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Hoppe's No. 9 Bore Cleaner
$8budget
The banana-solvent smell that defines gun cleaning for most of America; unchanged since 1903.
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Understand it first
Weapon maintenance, operator level
Cleaning, lubrication, inspection, corrosion, and storage — the work an owner does, and the line where the honest answer is a gunsmith.
Knife sharpening, from dull to working sharp
Angles, stones versus guided systems, stropping, serrations, and the field touch-up that matters more than any of it.