Cleaning Basics for the 303

[gumpire]

I have always used my Rifle Bore cleaner MIL-C-372C after coming home from the range and leave it for a few hours at least then dry patch it . Till it comes out clean .
I put ballistol oil in them before I put it back in the safe no dry bores .
Seems to have worked for the last 20 yr's . but I do this all my mil- surps.

[Simon P]

That's a gpood question Boulet and I have to answer that No, I don't know what OX52's commercial equivalent is! The oil now is OX24

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[old crow]

Boiling hot water through the bore after shooting anything (obsessive-compulsive), wet patch with Hoppes #9, leave the patch at the muzzle end for a couple of hours then a nylon brush a few strokes through followed by dry patches to your heart's content then Kroil in the bore, wiped out before shooting again. Dark patches: In my younger years I wore out cleaning rods trying to make the bore give me clean white patches; now days I see a slightly dark-stained patch as "clean enough". I like Peter's comments - I continue to be amazed that I've never held a LE with a "worn bore" in my 45+ years of collecting and shooting; pretty amazing considering the mild steel used but perhaps the really bad bores were culled before they got to me.

[Brian Dick]

Ballistol is a German product. The U.S. importer is in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It's good stuff and certainly not toxic considering the military requirements that were required of it. It was adopted by the German Army in 1908! I stock it and it's a good all around product. I also carry Slip 2000 products. I learned of them from a friend at Fort Bragg. Thanks Chris! SOCOM use it and if it's good enough for them, it's certainly good enough for me. All of the Slip 2000 products are non toxic too. I also like good old Hoppes No.9 for some applications, especially for removing light rust. My favorite bore cleaner is Shooters Choice which is standard issue for British snipers. I use Slip 2000 EWL as an all purpose preservative. It's much better than Break Free CLP which I used for years.

[Badger]

Ministry of Defence
Defence Standard 91-102
Issue 2 Publication Date 25 August 2000

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[Peter Laidler]

If it's good enough for them, with all that testing, then it's good enough for me!