It takes a relatively small investment in tools and supplies to make gun cleaning fast and almost effortless. With a simple parts washer with odorless mineral spirits (OMS), a cleaning rod, some simple brushes, bore solvent, a light oil, and grease it’s not hard to make a pistol look like-new in a few minutes and have it ready for the range. Especially if you have multiple pistol to clean, this is really effective at getting a lot of work done fast.
Today I was cleaning a Canik TP9 SF Elite in 9mm, but this works with all manner of handguns really well. If you have a sufficiently large parts washer, it can also be used to clean rifles.
The OMS does a great job keeping your brushes clean so they can be used for years. The OMS just washes away the old oil and debris with ease.
It also works exceptionally well at removing grime from checkered wood, and does a fair job of cutting through grease and cosmoline that is sometimes soaked into wood. It’s low odor, low cost, and safe on almost all finishes and materials.
This is essentially the exact technique I used to clean customers’ handguns and some rifles/shotguns back when I worked in a gunsmith shop, and still use today when I really want to have a thorough cleaning job on my own stuff. It’s not necessarily what I do every time, but if I want a spotless clean this is a way to do it fast and easy.
9 сен 2024
