cleaning kits?
cleaning kits?
I've had a collection of odd and end pieces from older cleaning kits I've been using for years. I'm ready to buy one nice complete kit that ill be happy with. Any suggestions?
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Re: cleaning kits?
How "nice" are you looking for? Back when I got my 870, I just grabbed a basic Hoppe's kit off the rack, and that's been serving me just fine ever since. All I've really had to replace are things like the patches and solvent when I run out, and every gun shop under the sun seems to stock those. The same goes for the included bottle of Hoppe's gun oil, but since I only use a few drops of that at a time (I prefer the thinner Rem Oil for protecting metal surfaces and Permatex Anti-Seize paste for choke tubes, the Hoppes I only really use for trigger components and the frame rails on my handguns), I have yet to use up that original bottle.
I have augmented that starter kit with a handful of additional items like a 12ga swab, plastic & brass brushes, Q-tips, and fine steel wool, and those come in handy for specific tasks. Some of that steel wool wrapped around an extra bore brush makes for a dandy drill-powered chamber-cleaning tool, and the Q-tips are awesome for digging stuff out of an 870 trigger plate assembly.
I have augmented that starter kit with a handful of additional items like a 12ga swab, plastic & brass brushes, Q-tips, and fine steel wool, and those come in handy for specific tasks. Some of that steel wool wrapped around an extra bore brush makes for a dandy drill-powered chamber-cleaning tool, and the Q-tips are awesome for digging stuff out of an 870 trigger plate assembly.