How to clean your cleaning tools for firearms

Cleaning the stuff to clean the gun. This is deep. Inception

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hand wash my bore snakes

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With just tap water?

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a bore cleaner and then hit them with a little CLP

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Then just wipe them down? Or run the under water and dry?

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With just tap water

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No i use a liquid detergent

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Then just wipe them down? Or run the under water and dry?

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After I spray with bore cleaner I wipe them off then I hit them with some CLP and store them.

Thanks fellas

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I'm starting to feel like my brushes and bore cleaners are actually making my firearms dirtier after I clean them.

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I use cleaning rods, not bore snakes. I wipe the cleaning rod before starting another series of passes down the bore. Bore brushes cost a couple bucks apiece. If the bore brush is dirty enough to be cleaned, it's probably also old enough to be worn. I always keep a few new bore brushes on hand and change when the brush starts getting worn. I've read of some who spray their bore brushes down w/ brake cleaner after each cleaning session. I find myself using the foam bore cleaners more and more......