How and When to Clean Your Rifle
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For 44 years I’ve had the good fortune to photograph and write about my passion - the outdoor life. Wild creatures and wild places have always stirred me - from the first flushing pheasant that frightened me out of my socks in grandpa’s cornfield to the last whitetail that dismissed me with a wag of its tail. In my attempts to connect with this natural wonder, to become an integral part of our ecosystem and capture a bit of its mystery, I’ve photographed, hiked, hunted, birded, and fished across much of this planet. I've seen the beauty that everyone should see, survived adventures that everyone should experience. I may not have climbed the highest mountains, canoed the wildest rivers, caught the largest fish or shot the biggest bucks, but I’ve tried. Perhaps you have, too. And that’s the essential thing. Being out there, an active participant in our outdoor world.
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All loading, handloading, gunsmithing, shooting and associated activities and demonstrations depicted in our videos are conducted by trained, certified, professional gun handlers, instructors, and shooters for instructional and entertainment purposes only with emphasis on safety and responsible gun handling. Always check at least 3 industry handloading manuals for handloading data, 2 or 3 online ballistic calculators for ballistic data. Do not modify any cartridge or firearm beyond what the manufacturer recommends. Do not attempt to duplicate, mimic, or replicate anything you see in our videos. Firearms, ammunition, and constituent parts can be extremely dangerous if not used safely. 
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I graduated The Colorado School of Trades for Gunsmithing back in 1984. This video is the best example of what the average shooter/ hunter needs to know in order to properly maintain his/her barrel. Great video!
Appreciate that vote of confidence.
I have come full circle with my rifle cleaning regimen. As a kid I would do a quick clean w brush and patch. As I got older and more interested in accuracy, I obsessed with meticulously cleaning after every shooting session. Now I’m back to quick / simple clean......I think my rifles shoot mostly the same no matter what I do. Critical thing is to keep them from rusting
I love the way you explain everything in detail. Extremely informative content. Keep it up! You're the only gun channel that I watch all the way through without skipping.
Many thanks Peter. Glad you're enjoying the content.
Same here! His calm demeanor and thorough explanations on the subject matter have me at full spec!
Thank you for the video sir. Always helpful to refresh the proper way to do things!
Always a pleasure to watch your videos Ron. I’ve been hunting and shooting for over 30 years, and I always learn some really good information from you. Thank you.
NEWS FLASH!!! Old Dog learns new tricks!! Ron, absolutely the best cleaning video I’ve ever seen! I learned a ton! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
Thank you for taking time out to share with us some of your methods and suggestions. #Respect
Thanks for these Insights and the detailed demonstration!
A number of great methods! Thanks Ron😀✌️
From Sweden. Ron. Thank You for no nonsense good tips and insight!
Absolutely love you videos Mr. Ron, Thanks for all you do!
Thank you Mr. Spomer for the Info: Very educational information .......
Great video! Really helpful. Thanks Ron.
Great video, not just how to clean but important info about the whys and whens.
I appreciate you present the other schools of thought on the subject not just your own opinion.
Love your vids .. your about the only 1 on RUclips that knows what you're talking about.. I lightly clean mine rifles even if I only shoot 1 rd. Most time I still only use a oil patch..
Hi Ron I just wanted to say Thank you for sharing your experience and taking the time to make this video and your other
Much Respect Bill W.
Excellent video, Ron. I clean before I store the gun. This protects the barrel from rust.
Great video and presentation! Thanks for posting.
Great demo and advice! As a semi-avid hunter, I typically clean my rifles once per year, in addition to a good cleaning anytime I am in a moist bbn or humid environment.
Excellent video , one of the best rifle cleaning video's I've ever watched.
@Sven3xs maybe I do , what's wrong with that ???
Great video, thanks Ron!
Great job Ron! Thank you 😊
Outstanding and very precise. I really enjoy your videos.
Great video Ron. Looking forward to the next one.
Ron how about a video on how to tune a load for a new gun.
Good info! Thank you.
Excellent video thank you
Great information thanks Ron i like this show thanks Ron
Always superb Ron! Excellent tutorial!
I clean when I see accuracy drops, or it starts having issues.
Also I use grease for storage. It stays and protects better here in Florida.
Great job.
Great video mate , Thanks
Great Video Ron !! Enjoyed every second of it!!!!
This guy is great. Love his videos. All we ever used in the military was good old clp.
and alot of time!!
Thanks!
Very informative video. Glad you mentioned JB compound. Love that stuff
Me too!
Good video Ron. I’ll go 20-30 shots before cleaning. I like the idea of a bore scope
Where’s the hoppe’s?😁 luv that stuff. Great job!
Hoppes is real man's colonge.
Nice video Ron....I like to use wipe-out foam, it makes cleaning mighty easy and does an excellent job 👍
You were great in Major Dad. Thanks for the videos.
