Gun Care & Maintenance

How to Remove Rust From a Gun (and Prevent It)

How to Remove Rust From a Gun (and Prevent It)

You pull a pistol out of a drawer it has sat in all summer and spot a haze of orange freckles along the slide. Light surface rust comes off with...

How to Remove Rust From a Gun (and Prevent It)

You pull a pistol out of a drawer it has sat in all summer and spot a haze of orange freckles along the slide. Light surface rust comes off with...

How to Store Guns Long-Term Without Damage

How to Store Guns Long-Term Without Damage

You pull a deer rifle out of the closet for the first time since last fall and find a thin film of orange creeping along the bolt.

How to Store Guns Long-Term Without Damage

You pull a deer rifle out of the closet for the first time since last fall and find a thin film of orange creeping along the bolt.

How Often Should You Clean Your Gun?

How Often Should You Clean Your Gun?

You get home from a Saturday at the range, set the case down, and the next morning you are staring at a pistol that ran 200 rounds wondering whether it...

How Often Should You Clean Your Gun?

You get home from a Saturday at the range, set the case down, and the next morning you are staring at a pistol that ran 200 rounds wondering whether it...

How to Clean a Shotgun: A Step-by-Step Guide

How to Clean a Shotgun: A Step-by-Step Guide

You come back from a morning of clay targets or a long waterfowl sit, set the gun in the corner, and tell yourself you will get to it later. Then...

How to Clean a Shotgun: A Step-by-Step Guide

You come back from a morning of clay targets or a long waterfowl sit, set the gun in the corner, and tell yourself you will get to it later. Then...

Gun Safe Won't Open? How to Troubleshoot Access

Gun Safe Won't Open? How to Troubleshoot Access

You reach for the bedside safe at 2 a.m., press your thumb to the pad, and nothing happens — no beep, no green light, no bolt sliding back.

Gun Safe Won't Open? How to Troubleshoot Access

You reach for the bedside safe at 2 a.m., press your thumb to the pad, and nothing happens — no beep, no green light, no bolt sliding back.

Gun Oil vs CLP: What's the Difference?

Gun Oil vs CLP: What's the Difference?

You are standing in the cleaning aisle holding a bottle labeled "CLP" and another labeled "gun oil," and they cost about the same. They are not the same thing. CLP...

Gun Oil vs CLP: What's the Difference?

You are standing in the cleaning aisle holding a bottle labeled "CLP" and another labeled "gun oil," and they cost about the same. They are not the same thing. CLP...