Cleaning Equipment?
 

since I'm just getting into shotguns and hunting after many years away,what products or kits do you all use to clean your guns and keep them in tiptop shape?

cleaning
 

I bought a quart of EEZOX a couple years ago. Use it on about 45 guns. It goes a long way and is the best cleaner / preservative I've found in 65 years.
A good cleaning kit, cut up some old cotton rags and you are ready to go.

As a preservative, I'm partial to RIG (Rust Inhibiting Grease) Buy a Rig Rag, which is an impregnated lambs wool patch, and a small tub of RIG, and you've got lifetime protection, IMHO

I for one cannot shake the wonderful smell of Hoppe's. Although there's "better", I've never had any problem.

A fairly thorough evaluation of gun care products can be found here:
http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/view...p?f=2&t=398836

Is today's Hoppe's the same as the stuff I grew up with? Seems to me that I read that the old stuff was bad for you - but, boy, did it smell good!

The blue and yellow can has been working for me for a long time without failure or a problem.

I believe Parker Bros recommended "3 'n 1" oil. I don't know if the old formula is still available, but it smells the same.

Parker Bros. also recommended Signet Oil. This info can be found on certain hang tags. As for me it Hoppes and Ballistol.

I;ll second the Hoppe's #9 for solvent and Ballistol for oil.