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What do you use to clean you Rifles/guns with??
I want stock up suppiles now just trying to see what others recommend.
How do you feel about the oils that are sprayed from a can?? (remmington come to mind) I know Hoppes and Kleenbore have good reputations I see that they have BIG bottles of solvent and Lubrication (Hoppes)around. Thanks in advance. T |
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I use all kinds of stuff.
WD-40 for initial start of cleaning. It's cheaper than aerosol solvents/cleaners. This is used in combo with blue paper shop towels and patches. After that I'll use Birchwood Casey Gunscrubber. I'm told break cleaner is nearly the exact same stuff. A friend uses brake cleaner on his Class III weapons. Depending on whether I'm storing for longer term or whether I'm shooting again in a few days I'll then protect and lube with either TW-25 grease, oil, and aerosol. When I'm feeling cheap and know my gun isn't going to suffer any abuse between the next cleaning I'll use Breakfree. |
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I try and stay away from the Hoppe's oil in the little orange bottle. It appears to gum up over time.
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Ed's Red
1 part Dexron II ATF 1 part mineral spirits 1 part Acetone 1 part kerosene I use the metal Qt cans ( like what the acetone comes in)with a duct tape label for storage Make sure the caps on on tight or the Acetone will evaporate. Most effective when the barrel is still warm. It's a cheap enough solvent that I sometimes give away Qts to my shooting friends. |
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mmmmmmmmmmm I see.
Nobody bothers with that spray oil??? Come to think of it..........you can use WD-40 on your firearm without ill effects?? T |
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For external metal......get yourself a coffee can and keep a few cloth shop towels in it....cover them up with the plastic lid.....oil the rags up and they stay oiled....you can just pull one out now and then and wipe your clean gun to keep it protected.
I clean bores/actions with paper towels and wd-40 and if I need solvent...hoppes sometimes mineral spirite. Buy hoppes by the quart...lots of them....store away...put what you need to use in a smaller jar with lid.....like a mason jar for jelly or a baby food jar. I have a quart of hoppes that is over 30 years old.....good to go. |
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What do you guys think of CLP/Breakfree? Good enough to use as an all-in-one cleaner, lubricater?
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I clean with whatever freebie CLP I get at a match. Have used them all; they all do just fine. In a pinch, I have even cleaned and lubed with Mobil 1 5W-30.
For really dirty guns, I use brake cleaner. Just be sure to remove all of the plastic; otherwise, the brake cleaner will do a number on it. For bad copper fouling or any suppressors, I use Kroil, a penetrating oil which gets under the fouling. Then it becomes easy to brush it away. Do not use Hoppe's on a nickel plated gun as the solvent will attack the copper under the nickel, causing the nickel to flake. |
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I use WD-40 to get the gunk off. Then wipe everything down. Then use Tetra gun oil and grease to lube it up.
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WD40, over time, will also turn into a varnish on metal surfaces. Many moons ago, as a wee-li'l student slave-assistant in a University laser lab, we used WD40 to coat the steel tops of vibration isolated tables. Spray it on, smear it around, and over time, you'd have a varnished surface. That's not what I want on a weapon. I normally use some sort of a copper removing bore cleaner (Hoppes, Shooter's Choice, Butch's Bore Shine), then follow it with some Breakfree/CLP for lubrication & rust protection. An advantage to Hoppes is that it will also clean up after corrosively primed ammo (and it also smells good!). It's not an aggressive copper cleaner like some others (Sweet's 7.62, for example), but it does a pretty good job. I don't use spray oils much at all, though they would be handy for getting oil into "nooks & cranny's" you couldn't reach with an oiled rag. The only "spray oil" I've tried using in the past is Boeshield T-9. This is an EXCELLENT protective coating to prevent rust on steel, but their spray can packaging just plain sucks. The cans lose pressure over a year or less. The product itself is great, just the packaging is lousy. Another good product for rust prevention is Eezox (available in squeeze bottles or spray). Breakfree/CLP is a good overall oil, and I use it myself. It is NOT something that will do a good job of dissolving/removing copper from a bore. Something I've heard about, but never tried, is MPro-7, which is water based. It's supposedly a great bore cleaner, without all the nasty chemicals. I've got a 12 oz spray can of Gunslick foam bore cleaner on its way from Grafs to try out. I've never tried a foam bore cleaner, but also hear that they do a good job on cleaning out powder/copper residue. We'll see! |
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Hoppes #9 bore cleaner
Shooters Choice Quick Scrub Break-Free CLP Best products I've found and have used for many years! |
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BreakFree CLP (non-aerosol) and Hoppes Bore Snake.
