Tag: gunsmith
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Using Bore Cleaning Accessories
Apply gun cleaning solvent to metal gun parts, especially inside the bore. Cotton patches are a highly absorbent carrier material for gun cleaner and are most commonly used when loaded onto a brass patch holder for swabbing the inside of a gun barrel with a cleaning rod. Use a phosphor bronze brush to scrub carbon…
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Best Gun Cleaning Mat
Clean and lube firearms in an organized fashion with Tetra Gun care’s new gun cleaning mat. When you disassembly a firearm like a handgun, for example, you don’t want to lose track of any gun parts, not to mention cleaning accessories like lube oil, cleaner, patches, brushes, swabs, bore rope, etc. This gun cleaning mat…
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Brushes, Mops & Jags
The brass patch holder holds round or square cotton patch fit to the right-sized caliber bore. You know this when there is enough contact inside the barrel when you have enough resistance, which helps you best remove carbon fouling. Lesser patch holders like plastic will not hold up as long. A bronze brush with a…
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Tetra Gun Lube & Cleaner Product Highlight Reels
Action Blaster cleaner degreaser aerosol for all purpose gun cleaning. Tetra Gun Action Blaster aerosol cleaner degreaser for removing carbon fouling. Polymer safe. Tetra Gun Copper Solvent for hard bore fouling made in gel state so it stays on your bronze brush while running it thru the barrel. Tetra Gun Copper Solvent best at removing…
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Gun Cleaning 1-Stop Shop
Tetra Gun care can be your firearm maintenance products headquarters. Shop | Tetra Gun Direct Over 40 years now inventing and producing products that work with customer satisfaction that is only matched by the diverse number of gun care products. Good quality. Good value. Products that are universally used by Handgun, Rifle and Shotgun users…
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All Guns Need to be Cleaned and Lubed despite wild claims and out of control egos in the industry
When you go into a gun shop and speak with an experienced salesman behind the counter, especially the owner, you want to assume that they know what they are talking about. This is especially true if they themselves are active shooters if not serious competitive shooters. Well, that could be a mistake. Even though they…
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Gun Care Talk: Tricks and Work-Arounds in a Pinch
Sometimes I hear about people having trouble with accessory brushes not easily fitting cleaning rods. Well … If the brush or more likely a loaded patch holder isn’t moving thru easy at all. A bore cleaning rope that is a big too tight to fit down the bore on the first pass. If oil is…
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Handgun Care Basics Video: How to Clean and Lube a Glock
This is a short video of a partially disassembled Glock pistol showing gun owners how to use light duty cleaner and gun lube products after a shoot. Remove carbon fouling, followed by bore conditioning and lubing all friction points and exposed surfaces of gunmetal, using common firearms maintenance accessories. Courtesy of Tetra Gun care, the…
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Essential Gun Care Products
Basic advice for newbies, novices or gun owners who have procrastinated until very recently. Either way, welcome aboard. Before I forget, remember to keep personal safety in mind. Take some Hands-On Lead Removal Wipes to the range so that you can remove powder fouling from your hands before leaving, and definitely before eating. After action…