After reading the six or seven gun care rules on the OTiS website, I have second thoughts on how I clean my guns. I'd appreciate it if anyone would tell me if what I'm doing is bad for an HK P2000 and what I can do to improve.
1.) I spray my whole entire gun, slide and lower, down with Shooters Choice. This strips the gun of any and everything on it, and makes the slide change colors
The stuff is just like brake cleaner, only safe for guns.
2.) I wipe off any excess degreaser with a rag, then put a few inches of Blue Wonder bore cleaner. I run a bronze brush through about five times to mix it all up, then let it sit for about 10 minutes.
3.) Then I just look over all my parts and inspect for serviceability, do some spot cleaning and lubing, and go have a smoke while I wait for the blue wonder
4.) Finally, I take a boresnake and run it through the barrel twice. This results in a mirrored bore with which I run an oil soaked patch through a few times. I then lightly oil the outside of the barrel, my recoil spring, and drop a few drops of oil down my rail grooves on my slide. Assemble the slide and rack it a few times to distribute the oil in the recoil spring and to get a good coat in my rail grooves.
5.) Top it off with a good rubdown on the slide with a silicone impregnated cloth to remove fingerprints and protect from the elements.
This whole process takes me about 20 minutes to do, so it's not too tedious and long to where I'd actually consider not cleaning after a range trip. What made me initially question my methods was how I mix up the blue wonder. OTiS says to never run a brush back and forth through a barrel as it will damage the brush and F up your bore. Always push things through the barrel from breech to muzzle along the natural path of the bullet.
1.) I spray my whole entire gun, slide and lower, down with Shooters Choice. This strips the gun of any and everything on it, and makes the slide change colors
The stuff is just like brake cleaner, only safe for guns.2.) I wipe off any excess degreaser with a rag, then put a few inches of Blue Wonder bore cleaner. I run a bronze brush through about five times to mix it all up, then let it sit for about 10 minutes.
3.) Then I just look over all my parts and inspect for serviceability, do some spot cleaning and lubing, and go have a smoke while I wait for the blue wonder
4.) Finally, I take a boresnake and run it through the barrel twice. This results in a mirrored bore with which I run an oil soaked patch through a few times. I then lightly oil the outside of the barrel, my recoil spring, and drop a few drops of oil down my rail grooves on my slide. Assemble the slide and rack it a few times to distribute the oil in the recoil spring and to get a good coat in my rail grooves.
5.) Top it off with a good rubdown on the slide with a silicone impregnated cloth to remove fingerprints and protect from the elements.
This whole process takes me about 20 minutes to do, so it's not too tedious and long to where I'd actually consider not cleaning after a range trip. What made me initially question my methods was how I mix up the blue wonder. OTiS says to never run a brush back and forth through a barrel as it will damage the brush and F up your bore. Always push things through the barrel from breech to muzzle along the natural path of the bullet.
