By:Etched By Stone-Jewel If the gun fails to fire in that situation, you probably won't live to regret it anyway. Neither will your family. (Of course, you can hide in your room and wait for your local overworked and understaffed police force to come to your rescue. But that's another subject.) Clean Your Gun! Cleaning Tips Use a bronze wire brush for normal bore cleaning. When removing copper, heavy lead fouling, or plastic shotgun wad fouling use a nylon brush with Shooters Choice or similar bore cleaner. (Shooters Choice is a powerful bore cleaner, will eat bronze brushes.) Run the bronze brush through the bore once for every round fired. (I prefer Hoppes #9 solvent for light cleaning.) If you are serious about the care of your gun invest in a coated steel or brass cleaning rod. Aluminum rods are soft. They collect grit and particles that can scratch the bore. Wipe the rod off after every pass through the bore. Use a brass jag to push patches through the bore. Dragging a dirty patch in a slotted tip back through the bore is not what I call cleaning. Use a bore guide or brass "bumper" to protect the chamber or muzzle crown from damage. Clean the action with a blast of pressurized solvent such as Gun Scrubber by Birchwood Casey. It cleans without leaving a residue. Oil Lightly! Oil attracts dirt! If you can see oil, you probably oiled too much! If you're concerned that you've oiled too much, try storing your gun with the barrel down. This will prevent oil or solvent from seeping into the wooden stock. Strip clean about every 800 rounds or so. If you don't know how and don't have an owners manual, take the gun to a Gunsmith. It doesn't cost that much. (It's cheaper than having him replace that spring that went flying into the recesses of your oh so clean garage or basement work room.) There's much more to gun care, but this info should put you ahead of the game. If you want to learn more, check out a hobby gunsmith course such as one offered here at The Fish Creek House and Gun Club in Southwest Montana We offer Firearms training repair, rebluing, nickel, chrome plating, teflon, custom work from recoil pad installation to complete custom rifles and handguns built to your specs. Article Source: http://www.dailynewarticles.com FCV specializes in providing tactical, defensive, and competition firearms training to civilians, law enforcement officials Gun handling, marksmanship, and tactical training courses taught by NRA ceritifed instructor , Gunsmithing services available . Offers metal reaction and paper targets for handgun and rifle shooting. Training available. Join us on at our newly built shooting range in SW Montana. You can hunt us down at Fish Creek Ventures in Southwest Montana More Articles from Hunting Category: Tips to Track Elk and Moose Ruger Vaquero New Model--Performance Review The Archery Bow Deer Hunting Offers Much More than Mere Sport MythBusters: The High Capacity Magazine Safari Calibers: The 375 Holland and Holland Guns and Kids My Favorite Guns: The Remington 870 Product Analysis: Leupold VX-L What To Bring On Your Hunting Trip 5 Safety Tips for Hunting Day Gun Cleaning 101 Hunting Wild Turkey: More Than Just a Wild Goose Chase Outdoor Grills, Ovens and Stoves for Cooking Turkey Limousine Treasure Hunt – a Corporate Team-Building Event Worth Cherishing in Oxfordshire