Posted: 10/17/2024 3:20:14 PM EDT
| so what is the preferance everyone have on cleaning solvents and oil/ lub for there firearms? |
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It's whatever you try and works. There is no "best" in lubes or cleaning solvents. Pick one and try it, if it works for you, you're done, go do something else. Any gun store and a lot of places like Walmart, Academy, and others have all kinds of lubricants and cleaning solvents. It's best to stick with products marketed as gun products. They're developed for firearms use and all of them work well. |
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At one gssf match, I went to the armorer to inspect and replace any parts that may have been updated since the gun had been built. I noted he had like 4 different small lube bottles on his bench so I asked why. His answer which I agree with is any oil will do the guns don’t care as long as enough oil is in the right places. The oils he had were small sample bottles from various trade shows he picke$ up, and said it didn’t really matter. On my bench right now I have an ancient bottle of outers oil ( metal can from about the 1950’) a bottle of Wilson ultimate lube, a bottle of clp and m pro 7. One of our gun club members was getting old and having health issues, and was divesting himself of almost all his gun stuff. I got a package deal of like $20 for about a dozen mostly 3/4 or more full bottles of solvents and oils about a dozen different products. For cleaning solvents I have good old hoppes, rimfire blend, and one of my favorites for old military guns shot with corrosive priming or black powder, sweets 762. Will all the various partial bottles I likely have enough for the rest of my life. A little goes a long way. |
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I use Breakfree CLP or Hoppes to clean the barrel, ending with a coat of Breakfree to protect the barrel. I clean the carbon off the rest of the gun with breakfree CLP on a toothbrush, then the lube points get a drop of Brakfee LP ( I think it's been renamed to Full Synthetic) Lp is a hair thicker and stays put alittle better. I recommend putting this in a Needle oil bottle availble from Amazon. Then the outside gets a spray of Barricade to protect from rust. You could use the Breakfree CLP for all the above, But the Brarricade goes on as a light mist and the Breakfree CLP spray comes out thick. I never used a Lube that didn't work. I will say some lubes don't play nice together. I once had Breakfree and Ballistol form a thick yellow gel in the lockwork of my revolvers. |
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I tend to use whatever is available. I have highly use family heirloom guns that never saw anything better than 3 in 1 oil. They still work fine. I am partial to Pro Shot 1 Step. I am pretty certain it is commercial version of Ed's Red. For carry guns I use a dry lube externally to avoiding staining clothing. Remember, anytime you have a product that advertises doing multiple things, it probably does one one two of those things better than the other. If you can stand the guy's yapping, Project Farm has a decent video on CLPs.  Don't Buy A CLP Until You Watch This Review! It'll Save You Time And Money! |
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I mostly use the supposedly nontoxic wet slippery shit provided at work. However, I’ve tried all kinds of dumb shit and those worked, too. Including QTipping black goopy shit out of a lower and smearing it on the BCG. Or doing the same off my truck’s dipstick. Anything within reason is fine. Its not a high-demand application unless you try to use butter and it grows shit. If there’s a picture of a gun on it, it’s close to perfect. Though, CLP is probably optimal because there are auditable standards that weren’t chosen by a marketing dept. |
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I sort of have developed a reputation in my gunclub to be one of the problem solvers when somebody's gun isn't working correctly. Many of the issues I see are lubrication related. Some issues are because of dirt. Never once has the problem been using the wrong oil. Lack of any oil is usually the zinger. Take the problem gun , splash any kind of oil on it and it is generally good to go. More than once when circumstances have found me at the range with no oil bottle and somebody's problem I have pulled the dipstick on my truck and used my fingers to move oil from the dipstick to the gun . To specifically answer the question I mostly use Breakfree CLP as a do most anything cleaner/lube. Very simple and easy to use the one product to cover most everything. Some old school like a M1Garrand or the rails of a 1911 .will get some grease I like Butch's Bore Scrub to go after jacket fouling on rifle bores |