How to Clean Your Shotgun Video Lecture | Hunter Education: Becoming an Expert Hunter - Hobbies

Right there, get 'em, get 'em.
Whether you go on a field
to the range
or if your firearm
is going to storage,
a clean firearm is essential
for proper operation.
Before you clean your firearm
the first thing we need to do
is make sure the firearm is empty,
by first looking down the chamber,
to make sure there's
nothing in the chamber.
We also look at the magazine
to make sure there's
nothing in the magazine.
While cleaning your firearm
you always want to remember
that you want to clean from the
breech end, or the chamber end
towards the muzzle.
Example,
to start
we would put a few drops
of cleaning oil
on our cleaning patches
and we would feed our
flexible cleaning rod
through the barrel.
Then you're able to use your brush
but you never use your brush first.
After that
then you can use your brush
to clean
from the muzzle end.
You want to use
your oversized brush
so it can clean the chamber as well.
If you have a screw-in choke,
you want to
clean your barrel before
you remove your choke.
Lastly, when you get through
cleaning your firearm,
you want to wipe it down.
You want to wipe down your firearm
because the sweat of your hands
can harm the material
of your firearm.
And cleaning your firearm
is just that simple.