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Easy to choose from the above as most are great. I use what EE said.
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Normally I use Hoppes no.9 to clean fouling and Break-free to lube and wipe down.
Breakfree is some good stuff. In a pinch I've used brake cleaner, but it can leave a light film that needs to be wiped off with a oily cloth. Great for bores though! |
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Doesn't anyone else use the Hoppes Bore Snakes? I have one for each caliber -- they are EXCELLENT! http://www.hoppes.com/products/ca_boresnakes.html http://www.midwayusa.com/midwayusa/s...res/392819.jpg |
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There was a thread earlier this week where several users espoused the virtues of the bore-snake. I picked up one for each caliber which wasn't so bad because the 380 one does 9mm, 38 and 357 as well. I haven't gotten to try them out yet. The only concern I see is having a nasty snake to store.
I use Brak-Kleen inside bores and on a toothbrush in receivers (this shit will eat paint right off). I use Tetra grease on metal to metal contact such as slides, bolts and magazine spines. I use Break Free-CLP for everything else including the furniture. I keep a silicone rag to wipe down the firearm if I decide to handle it but not shoot it. That's it, nothing more needed other than some patches and some old rags. Edit: The aerosol Break Free is too hard to manage without serious waste. I recently switched to the hand sprayed variety and it works much more efficiently. |
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Take this for what it is worth. I use this method after having it explained to me and have used it as the only way that I clean my guns (interior barrel wise). I never use any pertolueum based products inside the barrel of any of my guns. I only use hot (scalding water and soap) and lube the barrel with a ntural fat like vegetable oil or animal fats. Why?? When you add heat to a petroluem product, you basically produce tar that collects in the riflings of a barrel. The all ntural products don't produce the gunk when heated. The use of these products and cleaners like Thompson Center Solvent #9 and Bore Butter also allow you to "season" your barrel mcuk like a cast iron skillet. This produces a barrel that is much much easier to clean. I have been using this cleaning method soley (sp??) for almost 15 years with nothing put awsome results, granted this is done with big bore revolvers, muzzleloaders and shotguns, not high performance battle rifles. I do use petroleum oils on the exterior portion of my firearms and trigger mechanisms.
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i use the spray oil, i never use solvent, just clean with the oil
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I usually use Break free and Birchwood Casey Gunscrubber.
I imagine some people can get theological about what to use but for myself its merely a matter of cleaning out the carbon and keeping away the rust. Overcleaning can be as bad as not cleaning. |
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CLP
Hoppes No9 Brake cleaner (=Birchwood Casey stuff fer a hekka lot cheaper) Rem Oil. vairies by firearm - but clp goes on most all of em. |
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UH ... Two things...
First is on the 'Box O Truth' the guy is using an aluminum cleaning rod. I won't even discuss his use of tampons. Using an aluminum cleaning rod is BAD JUJU for sure. I'm also sure that's what MOST people use. Instead, if you are a shooter that does his own cleaning, try a fiber cleaning rod, as they will NOT mar the inside of any barrel you run it down. Here's the link to the one's Brownells sell. http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/sto...LEANING%20RODS Second is that I've used MOST of the products listed. I like Hoppes for cleaning, but I'm old school. To ME it almost smells like a perfume for men. But for lubrication, I only use PROLONG. They now sell it in a squeeze bottle (called Rays Gun Oil) to refill their needle type applicator. It's a teflon coated based lube and I've found it to be the best stuff ever made for guns. Use it sparingly. Here's the link. http://www.prolongsales.com/index.ph...df7goesh8a6gd5 As a caveat, I ALSO use their automotive additives and it has kept me from walking home at least once that I know of. |
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Break-Free bore cleaner for cleaning.
Break-Free CLP for lubricating especially semi-autos. One piece fiber cleaning rod at home / Otis system at the range (fits in a pocket or my range bag). I've tried about all and these have worked out the best you me for general cleaning. |
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The issue is that the aluminum is so soft that it can embed a hard particle, like a piece of silica or a hard oxide, that can damage the barrel steel. It is also the same reason why serious revolver shooters use muzzle guides to insure a rod does no contact the very important and very vulnerable crown.
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