How do I clean my new shotgun before I use it ?

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Andries
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How do I clean my new shotgun before I use it ?

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Woo Hoo....the permit is in and I will be picking up my new Franchi Phoenix O/U 12 gauge on Friday morning (RDO).

As I will be "shooting some clays" (I even sound like a shotgunner...LOL) on Saturday arvo, I'll need to have it ready to go.

What cleaning/preparation will I need to do ?

Assume I'm a complete idiot and know nothing (not too much of a stretch I know :lol: )

Thanks !!
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How do I clean my new shotgun before I use it ?

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Clean any packing grease off the internals and barrels. Use a good quality shotgun grease sparingly around mono block and hinge point etc and go have fun. Oh don't screw chokes in dry.
Just my $0.02.
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I just did as above. Give the bores a good scrub/patch out with a solvent as well as any other moving parts to get teh shipping grease/oil off then lube up with a light grease - I use a tetra one, white stuff in a little squeezy tube. Wipe a bit of choke tube grease on the choke threads and screw them in and wipe off any excess.
Then go and 'smash some clays', but make sure you let a few go as 'breeders' (that is usually the excuse for missing a couple)
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Most shotgunners I know just use boresnakes. Put solvent on the end of it or spray oil.
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generally now after each shoot I give a squirt down the tubes with an aerosol cleaner then pull the boresnake through a few times. sometimes the chokes need a bit more of a scrub. action gets a squirt and wipe down. everything gets a wipe with a lightly oiled rag before going into the safe, after more than 10 years my miriko looks like new
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I've found that G96 gun treatment is really good at getting the build up plastic out of the barrels and chokes with the bore snake ( takes a big week end onthe clays to built up the plastic but it can build up quick). A coupe of passes and its out.

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Clean a shotgun? hmmmm.
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Just a bit of advice I would be carefull using solvent if your barrels are soft soldered together as the solvent eats the lead out of the solder.
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Ol 55 wrote:Just a bit of advice I would be carefull using solvent if your barrels are soft soldered together as the solvent eats the lead out of the solder.
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