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Fact or Fiction: Otis Technology Edition

How well do you know Otis? Check out the quiz below for Fact or Fiction: Otis Technology EditionOtis Technology - are you with the elevator company?FICTION. We can’t tell you the number of times we’ve run into people at airports, conferences, e…

What are the Threaded Ends on a Ripcord® For?

Why the threaded ends, Ripcord®?You’ve heard about the Ripcord® (or we at least hope you have). It’s a One and Done gun cleaning tool - for rifles, pistols and shotguns. Just feed it in the breech, skinny end first. Pull it out the muzzle. Repeat…

Meet the Otis B.O.N.E.® Tool

In our last blog we covered cleaning the star chamber of AR-15s and AR-10s with our Star Chamber Cleaning Tool. If you followed along, you broke down the rifle and pulled the bolt carrier group out to get at the star chamber area. If you hadn’t giv…

Happy Father's Day- A Letter to the Men Who Raised Me

Dads have a special place in our hearts here at Otis. At sixteen, our founder Doreen had the spark of inspiration for a better gun cleaning kit while on a hunt with her dad, using her grandfather’s rifle. Her father, who Otis is named for, went on to…

How to Clean the Star Chamber on AR-15 and AR-10 Rifles

We’ve been focusing on the AR platform rifle lately… and that’s because of its popularity and the various areas that need attention when it comes to cleaning. ARs are super fun to shoot and we can go through a boatload of ammo quicker than our walle…