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Invest in the snake
I use Bore Snake, CLP, an old clean cotton t-shirt, Q-tips, and sometimes pipe cleaners for the really tiny cracks. Bore Snakes are expensive, and are caliber specific, but they allow you to clean the bore of your gun wicked fast, and with out the mess of oily dirty patches. It would take dozens of patches to match what a Bore Snake can achieve with just two or three passes. I wish I new about these when I was in the Army, I would have had more time to play. The CLP was all we used when I was in the Army for cleaning and lubing. The old cotton t-shirt is good for wiping down the whole gun, and the Q-tips and pipe cleaners for the little spaces. Sometimes, you need a metal scraping tool to scrape off dirty surfaces. Some people like dental tools, but you can use anything that fits, like ice picks, screw drivers, a Leathermans tool etc. Be resourceful.
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