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    The best bet would be to get a solid single piece quality brass cleaning rod. You can go cheap with a piece of a green pad, an old tooth brush and some CLP or even 3 in 1 for lube, but a quality cleaning rods is an investment in keeping your barrel unblemished.

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    Are cleaning kits worth it? Or should I buy the pieces separately? I'm not sure if I'd use everything in a cleaning kit though. I wonder if there is anything from my pistol kit that I could use. I haven't used it yet as I don't even have 1,000 rounds through my pistol yet (I'm shooting low and left, so I'm trying not to get into a bad habit before I can get some training).

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    Pretty much lube and go to sight in with me.

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    I use a Bore Snake most of the time, but periodically will use a brass cleaning rod along with bore cleaner once a year. I just snake the bore with CLP, check & clean as needed & most importantly, lube.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JWages View Post
    Are cleaning kits worth it? Or should I buy the pieces separately? I'm not sure if I'd use everything in a cleaning kit though. I wonder if there is anything from my pistol kit that I could use?
    "Kits" are generally a bunch of overpriced stuff of poor quality of which you'll use 20% of.
    There's something to be said for having a quality brass cleaning rod, a boresnake, a Jag, a tip for patches, a couple of basic brass brushes, a chamber brush, some bore cleaners and basic lube.
    Some of that will cross purpose to your pistol, but not that much.
    Detailed white glove cleaning isn't necessary often, so don't over do this. Just have the stuff on hand and give everything a basic wipe down and a couple of passes with the boresnake when you return from the range.
    Detail clean twice a year and/or when accuracy starts to fall off due to residue residing in the barrel.
    It's really not necassay often and you can F'up a good barrel with a crappy steel segmented military cleaning rod.
    Use the search function here on cleaning techniques and you'll be good to go.

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