Need your guys help please...

[bdymanmike]

I recently got my CCW and got me 2 guns already...sig 229 40 cal and a kimber 1911 45 cal ..Ive shot around 50 rounds in both guns...Where can i get a kit or do i just buy oil from walmart or a sports store and how often do i clean the guns????

 

[Deserteagle]

Go to your local gun store and buy a basic cleaning kit that includes cleaning patches, a solvent, oil, rod, and brush. Just remember that you will need a brush for your .40, and a brush for your .45, everything else you can use on both guns. I like Hoppes cleaning kits myself.

Most people clean their guns after every use. Even if you don't like cleaning the guns after every use, its good bonding time between you and your family member (the gun).

 

[Teluch82]

I use hoppes kits as well best on the market

 

[Purple]

Birchwood Casey Gun Scrubber, bore snakes, gun oil, cotton patches or fuzzy bore brush and frog lube after every range day and at least once a year if they have not been out.

 

[bdymanmike]

Man all that....Im guessing i got to watch a video on how to do this...lol I thought this would be easy...

 

[zacklmpd]

In Kentucky our ccdw class we have to bring a cleaning kit to almost all classes lol. YouTube is a good info site for visual aide 1911s are pretty dang simple to break down same with most firearms

 

[zacklmpd]

I also use hoppes btw great stuff

 

[MilShooter]

I use hoppes kits as well best on the market

I have used Hoppes products since my Dad made me clean his weapons at 8 years old (under his supervision). I think I'm addicted to the smell of Hoppes No.9 solvent. It makes me happy. I probably overuse it just so that I can enjoy the smell. I buy it by the gallon. But there are no support groups to help me with my addiction. Just as well, I suppose, because I would never join such a group.

As to the OP's question, you can't really go wrong with any cleaning kit. I have parts of several types of kits in my range toolbox (short, pistol cleaning rods, rifle-length rods, and shotgun rods), various bass brushes, nylon brushes, and patch-holding devices (jags and those patch holders with slots in the end of them). Common to all is Hoppes No. 9 solvent. I also carry some gun grease, anti-seize compound (for choke tubes), and fine gun oil in a needle-type dispenser. Top it off with a silicone cloth to wipe-down your firearms to remove finger prints and dust.

You can get this stuff at your local gun store or sporting goods store, and even at your local Wal-Mart. I always encourage people to buy a rather large toolbox (I have a yellow Craftsman box with a top tray) in order to store all of the goodies. That way, they're always in the same place. Keep some plastic baggies in there (to store wet bore mops) and also a bunch of blue Nitrile (rubber) gloves. Other than that, make it a ritual to enjoy cleaning and getting to know your guns. I can field-strip and reassemble my 1911's in under 30 seconds. I can disassemble a Glock or other polymer pistol in less than 3 seconds with the assistance of a 5 pound sledge hammer. Reassembly is impossible. I'm easily entertained (AADHD). (And for you Glock guys, my apologies for my weak attempt at humor. You like Glocks. Me? Not so much.)

Congratulations on your purchases. I hope they give you pleasure through the years.

I have one cardinal rule about guns. Many people disagree with me. And I even broke the rule once. But my rule is this: It is okay to buy guns. It is not okay to sell guns. I own many, many guns now because through my life, I've only sold one of them. It was a .38 Super EAA Witness with a grip-to-trigger length that was so long that I could not fire the gun. It made no sense to keep it when I could not shoot it.

Your mileage may vary.

 

[creatism]

Cleaning your kimber is going to be a process, it's worth all the time though. If your gonna be carrying it, either gun or both, I would recommend taking it apart and light oiling it, knock the dust and lent out of it once a week or so! I've got 2 gun in the carrying rotation at the moment and both get checked once a week and then a thorough cleaning after every trip to the range!
You might think that's a bit excessive but think of it this way. Your trusting your life to that gun, you need to make sure it's as close to perfect as you can get. Also let me know if your kimbers picky on ammo, mine was very picky!!

 

[ellwood45c]

I bought a electricians tool kit, it looks like a aluminum breifcase. It has all the places fot screwdrivers and such that holds all my brushes and mops. Plus plenty of room for my solvents and oils.

 

[Deserteagle]

Man all that....Im guessing i got to watch a video on how to do this...lol I thought this would be easy...

Its extremely easy. A handgun usually only takes 10-20 minutes. Just watch a couple videos of how to do it on youtube and read your instruction booklet most importantly.

 

[S&W645]

The other option to getting a cleaning kit is to find a friend who likes to clean guns or can't stand to see a dirty one. :biggrin:
Today was cleaning day for for the S&W 659 and 5906. Monday will be Mosin Nagant, Colt AR-15, and Sig C3 cleaning day.

 

[Montyrush]

Nothing fancy with the cleaning kits... (make sure it includes a metal bristle toothbrush) get the appropriate sized "bore brush" ($2) and you're G to G!

Get tons of q-tips and some "fancy rags" and your guns will feel the love!

I love cleaning my guns...I hope you do too!

 

[S&W645]

Its extremely easy. A handgun usually only takes 10-20 minutes. Just watch a couple videos of how to do it on youtube and read your instruction booklet most importantly.

Only other thing about 1911s to remember is some will take a barrel bushing wrench while others can be done with your fingers. Do not get them confused or your fingers will remind you of your errors.

 

[creatism]

Also watch the "spring plunger" (not sure if that's what it's called) but at some point you send it flying across the room, much to the amusement of who ever is in the room, not so much for you though.

 

[Rocketgeezer]

Man all that....Im guessing i got to watch a video on how to do this...lol I thought this would be easy...

Mike, it is easy, right now I can see your being overwelmed with this or that suggestion, which are all fine, but honestly the cheapest and easyest way is go to Wally World in sporting goods get yourself a pistol cleaning kit for whatever caliber weapons you have, (these mostly have hoppys or winchester stuff in them) and maybe a few aditional cleaning rags, and go to the auto dept and pick up a can of brake parts cleaner, does as good a job as the gun cleaner and cheaper, and look at your owners manual, and take your time lay the pieces out in order, clean and reassemble, if you need to theres the videos on you tube, and cleaning your weapon after each shoot is ok but not allways nessesary, really depends on how nasty it gets if you use a clean ammo and you only shoot a mag or two, a stripdown cleaning is not really going to do a lot, unless of course you want to for something to do

 

[fudo]

Man all that....Im guessing i got to watch a video on how to do this...lol I thought this would be easy...

Relax, it's not that hard. You need to know how to field strip your guns. The info is in the owner's manuals. The cleaning kit has several sections of cleaning rods that screw together, several tips, for the brushes and patches, some solvent to soften and remove the residue and oil to protect the metal and lube the moving parts. The most important thing is to remove the magazine, inspect the chamber, both visually and by sticking your finger in it, verifying that there is no round in the chamber, and finally be sure that the muzzle of the gun is pointed in a safe direction.