Essential Shotgun Maintenance Tips for Every Shooter!

Learn essential shotgun maintenance tips in this fun and educational video. Keep your shotgun in top condition with these helpful cleaning tips! From gun cleaning to sporting clays, we cover it all.
Here is a video that was supposed to be 10mins long and ended up to be the better part of an hour long. The worst part is, not only is it super long, Derek still didn't add in how he lubes his shotguns.
The reason for the length is there are some people out there that really know very little to nothing and might find this video helpful. After the editing process Derek and Lisa agreed to re-make a cleaning video with the goal of keeping it short, sweet and to the point and it will include all steps.
There was a lot of added information in this video and if you have any questions, comments or thoughts we ask that you share them in the comments or message us. We live for feedback, and would love to be able to help someone in their shotgun journey!

[@turbofoxwave]

was watching this again, the video icon that you see on your channel presents a different expectation for the video experience than what we see described in the actual video intro and description, and content.
stating "Shotgun cleaning myths busted!", "you're doing it all wrong"
Where the video is insightful for a new gun owner like myself giving me an overview. The tag line on the video place holder gives an impression that I'm going to learn things beyond what I may have been told or learned through my experiences already as a more seasoned gun owner.
maybe something like "Casual cleaning by an Every Day Shooter".??? just spit balling.
btw, I still really appreciate the video. Just dropping thoughts triggered by other folks commenting.

[@PennClayShooters]

@@turbofoxwave this feedback is GOLD!! Thank you very much. When we get home I will definitely make an adjustment

[@newbfever]

10:17 there was some nasty stuff! And you call that in a nutshell? But that was hell of a trip! Shotgun looks great after clean and polish

[@PennClayShooters]

@@newbfever lol yea I think that was a super fast job! Now granted it was twice as long due to talking about it so much

[@hughp00]

I would suggest placing the camera on a tripod and place the table you are working between you and the camera. That way you and work while always fading the camera.

[@PennClayShooters]

Thank you VERY much for the suggestions. We are learning as we mentioned, so this type of feedback is wonderful for us. Greatly appreciate you taking the time and sharing your knowledge with us! Bet your bottom dollar you will be seeing that on our next "bench" type video for sure!

[@OL-Tom]

Your s'pose to clean them. 😳😳😳
Get you some Briley titanium chokes

[@PennClayShooters]

We use an ultra sonic cleaner and it makes them look brand new with almost zero effort :)

[@turbofoxwave]

5:30 is that behavior similar to why in other sports you might have that lucky jersey you never want to wash the luck out of?

[@PennClayShooters]

Actually it’s due to them shooting so much, when they have time to clean they’re either eating/sleeping/get ready to go shooting/or shooting/or coming home from shooting.
That’s for the people I know at a world level.

[@turbofoxwave]

6:30, my assumption is that when using the drill, DO NOT?? let that rod rub in the barrel or is that rod a soft enough material it want damage it?
Trying to better understand how to judge how careful I need to be.

[@PennClayShooters]

@@turbofoxwave correct however the aluminum rod being used won’t damage the barrel with an accidental bump/rub. The key is to not sit in one spot for too long with the brush spinning in the drill, keep it moving

[@turbofoxwave]

could you drop a tool / material / cleaner list into the description?

[@PennClayShooters]

@@turbofoxwave yes sir can do!

[@hughp00]

Sorry, always facing the camera

[@dangson1183]

Chrome lined barrels don’t rust !

[@PennClayShooters]

I would definitely agree that they are more resistant, but they will still rust.

[@hughp00]

Sorry but that video is way to disjointed and shows me nothing except how to move a camera back and forth and back again., seasick

[@PennClayShooters]

Thanks for the feedback, as you can tell we are net new to this so any suggestions on how to improve it would be helpful. I am shooter, not a video guy but I am learning and would love to know how to improve it