Proper Rifle Cleaning Techniques with Otis Technology

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  @thewatchhawk · 9 months ago (edited)

  Back in the early 90s I heard a radio interview with a young lady from Lyons Falls NY, who started making gun cleaning kits that fit in a tobacco tin so hunters could take with them because she slipped and fell in the mud and couldn't clean the barrel.  That young lady was Doreen Williams and her company is Otis Technology.

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• CH

  @chital_shikari3163 · 2 years ago

  I’ve been cleaning guns and rifles for many years and this was probably the most thorough guide I’ve watched.

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• DO

  @DouglasPrice-p9q · 2 years ago

  ... I've used Hoppe's #9 for 50 yrs ... no issues with any gun I've used it in including a Win 94 from the 50s and a Win 100 from 1961 ... and I like the smell of the stuff

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• RY

  @ryanglass3570 · 2 years ago

  I think that bore guides are primarily to keep solvents out of the magazine and trigger group, just my 2 cents.

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• JO

  @JoJo-pg1kq · 2 months ago

  I never thought of putting a cloth patch over top of the brush.  I always switched over to an Otis loop, then back to a brush, and then back again to the loop.  I learned something that will save me time cleaning.  Thanks Ron!

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• BI

  @birdsongblossoms8547 · 9 months ago

  I throw my worn-out broadcloth shirts, Ts, sheets and flannels in a bin in the garage. When I have a spare minute or am watching a football game (2/3s of the content is commercial interruption) I cut these items into small rags and patches for firearm cleaning. The various fabrics provide more versatility for the cleaning process.

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• AD

  @adamdavis4690 · 4 months ago

  I immediately starting certain thinking of a certain song when you said there are 50 ways to clean your rifle

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• TA

  @TamedUnicorn · 1 year ago

  I agree with you Ron. &nbsp;I grew up with the military mindset that the rifle should be fully cleaned every time. No exceptions. &nbsp; <br><br>But with my own stuff i do just like you. &nbsp;When it looks like the groups are starting to open up i give it a full cleaning. &nbsp;However at the end of shopting for the day, 2hilw the barrel is still warm, ill run a hopes bore snake or bore viper through it once or twice but thats it. &nbsp;Leaves it lookong great. <br><br>And now that i have gotten into shooting &nbsp;blackpowder to take advantage of extra hunting time and locations i have come to appreciate modern caetridge rifles so much more. &nbsp; &nbsp;Not juat for how much faster they are to shoot but i found my blackpowder rifle holds decent groups as long as i run something through the barrel after each shot. &nbsp; And a shotgun boresnake is a great fast tool for that too. &nbsp; But blackpowder has also taught me how important the right level of fouling can be

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• JE

  @jeffreyvannederynen8342 · 2 years ago

  Good video. &nbsp;I needed this 40 years ago.

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• FA

  @Farming-AKs · 2 years ago

  My guns have become more reliable and accurate since I learned to quit cleaning them so often, but mostly to quit over oiling them.

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• LM

  @lmbear · 1 year ago

  You are right Ron. There are many ways to clean a rifle. I always clean after every use. You should check out some of my videos. I like posting videos of how my rifles shoot at 400 yards though. Many sub 1&quot; groups at that distance. Some rifles have more than 1,000 rounds on them. The AR15 I posted groups at 400 yards recently, has 3,000 rounds on it. I am picky about cleaning after every use. It doesn&apos;t hurt them..

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• HO

  @houstonyeti4496 · 1 year ago

  Thank you, Sir<br>for the valuable information.

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