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I just use a bore snake most of the time. If I really want to clean it, I will shoot some BreakFree Bore Foaming Cleaner and let it sit for about 15 minutes. I will the come back and scrub with a bore brush then finish off with some clean patches with some Slip 2000 cleaner/degreaser on the patches.
If its only shotshells, I use a dry bore brush (The things that look like a giant pipe cleaner). For rifled slugs, I fill a small bucket about 3" deep with mineral spirits, put the muzzle in the bucket and scrub away with a tornado brush. Either way, cleaning takes me about 5 minutes.
You will get a whole lot of opinions on this question. There is probably a lot of information in the archives too.
Here's what I do:
I dip a cleaning patch in Hoppe's Old #9 and push it down the barrel with a tornado brush. After running 2-3 patches I run part of an old tee shirt down the barrel on a cleaning rod with an eye hook on the end. Then repeat the process. You may need to repeat this process more than twice. (I shoot Clays powder. It is one of the cleaner burning powders.)
If you are not going to shoot the shotgun for awhile I would run a dry patch followed by a patch with a light oil. This will prevent rust.
I don't oil my shotgun barrels because I shoot the gun every weekend. I think this helps prevent crud from building up in the barrel.
I occasionally take all my firearms out and run a oiled patch down them. Then I store them muzzle down to keep the oil from running into the action.
I'll let the inside of my barrel soak for hours with a bore cleaner {gel type preferred} before hitting it with a bore brush and a chamber brush and then running patches, this method gets everything very clean very quickly as the chemical does most of the grunt work for you.
The rest of the gun I just hit with a CLP type lube until it's time to get more involved.
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