Gun cleaning brushes don’t last forever
I have several gun cleaning kits laying around my gun cleaning room and some of them are close to 20yrs old. I still use various elements of them since not all of the kits are still intact. Most of the non-one piece cleaning rods I have used in the past have become broken or bent and have been tossed, but I have some of the Hoppes gun cleaning solvent and a few cleaning brushes that have moved in with my gun cleaning kits. The bore snakes that I have, have pretty much replaced the gun cleaning brushes but there have been a few times recently that I have gone back to using tradition cleaning kits. I have been testing out many of the Otis gun cleaning kits to basically get use to the product line.
Otis gun cleaning kits aren’t going to clean your guns in some magical new way. They really are just another mode of gun cleaning supplies, different type of cleaning and lubrication, different way of using a metal cord instead of a cleaning rod, but other than that, it’s just a compact way of keeping your gun cleaning kit something that can go in a range bag. The larger multi-caliber cleaning kits make a ton of sense if you own a lot of firearms, but if you don’t they will be a major over kill. Gun cleaning patches are something we know we should throw away at certain point, but I see many using gun cleaning brushes for far longer than they should. If you are noticing that you can’t get a barrel clean, try replacing the gun cleaning brushes you have. Getting lead out or cleaning a gun that has not been cleaned all that well in the past is harder if you don’t have the right tools.