Hey all.

Just starting in this hobby. Still patiently (ok not so patient) waiting for my PAL course (mid March)and the even worse wait for the dang thing to be approved etc.

But as is I have three guns I’d like to learn to properly care for (they are my mothers guns as she has had her PAL for a long time). The guns are an early Belgium made Browning SA22, a Berretta a301 magnum, and a JUST purchased Savage A22.

Unfortunately though my mothers had her license for some time she never was much of a shooter and never was the one to care for the guns as that was always done by my grandfather. Since he passed many years back I have been doing my best to keep em clean With what little I could sort out. I have done lots with paintball guns lol but that’s a bit different lol.

I’m good with my hands and such as I’m a diesel tech for a living. But figure I should probly start looking at proper cleaning and gun care stuff. I did take the two guns into the gun shop to have them professionally looked over and cleaned but was told there’s NOTHING. Eeddd as everything looked great especially the shotgun.

What kinds of tools and equipment will I likely need? Is there a course I can take to learn more about gun care (I really regret not learning more from my grandfather). I have lots of hoppes 9 gun oil (used it for years on some of my old paintball stuff (old for paintball is mud 80s).


I was considering something like this
https://www.cabelas.ca/product/12976...e-cleaning-kit

And this
https://www.cabelas.ca/product/9741/wheeler-fat-wrench

Am I looking in the right direction. Anything else I need.

I have all kinds of hand tools (again I’m a mechanic. But most that seems to be too brutish for this stuff)

Thanks.