smell something awful to shoot. Greg 04:11:01 2/16/1999 (0)

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> Sometimes I wonder about what I was taught in militairy > service and the way sport/hobby/civilian shooters act > totally diffrent. 1. I was told to pass brushes as well as > patches in the direction the bullet leaves the barrel. This > means having a pull through cord/chain (HK style) or > passing the cleaning rod through the barrel and screwing > the brush on behind the chamber. then pulling the brush > patch into direction of the muzzle (pass each pull through > like that). ( this gives eventual scratches the right > direction, eliminates scrubbing too much on one particular > point and after next shootings residue building up in these > particular too well scrubbed/damaged areas/damaged > areas...+ it keeps the brush set in one direction > .../////// like this and it will clean and not scratch or > damage an accurate barrel. The impression that Iªve won is > that most hobby shooters scrub barrels wildly, inserting > the rod by the muzzle, pushing and pulling forth & back, > causing eventual scratches of microscopic dimension that > have a direction vers the bullets way/across the twists / > or scrubbing certain regions of the barrel more than > others. 2. I was told that even when a gun has been well > and properly cleaned, that it should rest only lightly > oiled in the barrel/chamber area and be cleaned 2-3 days > after the last shooting again, to remove powder residue > that has been hididing in the barrels metal pores....to me > it seems that most american shooters want to do it always > fast and 1 time...only...(clean is clean). > > I would like to hear from some of the experts in here...are > my cleaning rules right (better)....how do most of you > clean your guns (the two criterias above) and what do you > learn in the US armed forces????What do you think on this?
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