Tuesday's Tips ---- Dusty’s Gun Cleaning Tips:

Dusty’s Gun Cleaning Tips:

1.       BE SURE YOUR WEAPON IS UNLOADED!!! You could shoot yourself or someone else or shoot a big hole in the floor. Remove the ammunition from your weapon either by opening the revolver or removing the magazine.  Make sure that the chamber is EMPTY by pulling back on the slide. Lock the slide open by pushing the slide catch lever up with the slide back. Look in the chamber by holding the gun away from you and pointing down, finger away from trigger and make sure there is no bullet there.  AGAIN, finger away from the trigger! Make sure you clean your weapon in a well-ventilated area away from any food, drink, distractions, flames, or children.

2.       Get your cleaning supplies together in the same place. I use and sell a universal gun cleaning kit along with gun cleaning solvent and gun oil. There are many different kinds and most work for all types of guns. I use Hoppe’s Solvent and Hoppe’s Oil.

3.       A lot of people use Gun Scrubber which is good BUT if you get it on the grips it WILL discolor the grips or the stock.

4.       When cleaning your gun, dip a bristle bronze brush (different sizes are made for different calibers) into the solvent and run it down thru the bore several times. THEN run clean cloth patches thru the bore until no more residue shows on the patches.

5.       Oil is like a magnet and from firing your gun it will turn “gunky” and can jam up your gun SO all you need is a very light, very thin film of oil on your  gun, you should barely be able to see it with your eyes. Remember that if you see any oil running or dripping out any time, you've got too much oil. Wipe the excess off with a clean cotton cloth (old T-shirts work good for this). Remember – less is best!

6.       Place 1 drop of oil on the cylinder hinge and the extractor rod of a revolver or on an auto place 1 drop on either side of the slide.

7.       Store your gun away in safe place from children.

8.       Place all of your cleaning supplies in 1 spot – that is why I use a kit because it has a storage bag.

9.       This list is a standard cleaning that should be performed after every firing at the range or in the field.  Protect yourself and your investment by doing this.

10.   If your gun is used heavily, a more thorough dis-assembly and cleaning should be performed.

Read your gun’s owner’s manual for specific cleaning instructions and if in doubt, give me a call.  And AGAIN, ALWAYS MAKE SURE YOUR GUN ISN’T LOADED BEFORE CLEANING.