Some chores need to be done By Larry Myhre
Wintertime is a great time to go through all of your outdoor gear and give it a good cleaning and lube job, if needed. (Journal photo by Larry Myhre)
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal
If there was one thing I taught my grandson about the outdoors it was, “Take care of your equipment and your equipment will take care of you.”
And while making sure all of your outdoor stuff is in good shape is a year around job, wintertime is when you can really focus on what needs to be done.
I usually begin with my guns. We don’t clean guns much nowadays, thanks to smokeless powder so chances are your rifle or shotgun has not seen a cleaning rod in quite some time.
Rifles, big game rifles especially, are prone to copper fowling in the grooves of the rifling. Now is a good time to run some solvent such as Hoppes No. 9 through the barrel.
Wipe the metal parts down with a rag moist with gun oil, don’t use too much, and then take a clean rag and wipe down the stock and perhaps put a coat of paste wax on it. Check out the scope and if the lenses need cleaning, use an approved lens cleaning fluid and a lint free rag. I like to blow the glass with compressed air to remove any grains of sand or dirt, then wipe the glass down with a soft brush before using the cleaning fluid to prevent scratches.… Continue reading