subject: Cleaning Your Tactical Weapon [print this page] Everyone knows that guns are dangerous and they are capable of great destruction. What isn't as clear to everyone is how vital gun cleaning is to keeping a weapon in top shape while maintaining the highest level of safety with a firearm. Any kind of blockage, be it copper buildup or powdered resin gunk can potentially cause accidents like misfires and explosions inside your gun's chamber. That's not a risk any gun owner should be willing to take.
The first real step to cleaning your gun should be ensuring that all safety precautions have been taken. Make sure that the magazine and chambers are void of bullets and have been removed properly from the gun. Even if you are sure no bullets are even near the gun, keep the safety on while you clean it you can never be too careful with weaponry. Make sure to check your gun's owner's manual to see if any other precautions should be taken before beginning.
Although it's not a simple process, cleaning a gun can be made simpler by purchasing a cleaning kit for your specific style of weapon. For instance, if you own an automatic 9MM, it would be appropriate to buy an Otis 9MM Cleaning System. Granted, you could most likely clean your gun without a kit, but you will always have the appropriate equipment around, if you buy a kit.
Kits like the Otis 9MM Cleaning System come with various tools like cleaning rods, heavy duty bore brushes and panoply patches. The simplest way to clean your chamber is to take a bore brush and slide it up and down the chamber and then slip the cleaning rod with a panoply patch in to grab the residue from the gun. This particular Otis kit actually comes with a system called the Breech-to-Muzzle, which will allow you to clean an automatic 9MM without disassembly.
Tactical weapon cleaning may sometime be difficult, but is extremely important to maintaining a safe and effective firearm or other such tactical weapon. Don't overlook this crucial step in owning firearms.
