Gun cleaning (.45, 9mm, AR-15, 12ga), critique please!

MAC1990 · May 22, 2012, 09:54 AM

I desperately need to replace/upgrade my current gun cleaning inventory, so I have put together this lot:

From Amazon:
1x Tipton carbon fiber Shotgun rod
1x Tipton .22-.26 carbon fiber rod
1x Tipton .27-.45 carbon fiber rod
2x 500 pack of Hoppe's gun cleaning patch .22-.270
1x 500 pack .38-.45
1x Otis variety pack of receiver brushes
2x Hoppe's silicon cleaning cloth
3x G96 Gun Treatment 12oz

Then from montanaxtreme.com, I plan to buy all the nylon cleaning brushes & a pick set

If you could please recommend/critique anything else, or possible recommend other good sites to buy gun cleaning stuff

BarryLee · May 22, 2012, 11:20 AM

I buy most of my stuff from Brownells.

http://www.brownells.com/

MAC1990 · May 22, 2012, 06:44 PM

Yeah i have looked @ brownells already..

What type of gun cleaning spray do u use?

BarryLee · May 22, 2012, 11:18 PM

I generally use Hoppe’s No. 9 as my basic cleaner along with some Mil-Comm spray. I have some good ole Break-Free CLP that I also occasionally use.

MarkDozier · May 23, 2012, 02:44 AM

You need a add a set of JAGS.

JWT · May 23, 2012, 07:57 AM

I'd add some MPro 7. I like Hoppes and use it to soak my choke tubes, but use the MPro for just about everything else. No odor is one of the reasons I tend to use it.. Less complaints from the 'other half'.

kalevatom · May 23, 2012, 08:51 AM

I use Gunzilla and the small Otis kit. I use (slit ala Otis style) cheap cotton patches. Bought some Gun Scrubber a while back, but haven't tried it yet.

Fargazer · May 23, 2012, 11:15 AM

Jags and brushes - I use the Tipton combo set.
Perhaps a couple slotted tips or two

+1 on the picks. They are especially useful for getting just that little drop of Loctite where you need it.

May 22, 2012, 09:54 AM	#1
MAC1990 Junior Member Join Date: February 9, 2012 Posts: 9	Gun cleaning (.45, 9mm, AR-15, 12ga), critique please! I desperately need to replace/upgrade my current gun cleaning inventory, so I have put together this lot: From Amazon: 1x Tipton carbon fiber Shotgun rod 1x Tipton .22-.26 carbon fiber rod 1x Tipton .27-.45 carbon fiber rod 2x 500 pack of Hoppe's gun cleaning patch .22-.270 1x 500 pack .38-.45 1x Otis variety pack of receiver brushes 2x Hoppe's silicon cleaning cloth 3x G96 Gun Treatment 12oz Then from montanaxtreme.com, I plan to buy all the nylon cleaning brushes & a pick set If you could please recommend/critique anything else, or possible recommend other good sites to buy gun cleaning stuff

May 22, 2012, 11:20 AM	#2
BarryLee Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2010 Location: The ATL (OTP) Posts: 3,946	I buy most of my stuff from Brownells. http://www.brownells.com/ __________________ A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman

May 22, 2012, 11:18 PM	#4
BarryLee Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2010 Location: The ATL (OTP) Posts: 3,946	I generally use Hoppe’s No. 9 as my basic cleaner along with some Mil-Comm spray. I have some good ole Break-Free CLP that I also occasionally use. __________________ A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman

May 23, 2012, 11:15 AM	#8
Fargazer Senior Member Join Date: October 4, 2010 Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 466	Jags and brushes - I use the Tipton combo set. Perhaps a couple slotted tips or two +1 on the picks. They are especially useful for getting just that little drop of Loctite where you need it. __________________ NRA Life Member

May 22, 2012, 06:44 PM	#3
MAC1990 Junior Member Join Date: February 9, 2012 Posts: 9	Yeah i have looked @ brownells already.. What type of gun cleaning spray do u use?

May 23, 2012, 02:44 AM	#5
MarkDozier Senior Member Join Date: February 1, 2010 Posts: 363	You need a add a set of JAGS.

May 23, 2012, 07:57 AM	#6
JWT Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 2007 Location: Southern Arizona Posts: 3,888	I'd add some MPro 7. I like Hoppes and use it to soak my choke tubes, but use the MPro for just about everything else. No odor is one of the reasons I tend to use it.. Less complaints from the 'other half'.

May 23, 2012, 08:51 AM	#7
kalevatom Senior Member Join Date: October 28, 2010 Location: northwestern Michigan Posts: 198	I use Gunzilla and the small Otis kit. I use (slit ala Otis style) cheap cotton patches. Bought some Gun Scrubber a while back, but haven't tried it yet.