🤣🤣🤣
Remington bore cleaner, in a plastic bottle with something in it that rattles around, is like the J B stuff. It really gets with it on the scrubbing. I like Mili-Tech gun oil. It’s supposed to get into the pores with the neat of shooting. Yeah right, but seriously it does to seem to work very well for me. Good video!!!! Thank you Ron.
Thank you- I’m going to take that in.
Very lagistitical man. Loved the video man. Loved the old school lessons. My parents where old schooled. N I got my old man's rifle. Your videos are gonna help me bring it back to looking brand new.
6:00 I had a yugo SKS years ago that had a bore that looked like a sewer pipe. It shot fine!
Great video. I clean my rifles a number of ways. There seems to be no one size fits all. I do use jags a lot when using a rod. I sometimes use the Otis system with a cable only pulling the brush or patch out the barrel. The more I have shot the less I have cleaned because of videos similar to yours. Some target shooters that shoot competition don't clean until a hundred to two hundred rounds fired. I usually check my zero before hunting season and leave my rifle dirty until the season is done. Thanks for your demonstration of how you clean your guns.
Good day sir, roughly how many rounds do you shoot in a whole season? Thanks, I’m just trying to figure out what most shooter’s think the sweet spot is. I tend to shoot a box or two every few weeks
Really like this video.
Thank you and subbed
I was always taught “ you shoot it ,you clean it”, but I used to shoot a lot of black powder years ago.
..TOTALLY agree. If I HAVE time, I clean it almost immediately after hunting/shooting. Or soon after as I can..
Good one.
Thankyou 👍
I know this video is a year old, but what a great video. 👍👍 And i am a firm believer in leaving in some of that copper fouling. It really makes a difference in my favorite hunting rifle.
Good day sir, even with leaving a little bit of fouling in the barrel how many rounds do you put through your rifle before you clean the barrel and roughly how long does it take to put those rounds down range? Some guys shoot 100 rounds a week, some guys more some guys less. I’m just trying to figure out if shooting a box or two of ammo every other week warrants a good cleaning of the rifle barrel. Thanks
I like you clean my rifles/shotguns/muzzleloaders often, typically for me it’s after every use!!! Have you tried shooter lube? If not you might want to give it a shot. I got it off Facebook and it turned out to be a REALLY great product for getting powder be it burnt or unburnt powder to just fall off!!! It isn’t harsh on the metal but just devastates the powder build up and doesn’t really have an odor. A little costly for the amount you get but cuts cleaning time down considerably for me!!! As always thanks for your time and knowledge!!!
Thanks buddy...
Good video!
Good video! I know guys that never clean their barrels. All they do is put a little oil on the exterior parts.
I personally recommend possum hollow bore guides custom for individual chambers/calibers.
Dang ! For 50 years I’ve been using a bronze brush with Hoppes 9 bore cleaner and gun oil . Never used copper solvent and my rifles are all as good as they were when they were brand new . I had no idea I was doing it wrong for a half century . A bore scope ?
Been watching all (deer)hunting season. Was using a custom Remington 700 that was my dads and harvested 2 deer with it, amazing upgrade from 30-06. Christmas came and that same rifle was my gift, a brand new one wouldn’t have been comparable. Now that it’s my responsibility I’m learning how to properly clean a rifle. Thank you for nothing but the facts much appreciated.
Most times after a range session I will just pull a bore snake down the barrel with a little CLP on the end but if I have to get the fouling out I use mineral spirits for cleaning the fouling, works great, cheap and being a light oil no further oils are necessary. As for the copper I like a burnishing of copper on the lands but after cleaning the fouling when I bore scope the barrel and believe it needs to come out I use Patch Out and leave it at that. I have used JB and it will take the copper out to bare metal but I only do that every 1000 rounds or so.
great cleaning video one of the beast I saw on you tube . I am going to buy a 7mm 08 and I was wandering about breaking the barrel of the rifle . and how much shooting should I do before I first clean barrel
I clean as little as possible and as often as necessary.
I use the same method as you for determining when to clean.
But i ususlly have intervals of several hundred.
Tibisaurus rex did a series that i watched when i was green and used his method to great success ever since.
Cheers.
Chambers, bolt carriers & bolts are the most important aeras to clean, have the biggest effect on accuracy & proper operation of the firearm, special in semi autos.
Nice video.
After I break a new barrel and am shooting groups I will shoot groups till I see it open up then I know how many rounds I can run between accuracy strings then I will load for that many. If it's small bore 17 cal Cf I shoot 20 then clean
I like the windex thing.........I am a tradesman , I clean my tools after each job.........I clean my firearms after each range session or after each hunt! ( I live close to the sea)
I have NEVER seen a rifle chamber or barrel crown damaged by cleaning, most cleaning rods have brass on the front of the cleaning rod, you will not damage the chamber or barrel with brass !!!
