Any cool gun tips?

[Legionnaire]

Great thread!

1. Bore snakes are great.

2. You can use a piece of weed whacker line to make a field-expedient bore snake. Cut to length, use a match/candle/torch to melt one end into a ball, sharpen the other end with a knife. Push the sharp end through the middle of a couple of patches, which will get stuck at the ball end of the line, and pull them through the bore from breach to muzzle. I always carry a piece of line and a couple of patches in my hunting kit for when I accidentally (and inevitably) stick the muzzle into a snow bank or mud puddle.

3. Heavy socks filled with AirSoft pellets make good home made sand bags. They are light weight, low dust, and don't absorb water.

4. Remember to bring the right ammo on a hunting trip.

 

[oldgold]

Tampons with the plastic applicators make great cold blue swabs.

 

[DAVIDSDIVAD]

If you have to force something apart, you're doing it wrong.

Someone's never changed the fore-end on a mossberg 590.

 

[ainokea]

"So you get all the way out to the boonies to shoot and you forgot your muffs. Stick a 9mm round in each ear."

"For applying oil to a firearm, without leaving dust from a rag or paper towel.
Use a foam rubber makeup applicator wedge. A few drops of your preferred oil, will cover the whole gun. The applicators can be used more than once, but should be discarded after four of five uses. They will start to disintegrate."

 

[azyogi]

Hoppes #9 makes for a good cologne. The women it attracts are prescreened

 

[ainokea]

Okay so i made a video of some of the tips that were posted.
Thanks to everyone who contributed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAx6lEWcMOQ

If you have any more tips please post, and i'll make another video.

 

[9MMare]

Hi there 'neighbor.' Nice video, thank you.

 

[hso]

Excellent thread with some great tips!

You can use leftover ammo boxes to help load stripper clips. Just punch the bottom out of the pit and drop your rimmed rounds in to line them up nicely.

"So you get all the way out to the boonies to shoot and you forgot your muffs. Stick a 9mm round in each ear."

Great video ainokea! If a picture is worth a thousand words your video is good for much more, but using anything other than ear plugs is not good advice. A day of fun shooting without proper hearing protection can have life long negative consequences. If you don't have proper eye and ear protection go get it.

 

[1KPerDay]

Reach around the back of your head and pull back on your ear lobe before inserting a plug. They fit better that way.

Reach over the top and pull up on the top of the ear while inserting the earplug with your other hand. You'll find it works even better.

 

[Davionmaximus]

A little oil is good. A lot is too much.

The business end is the one that has the hole in it...

 

[gun addict]

what about a double barreled shotgun? Or a pepperbox?

 

[proud2deviate]

For dry-firing .22s, cut a thin strip of leather, bend it to a 90 degree angle, insert one end in the chamber and position the other end to catch the firing pin. This works well on the 10/22, since the bolt can be cycled without ejecting your homemade "snap cap" (of course, if the firing pin of your 10/22 can make contact with the breech face, something is wrong.)

Oh, don't store your gun with leather in the chamber. Corrosion can result.

 

[shotgunjoel]

No, a .22semi-auto will not cycle shorts properly.

My JC Higgins 31 works just fine with shorts.

Hoppes 9 is magic, you can use it in place of all body sprays and whatnot.

That's greatness!

 

[jcwit]

You don't need to clean the bores of .22 rimfire guns. Ever.

At least till the accuracy tanks.

 

[ainokea]

For dry-firing .22s, cut a thin strip of leather, bend it to a 90 degree angle, insert one end in the chamber and position the other end to catch the firing pin. This works well on the 10/22, since the bolt can be cycled without ejecting your homemade "snap cap" (of course, if the firing pin of your 10/22 can make contact with the breech face, something is wrong.)

Oh, don't store your gun with leather in the chamber. Corrosion can result.

That's a good one, i'll include it in the next video

 

[John Wayne]

Wheel bearing grease works great, and a $2 tub will last forever.

Aerosol disc brake cleaner is essentially Gun Scrubber, for 1/4 the price.

Pet cage bedding is great polishing media, for less money.

 

[longdayjake]

If you have a m1 carbine you had better have a bolt take down tool if you ever want to fully clean the bolt and then put it back together.

Fresh cow pies make good reactive targets.

Don't shoot cow pies while standing too close.

The best way to remove any target from a fixed bayonet is to pull the trigger on the gun its attached to.

Dont sand underneath the barrel bands if you ever refinish a stock yourself. I can't tell you how many times I have to tell people that their stock is ruined.

Dishwashers are great for cleaning parts and stocks.

If you are refinishing a gun part with a sand blaster remember to give your air compressor a break every so often. They can explode!!! My tiny 10 gallon sprayed compressor oil about 20 feet across my garage. Luckily it wasnt pointed at me, but my wife's $200 luggage was ruined not to mention the mess I had to clean up.

Just like beer, guns and driving don't mix.

Please dont shoot AP stuff at steel targets just to see if they work. They do work!!! Trust me!!! (unless you pay for them yourself)

The bayonet on a yugo sks makes a pretty good monopod.

If you need to pogo an AR make sure there is not a scope attached to it when you do it.

Handloading is cheap but you will end up spending way more money than you will save. (but you will sure shoot a lot more too)

Save your brass whether you reload or not. It is valuable. (All members of my local range please disregard)

Tracers start fires!!!! Use only in the snow or for SHTF. They may be cool but you can ruin the fun for everyone.

Steel casings can indeed be reloaded. But don't do it.

you can wash your used earplugs in the washer by using those little bags that my wife puts her stockings in.

Thats all for now!

 

[longdayjake]

I thought of another. If you want to locktite rail screws onto a 10/22 make sure you don't put too much in the hole. The holes go right down to the bolt and the locktite will get inside the firing pin channel.

 

[ainokea]

I thought of another. If you want to locktite rail screws onto a 10/22 make sure you don't put too much in the hole. The holes go right down to the bolt and the locktite will get inside the firing pin channel.

Good one, i've done that before. After i found out what i did i use it liberally now. Only a dab on the threads.

 

[PandaBearBG]

I don't know if it's really a trick but sometimes when I really gotta foot it far into the mountains or desert, I ususally carry my AR barrel down. It's a bull barrel and occasionally it tends to dip in the dirt if the elevation is steep or I gotta bend down. So I bought some 1" PVC pipe, cut it down to 4 inches, glued on a end cap and presto! prefect barrel protection that is light weight and damn near indestructable! I also wrapped a piece of cloth around the barrel and wrapped that with some masking tape then a smear of glue and rammed the PVC over it to make it extra snug and tight. Takes too seconds to pop off, more for long treks.

 

[ar10]

PandaBearBG

We used condoms.

 

[PandaBearBG]

Well I live in the desert and not in a combat enviroment where a quick snap shot is needed. And I wanted something that rocks and dirt and snaggy scrub brush can't rip or tear. I've used the plastic tops (which can wear down) the condom which can tear hahah, and the homemade duct tape and electrical tape caps which do tear. I needed something more durable.

 

[BADSBSNF81]

If you don't have a condom handy, electrical tape makes a good muzzle cover. Balloons work well also.

Extra boot laces can be used as a makeshift sling.

Used toothbrushes are excellent for cleaning purposes.

Keep a box of tooth picks and pipe cleaners with your relolading/cleaning supplies

 

[LoneCoon]

.22 hollowpoints don't friggin feed in semi autos.

At least, not in any of mine.

 

[DAVIDSDIVAD]

My gun tip?



Everything time I've ever read "Don't ever ___________" on THR it's been wrong.


For example:
Dont ever:
Buy taurus, use steel cased ammo, etc...


all turned out to be BS