Rifle Cleaning Kit recommendations

[Hixus]

Can anyone recommended a decent cleaning kit/cleaning products?

Cheers

[Lever357]

My friend recently bought a Tetra kit for his Remington 700 - the rod is very short, when bushed through from the chamber end the brush barely sticks out the barrel.

I've tended to accumalate mine over the years. I find Brunox cleaning spray good for both shotgun and rifle. Buy a number of bronze brushes as you can go through them quickly, pair of tweezers is handy as are cotton buds.

[The Gun Pimp]

Can anyone recommended a decent cleaning kit/cleaning products?

Cheers

The Proshot stuff is pretty good - rods, jags, patches, bronze brushes etc. Hannam's are the Proshot importers. Butch's Bore Shine is good for powder fouling removal and Proshot do a good Copper Solvent.

If you want to know how to clean your barrel - most of the barrel manufacturers will give advice on their website.

[Hixus]

Thanks man I’ve just picked up my first rifle and in honour to the previous owner he looked after it so well I want to maintain that thoroughness. So prior to getting any additions like my scope etc I want to get decent cleaning kit first as last

[Dark Skies]

I've always been impressed by the Otis kits - I have one for every calibre. Thus far I've not broken anything.

[Hixus]

I managed to pick up some stuff today in prep, I’ve picked up a nylon coated rod, a brass jag, a wire brush brass piece a job a breech rod guide and some decent cleaning product. I went to a local gun shop and told them I was a novice a needed some guidance and they were more than happy to help. :)

[The Gun Pimp]

I managed to pick up some stuff today in prep, I’ve picked up a nylon coated rod, a brass jag, a wire brush brass piece a job a breech rod guide and some decent cleaning product. I went to a local gun shop and told them I was a novice a needed some guidance and they were more than happy to help. :)

You done good - especially with the bore-guide.

[WelshShooter]

Cotton earbuds are useful for cleaning the bolt lug recesses. You can bend the tip 90 degrees and swivel them around. However, Pro shot do a chamber cleaning kit complete with a stick with a through hole and what appear to be thick candle wicks. You feed these through the through hole and it will do a great job cleaning those bolt lug recesses. You're only given a handful of these so I'm not sure where to get replacements from.

Edit: here's a picture of the kit.

[Dark Skies]

... You feed these through the through hole and it will do a great job cleaning those bolt lug recesses. You're only given a handful of these so I'm not sure where to get replacements from.

Edit: here's a picture of the kit.

Roll your own cigarette filters, perhaps? You used to be able to buy regular sized filters for those weird cigarette tube machines -around the .30 calibre size. Swan do some for hand rolling - about .22 sized.

[ovenpaa]

Mine were advertised as dental cotton rolls.