Cleaning long and short guns after every day of use, with the Bundeswehr cleaning kit for the G3, G36 and P8... ;) ...and only using 10W40 motor oil for lubrication. Robla Solo bore cleaner to remove copper fouling maybe once a year on the guns I shoot more frequently. Works like a charm, even after some 1.000s of rounds.
It’s still accurate even with the fouling in there for about 1000 rounds? I just want to confirm I understand you right lol. I’m a new shooter and trying to figure out the sweet spot for cleaning intervals
@@User_Brandon yep, no noticable detoriation yet :)
I love ballistol for everything!
Between my Grandpa and the military, I have ingrained in me to clean every time I shoot. Agree with the accuracy issue, but I also don't want corrosives sitting in my barrel.
Friends use Johnstone baby wipes for cleaning out black powder seems to work
Between my dad and my rifle team coaches in highschool, I've been trained to clean my guns every time they've been taken to the range or in the field. I'm sure the guns don't need as much cleaning but it's just the way I was brought up.
I've found most of the products work fairly well but I'm a Hoppes fan. I swapped to bore snakes a few decades back and have never missed assembling cleaning rods and all the various attachments...
And Ron, to your comments about your friend who's never cleaned his 7RM... One of my friends the same way with his '06! Funny thing is that the deer that these two guys take down never know if their barrels were clean or not.
“Hey before you shoot me next time you think you could give that thing a cleaning?” Hahaha. I’ve never shot an animal who had requests when I got to him. These days you’d think they’d ask you to use a different cartridge next time haha
@@BadoreksDailys Exactly, LOL!
@@paulsimmons5726 A lot of that constant cleaning came from the days when there were corrosive primers and gunpowder.
@@halbogatz3780 So a lot of the talk about “clean after every use” is mostly leftover from those old days? Is there at least some truth to it still viable today?
@@User_Brandonthe truth is in your rifle and the shooting.If the accuracy is there don’t mess with it unless the weather becomes a factor.
One time, I copper cleaned my 223, and it changed the poi of impact by about 4 inches at 100 yds. That's big!
I have a m1 grand that is fussy that way, once it built back up accuracy improved
It's my belief that it is not the aggressive movements of the brass brush with chemicals that removes the copper residue from the lands but the bristles of the brush that gets the carbon solvent cleaner into the tight corners of the groves. Then it is time that allows the chemicals to break down the carbon that is removed by a patch. Shotgun cotton bore swabs work good to clean chambers then clean them with isopropyl and dry for another use. My demist is very generous with the cotton dams for recessed lugs.
My theory is that the carbon /powered fouling add lubrication to the squeaky clean barrel and the first few shots are off from the normal grouping because of the lack of that lubrication in a squeaky clean barrel. ??? And I am happy to know my cleaning method is spot on to your method. Great video
With my 223 varmint rifles that shoot sub 1/2 moa I don't clean until accuracy starts to go south. Sometimes that may be after several hundreds of rounds. If I use a brush it is a nylon brush that I drip solvent onto and I never drag the brush backwards through the barrel. Only push it from chamber to muzzle and remove the brush. Then clean patches until they are fairly clean.
Seems like a sensible system.
I give my firearms a basic clean every time I use them. I often shoot in hot, humid dusty conditions, so I like to get the dust and grit out of all the workings, as well as getting all the handprints (sweat) off external metal. I give everything (except scopes) a good spray internally and externally with G-96. I disassemble my shotguns, and all the workings get a liberal dose of petrol applied with a paintbrush, even down the barrel/s. Scrape everything with an old toothbrush, and wait for it to dry. You can put a fan or blower on everything to speed that all up. Once it’s all dried out, a good oiling and spray of G-96, and you’re done. I did Trap and Skeet shooting for years, and cleaned all my competition shotguns, and my hunting shotguns, that way without an issue. If I’m away on a 4-day hunting trip, the guns don’t get cleaned until we get home. They’re often covered in dirt and dust, but I do everything in my power to not get them wet. I think moisture is a firearm’s biggest enemy.
growing up i was taught after every outting, before you put away, you better clean it, put away clean. now i am with you, dont clean inside barrel till accuracy starts opening up. BUT do clean the outside every time before putting away.
after cleaning the chamber i like to patch a little oil in there also
Great video: if you place the mic closer to your mouth you get better sound. I noticed when you went down the barrel with the scope.
The jags that you can wrap the patch around work much better than the jags with a slot that you push the patch through because there is more contact area for the patch.
