End of season gun cleaning

ronn

do you do anything different at the end of the season to your gun cleaning wise,
if you were putting your gun away till November,
how often would i need to get my gun serviced. (686e nearly a year old only 200 odd shots gone through it,)

got a set of wool mop snap caps, what do i do them do i leave them in the gun while its been stored, ie to catch excese oil,

any info be great lads

bunny shooter

It's a good time of year to do a bit of vermin shooting now the season is over. Time enough to clean & store the gun at end of March

It wasn't me!

Plenty of shooting to be done all year round. If all you've got is a shotgun, then now's a good time to be shooting foxes and corvids. Leave the foxes from mid-March or thereabouts, keep up the work on corvids and mink and such, grey squirrels perhaps. Bunnies all the way too. Can start foxes again at the end of the summer, then the ducks start in September. Feck all reason to put the gun away now. If nothing else, shoot clays, man!

ronn

hopefully wont be putting it away for too long, have a .22 to get stuck into the vermin with,
just looking to see if ya do anything different compare to the normal regime,
how often would you get your gun serviced, Dealer recommended once a year(he doesnt do it himself):D

pedroeibar1

ronn wrote: »

do you do anything different at the end of the season to your gun cleaning wise,
if you were putting your gun away till November,
how often would i need to get my gun serviced. (686e nearly a year old only 200 odd shots gone through it,)

got a set of wool mop snap caps, what do i do them do i leave them in the gun while its been stored, ie to catch excese oil,

any info be great lads

A gun of that age and usage does not need much, other than a good cleaning. Only high volume shooting requires regular strip and clean. I’m careful about who is allowed put a screwdriver near my guns, I’ve seen too many horrors.
My method of cleaning is to oil the inside of the barrels, run a bronze brush up/down them a few times, then push some kitchen towel through until it comes out clean. A few drops of oil on the wool mop, run that through, then lightly oil the outside of the barrels and they are finished.
Clean the inside of the action with a tiny brush & cocktail stick to remove any dust. (An eye shadow make-up brush is ideal.) A small rub of grease to the hinge-pin and same for the fore-end.
Depending on the finish to the stock, rub with wax/or a wood oil (e.g. tung/arkanet/boiled linseed etc.)
Some insist on using the snapcaps to release the springs; no proof that this does anything important.
Do not leave anything in the barrels; store the gun barrels down as this prevents oil soaking into the stock. Do not use too much oil, when it dries it can leave a residue that over time turns to goo/glue!
Don’t be afraid to take it out and go shoot some clays!
Rs
P.