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When it comes to gun cleaning, you can’t be too careful. Careless use of gun cleaning supplies can damage the barrel or even the gun itself, so it’s important to ensure that you clean your rifle properly each time you go out shooting. In this guide, we’ll outline several points on how to clean a rifle safely and effectively while also maintaining the long-term integrity of your gun so that it continues to fire accurately every time you take it out of storage.
 
Before cleaning your rifle, you would either do a field-stripping or complete disassembly. With the field stripping method, you take the rifle apart only as far as necessary. A complete disassembly allows you to clean out all parts of the gun more effectively and ensures that they’re functioning properly. Depending on your level of familiarity with rifles, you may choose one or the other—or both. In any case, cleaning your rifle is an important step that can save you from damaging or ruining it over time.
 




Tools for Rifle Cleaning
A cleaning tool allows you to dig deep into your rifle’s barrel, keeping your weapon functioning at peak efficiency. Keep a utility brush or cleaning swabs on hand for deep cleaning. A utility brush is best for removing small debris, and a combination of these brushes can be useful for intricate gun parts.
 
Our Borekare team offers various types of brushes for cleaning rifles
 
A gun cleaning kit comes in handy when you need to thoroughly clean your rifle. Kits typically include multiple tools and cleaning solutions, allowing you to maintain your gun at any stage of use.


Borekare cleaning kits o for rifles
 
Best to have oil available in advance, which helps keep parts functioning properly.
 
How do you clean it?
First, unload the rifle. Point your firearm in a safe direction and give it a thorough check.
Next, remove any ammunition that may be loaded in your rifle. Point it in a safe direction and check that it is unloaded before cleaning.
 
Take your gun cleaning brush and light application of cleaner and scrub your rifle bore. The cleaner should be thorough enough that you can see it being absorbed into fouling, but not so much that you are dripping from one end of your gun to another. Use your gun cleaning brush and lightly apply oil to all moving parts. Remove the dirt, grit, and stains from the hunting rifle with a cloth or wipe.
 
Take the cleaning rod with a jag, brush, or patch holder tip and insert it into the barrel, making sure to push the patch through with it. When using clean patches or gun cleaning wipes, apply some more bore cleaner on the patch and run it through your rifle’s barrel. The patches will catch any remaining fouling as passing through your bore. To ensure your barrel is completely clean and dry, you'll need to clean the wetted area followed by some dry patches to remove all the liquids. You can use cotton swabs for cleaning spots that are hard to reach and to ensure your barrel or chamber is as clean as possible.
 
You might want to lubricate: bearing surfaces (metal-on-metal, bolt lugs, rails, guides), but do not apply lubricants inside the barrel or chamber. This can create high pressure while the gun is being fired, with a possibility of a devastating failure.
oils or lubricants applied to ammunition may lead to malfunction such as outright misfire or squibs.
 
After you clean and lubricate your firearm, make sure to wipe it down with a clean, dry cloth. Next, make sure that you have properly cleaned and wiped everything down. As you assemble your rifle, examine every piece closely, noting any damage, irregularities, or scratches and wear.
 
Tips and tricks
It's possible to use wax-treated gun cloths to polish your firearm. You may prepare different types of brushes for different parts. Chamber brushes are a great option for cleaning the chamber specifically.
The chamber is where most of your gun cleaning brush needs to focus. If you want your gun to have great performance, there must be no dirt in it. It will also cause bad shootings.

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