Gun Cleaning Kits

Above, Winchester rifle and shotgun cleaning kits. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

I have about five Hoppe's gun cleaning kits that I have bought over the years. Some are for pistols, rifles and shotguns.  

I've noticed that the newer kits I have purchased have more cheaply made rod end accessories. They have broken while inside gun barrels. Usually, I can get them out of the barrels with a wire clothes hangar (apologies to Joan Crawford). I had one break inside a Winchester Model 62A .22 rifle the other day. I couldn't get it out with a hangar. So, reluctantly, I shot it out. Luckily, the rod end accessory wasn't wedged in. 

I have some Winchester cleaning kits and those are far better made. I bought them in Lake Havasu a couple of years ago as they were on sale. I finished the cleaning job with the Winchester rifle cleaning kit.

In the future, I'll stick with the Winchester kits and just use the Hoppe's gun oil and cleaning solvent.