Creedmoor Sports stocks gun cleaning kits for bolt action rifles, AR platforms, rimfire and air rifles, from Bore Tech, Dewey, Otis, Hoppe's and Swab-its, along with our own. A kit gets you the rod, the jags, the brushes and the case in one purchase, matched to the rifle you actually own rather than sold as a universal set that half fits everything.
If you would rather build your own, we stock cleaning rods, rod guides, brushes and mops, patches and solvents separately.
The difference between a good kit and a cheap one is usually the rod. A one piece coated rod will not carry grit into the rifling the way a sectioned rod with exposed joints can, and a non brass tip means a copper solvent reads your barrel rather than your tools. Everything else in a kit is consumable, but the rod is the part you will still be using in ten years.
After that it is about fit. A kit built for your action will have the right caliber brushes and jags, and a bore guide or wiper shaped for your bolt, which is what stops solvent running back into the trigger group. That is why we stock kits by platform rather than one universal box.
The Bore Tech Bolt Action Cleaning Tool Kit and the Dewey Bolt Action Cleaning Kit both cover the jobs a bore cleaning session never reaches: the bolt lugs, the bolt face and the locking recesses where carbon and old grease collect. On a precision rifle that build up affects how the bolt closes and how consistently the round headspaces, so it is worth doing properly a few times a season.
Gas guns foul differently. Carbon builds on the tail of the bolt, around the gas rings and in the lug recesses of the upper, and left alone it will eventually stop the rifle cycling rather than just spoiling the groups.
The Bore Tech AR-15 Bolt Carrier Cleaning Kit handles the carrier group. The Dewey AR-15/M16 and AR-10 Lug Recess kits get into the barrel extension where a normal brush will not reach. For a straightforward bore kit, the Swab-its kit for .223 and 5.56 uses foam swabs rather than patches and jags.
A .22 leaves lead and wax rather than copper, so it needs different chemistry and gentler tooling. The Hoppe's .177 kit and our own ROTC .177 kit are sized for air rifles, and the ROTC kit is the one clubs and junior programmes tend to buy because it covers what a coach needs across a rack of rifles.
Baffles are the hardest fouling on a rifle to reach and you cannot brush them. The Bore Tech Decimator Suppressor Cleaning System is a complete system rather than a solvent, and it is the sensible answer if you shoot suppressed regularly.
Two of our own products worth adding to whatever kit you buy. The Cleaning Supply Kit Pouch keeps solvents, patches and jags together so you are not hunting through a range bag, and the Cleaning Mat Combo Pack gives you a surface that catches solvent and stops small parts rolling away. The Otis Mission Critical MC-10 is a compact option to keep in the bag for field cleaning.
