Favorite gun cleaning method?

[lazs2]

hoppes works as well as anything.  lately I have been using a 'bore snake"  it has the advantage of not being a cleaning rod and going inm from the chamber and... It is easier..  for charcoal burners.... get em in stailess steel and just toss em in the dishwasher.. best if you are a single man or you will be soon after.

As I get more and more lazy..  my prefered method for cleaning out the lead in pistol bores (i shoot a lot of lead slug reloads) is to fire a few hot loaded jacketed slugs at the end of the day.   I also use a stainless steel "toothbrush" (a little brush for you limeys) on the stainless guns..   Im lazy.
lazs

[capt. apathy]

lazs2, chasing cast rounds with jacketed is a bad idea.  it will cause sever leading of your barrel.  if you fire alot of cast rounds then you know if you load them too hot the speed causes enough friction to bond the lead to the barrel (kinda solders it on) firing jacketed rounds (at much higher speeds) after fireing casts makes the barrel look cleaner, but in the end it has the same effect, just a 2 stage process.

if you fire cast rounds you should get a good bore solvent and a brass or copper brush.

btw they make a electrolisis (sp?) tool that electricly removes built up lead but I've never tried it so don't know how well it works.

[H. Godwineson]

Personally, I think HE may be Rip...pulling our legs!

Shuckins

[lazs2]

apathy... no... the jacketed slug does scour out a lot of the lead.  I use a brass screen that goes around a rubber plug to get stubborn lead out.   I have noted that there is very little lead after shooting a few jacketed slugs compared to not.   I use a brass brush and shooters choice when I'm not feeling lazy... group size remains constant or... as well as I can hold anyway.   I have tried everything including mercury over the  years.
lazs

[GtoRA2]

I really do use water, and have never had a rust problem on my guns!

LoL cars are another issue!