5 Things You Should Know About the Otis Ripcord®
When the military came to us with a request for a product that provided an optimum clean with one pass that could be executed from a standing position with an easy-feed design, our team of engi ... Read more
How To Remove a Stuck Patch & How To Avoid Getting it Stuck in the First Place
Imagine this. You’ve just finished up a great day of bird hunting or maybe you went to the range for target practice. You get home and your tired but you bring your gun in and gather your gun clean ... Read more
How to Clean and Maintain Your Glock | Glock 19 Cleaning and Maintenance
Have you wondered how often you should be doing maintenance and cleaning your Glock, or how you would even go about cleaning it? It can seem like a daunting task, but Steve Houten from Otis Technolog ... Read more
How To Clean a Bolt-Action Rifle
A Comprehensive Guide to Cleaning Your Bolt Action Rifle Using Otis Technology Products. Why is Gun Cleaning Important?Cleaning your firearms is important because it helps prevent malfunctions and ... Read more
What’s in Doug Koenig’s Range Bag?
What’s in Doug Koenig’s Range Bag?18-time Bianchi Cup winner. 20-time Masters International Championship winner. 22-time Sportsman’s Team Challenge Open winner. 10-time World Champion. 6-time Worl ... Read more
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, ... Read more
The Otis Elite Universal Gun Cleaning Kit - Everything you Need to Properly Clean & Maintain, Rifles, Pistols, Shotguns and Muzzleloaders
All About the Otis Elite, by Otis TechnologyThe Otis Elite is a universal gun cleaning kit with over 60 components for cleaning rifles, pistols, shotguns and muzzleloaders. Inside the zippered ... Read more
What Gun Cleaning Kit Should I Get for a 9 mm?
If you're looking to clean a 9mm pistol, you want a reliable, efficient, and well-designed cleaning kit — and Otis Technology makes some of the best options out there. Below, I break down some ... Read more
Otis Launches Airgun Maintenance & Cleaning Kit
View Product Properly cleaning and maintaining your airguns is a lot like cleaning your traditional firearms but there are some important differences. The Airgun Maintenance & Cleaning Ki ... Read more
Prepping Your Firearm for Fall
Don’t get us wrong, we love summer. Especially when you live in an area like we do, you need to enjoy every second of summer sun you can get. That doesn’t mean we aren’t counting down the days to fal ... Read more
What is a Silicone Gun Cloth?
What is a Silicone Gun Cloth?Let’s break it down: What is it and what makes it great?The Otis Silicone Cleaning Cloth, measuring 10”x14”, is a soft 100% cotton flannel cloth, pre-saturated with sili ... Read more
What Cleaning Kit Should I Use to Clean an AR?
We love AR’s. Whether you’re plinking around on the back 40 or 3-gunning every weekend, these firearms are just plain fun to shoot. As with all guns though, the more you shoot the dirtier they get. S ... Read more
Otis Technology Announces New Products for 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTIS TECHNOLOGY & SHOOTER’S CHOICE ANNOUNCE NEW PRODUCTSto debut at the 2026 SHOT Show Lyons Falls, NY: Otis Technology debuts a new product lineup at the 2026 Shootin ... Read more
FAQ
What is the advantage of Otis Breech-to-Muzzle® cleaning over the traditional method? By properly cleaning Breech-to-Muzzle®, dirt and fouling is pulled away from the chamber and recei ... Read more
How-to Videos
Otis offers a wide variety of cleaning products for a wide variety of firearms and firearm owners. If instruction manuals aren’t your cup of tea, check out our library of instructional videos ... Read more
NSN Listings
Item # NSN Name MFG-556-IMOD-NT 1005-01-653-9588 I-MOD Cleaning Kit (5.56 NATO/5.56mm) MFG-901-762 1005-01-721-1417 I-MOD Cleaning Kit (7.62 N ... Read more
In the News
Check out all the latest in Otis product and company news! We’ve got the lowdown on what’s new in gun cleaning and the industry and we’re happy to share with you. Stay t ... Read more