Dont forget that heat expands so your copper bullet with the heat will expend some time larger then the diameter of the barrel. Thats why its such a tigth fit and leaves copper residues
the best & least appreciated point for cleaning all barrels.. the powder residue after firing are attractors for air humidity moisture as well as the reactive chemical make up of the compounds becomes a focal point for oxidation/red rust.. its an electrolysis process of compounds robbing electrons from the steel.. & those compounds are electrolytically attracted to the barrel as well as heat fused to it.. from that point on that oxide etched into the surface further acts as an attractant for humidity moisture & powder residue
That's a nice looking Sauer
A light clean semi regularly works for me, before accuracy deteriorates but not super clean to the point that I need an excessive amount of fouling shots.
I was taught to go from muzzle to breach. That way your not pushing the dirtiest stuff down the length of the barrel. I also use a hardwood dowel to push the patches. I then use a formed brass brush with a patch wrapped around it for the chamber. Then a spray of LPS.
Thats a good tip to use dowels as a option than a cleaning rod and jag
I have to clean weapons constantly almost. It's not rocket science. Breaking in a new barrel to me is a very time consuming process. I have done this since 1972 with every new rifle I have a acquired. I use every weapon I own many times each year so they are more or less cleaned very well at minimum several times a year. I'm maybe a little OCD (if that's possible?) about the condition of my firearms. All need to be at optimum ready. Scopes have to on zero ( not close but zero). Great video again!!!!
I only use a bore snake on my deer rifles and they work great and I don't have to worry about the cleaning rod damaging my barrel
Yea you just have to worry about whatever is embedded in that dirty bore snake you keep running back through your barrel. Even hard carbon deposits can lead to barrel scratches.
If you buy a quality cleaning rod you don’t have to worry about it scratching the barrel.
Free all works great
Ron, try some CLR for removing carbon, it works great.
I'm a fan of Ballistol
Micro grove riffing needs cleaned often. Original deep riffing can go much longer without clearing. Just my take on this subject
I only get to shoot about 1/4 as much as I want to. But I usually clean based on how much ammo I shoot through it. If I look down the barrel and see a small amount of build up, I snake the barrel. But if I look inside and see heavy buildup I break out the full cleaning kit and get it clean.
Great video Ron. Cleared up some confusion I had. I'm kind of a detailed cleaner. Most of my friends however just wipe things down with a rag with WD40 or Rem Oil. But then again I enjoy gun maintenance. Relaxing hobby.
Do you use a bore snake great video
When it comes to cleaning smokeless fouling my opinion has always been less is more... until it needs it. BP, I clean fairly quickly.
I dry brush mine every time I shoot. Then I use a mop with just a touch of oil. My rifles are always accurate and never fail. I do my handguns the same way. They never fail either.
The bore snake is the greatest invention ever for cleaning the barrel.
Nope
I agree with Gary. The bore snake is good for packing with you in the field in the event of stuffing the muzzle in the mud or if you accidentally go for a swim but that’s about it. The snake holds onto debris where the patches get thrown out with the debris. 😉
Complete garbage
what does it mean when I don't have copper showing up after 60 rounds of 308 from my newly purchased Mossberg Patriot? My new Tikka, my older Patriot, my Sig SHR970, my 700's provide some green on the white cloth after only 20 plus rounds when I also soak the bore with hoppes 9 and let it sit muzzle down for copper removal. Bore out of spec by .0001 inches? Crazy circumstances and results. Thanks
Watched videos from John Krieger and George Garner who both said never drag your brush back through the barrel.
Thanks for the video; there was a lot of good information there. Do you have any thoughts on boresnakes; especially for those of us who likely only fire our big-game rifles a dozen times a year or less. I think they appear to do a good job removing powder fouling and/or moisture, but I can only look down the bore with the naked eye (unless you have a spare borescope to send me?).
Good questions, handcannon. You really do not need to borescope a barrel to know whether it is clean enough. Its accuracy should tell the tale. IF you're getting the accuracy you desire, it's clean enough. If not, clean until accuracy returns. If a boresnake does this for you, good enough. Moisture in a barrel is different. Always run a dry patch or two through a potentially wet bore and follow with light oil patch. Store where humidity isn't so high that it causes rusting.
Ron, your experience is overwhelming! Borescope are a MUST and you can get one from Amazon for $50 bucks. Good coated cleaning rod and bore guide are essential. I only clean plinking rifles when accuracy declines but I clean my accurate long range rifles after every use (fowling is another variable you want to eliminate). I clean Hunting rifles clean often so fowling doesn’t affect my cold bore shot. Let your solvents work and refrain from mechanical cleaning. Tip your barrel downward to the solvents run down the barrel and not back into your action. And.. You’ll learn more from your borescope in one week than I leaned looking down the barrel in 6 decades..
You're absolutely right about that borescope! BTW, with most rifles, or at least many, fouling doesn't change cold bore POI. That's more a product of a hot barrel expanding, possibly twisting slightly due to steel inconsistencies. That's what we try to negate with heavy barrels or cryo treatment. Most hunters seem to prefer a slightly fouled barrel for POI consistency throughout the hunt.