Noob got his Savage 12 F/TR!!

[Ol' BW]

I normally clean from the breech end for those reasons Big. If you clean from the breech end the dirty patch and solvent gets pushed out of the muzzle end of the barrel. You may get a little solvent in the action but it is clean solvent, and if you're careful you can prevent that too.

BW

[SteelerNation]

Yep. I took the bolt out yesterday and cleaned from the breech end. Taking the bolt out was the easiest disassembly of any firearm component on any gun I've ever done. Savage has it set up quite nicely. Thanks for all the input fellas. Helped me a lot!