How to Clean a Shotgun

Don't be intimated by cleaning your shotgun, it is actually very simple! In this episode, Paul Kemper will show how to remove the barrel of your shotgun and how to properly clean it.
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[@johnsmith-lx9lw]

The title should have been how to clean a barrel.

[@dgunearthed7859]

um, some of my buddies who shoot thousands of rounds a year never clean their shotty's. So who cares? I once saw a video of professional shooters doing a "how to" video of how they clean their shot guns and basically all they did was shoot some Gun Scrubber down the barrel over a trash can. Boom done. Thank you! lol I think most guns will outlast us no matter how their cleaned.

[@GuitarGuy650]

​@@dgunearthed7859 your choice, but if I'm relying on a shotgun to protect me and my family, you bet I am taking the time to make sure it is cleaned, lubed, and functional

[@dgunearthed7859]

@@GuitarGuy650 I'm sorry I gave the wrong impression of what I do. I agree with you friend. 💯

[@jckjck14]

@@GuitarGuy650you have no idea what you are talking about I’d be worried if I was your family

[@deeganeddy6417]

You have my thank you, this video helped me a lot, you were quite informal, and for that i appreciate you

[@e.sommer7062]

Great video! Thank you very much for this info!

[@Psalm-yg6yi]

Tried your method, and now I have no shirts to wear.

[@ViperLime-uy9tw]

Such a beautiful pump he’s using to demonstrate, and here I am with a Maverick 88. Should I ask my uncle for one of his ‘58 Sweet 16’s

[@joshuasimpson1515]

Just got my 88 today, first shotgun. Absolutely love it

[@anthonydibartolomeo4567]

Good video,very informative. Plan on cleaning my shotgun soon and this video helped me learn how.

[@johnsmith-lx9lw]

suckup

[@mytheoryofmind]

My hoppe’s kit didn’t come with a soft bore cleaner but everything else. What could I use besides that?

[@hunterbowen3785]

You can use a rod with a patch on it and spray bore cleaner and run it just like he does in this video. Run a few patches through to make sure that there is no excess bore cleaner/ oil in your barrel

[@ViperLime-uy9tw]

I had the foaming bore cleaner

[@jamesp739]

The first "brush" he used to clean the barrel is more correctly called a bore mop. They are gauge/caliber specific so if you purchase one, be sure to get one matched to the gauge of your shotgun.

[@user-lm3zt8sc1b]

I have a brand new Remington 870 field master I have only shot 7 target loads through it and I went to clean it and the patches keep on coming out a brown color and I let the break free clp set for about 25 minutes and I repeated this for 3 times and they are still coming out brown I used the bronze brush in between the patches and it doesent help but I looked inside the barrel with a bore light and it looks completely clean ?

[@AndrewZambetti]

Is bore cleaner just regular solvent with lube?

[@rukus_1]

Great vid I just recommend either speaking louder or raising your mic level as the video is a bit quiet

[@albertcocolo7063]

Exactly. You didn’t clean the entire shotgun what about the ejection port?

[@Jared_Albert]

Thank you. I appreciate especially your clear measured American accent. So many of the how to clean a shotgun are from uk posters and I just can’t follow their English.

[@ShadesBoogie]

the best cleaning tutorial I have found!!.. thanks for sharing this video sir. Would this disassembly also be the same for a 12gage Hatsan Escort pistol grip shotgun? tnx @IHEA-USA

[@johndeer8000]

in the final step where you apply oil! You grabbed the Rem Oil in the first shot(@4:48), but in the second shot you had the orange bottle of something applying to the cloth(@4:50)! Was that Hoppe's Oil or ??? I was legitimately watching your technique and happened to notice that. Thank you for the video!

[@KE8NUF]

It is Hoppe’s gun oil from the look of it

[@peekador5843]

Do I have to leave the choke on.

[@mytheoryofmind]

No, I take my choke out.

[@kadariusbryant3271]

I do all but if I am Home I am used my air tank.

[@alexrivard5321]

Hello! Thank you for the great video. I have a question. Do you remove any excess oil from inside the barrel before using your shotgun? I read a few articles saying you shouldn't shoot the gun with oil in the barrel. I am trying to figure out if it is valid or simply being nit-picky.

[@johnsmith-lx9lw]

No just put a lot of grease in the barrel so the shots slide out easy.

[@dgunearthed7859]

don't listen to him....I personally use G96. It's a clp. So just make sure the inner or outter barrel isn't dripping in oil/clp, and you should be good to go. I think if you were to use HIS method, and you cleared the barrel of excess oil and then threw a bore snake through it with a "mist-ing" of G96 on it, you would protect the inner barrel until you use it and you would not need to clear the barrel. I mean it takes another 2 seconds to put something dry through the barrel before you shoot it and you're good to go. Don't over-think it friend. ;-)

[@russelljohnson1486]

That was k

[@whereswaldo5740]

Hilary wants to know. You mean? Like with a cloth?