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Posted: 4/16/2010 5:58:09 PM EDT
| I don`t know about these fancy cleaning agents that everyone uses. After a day at the range I take down my ar15 & wash everything down with starting fluid ( ether) It dries in minetes. Then run the bore snake through a couple of times , then I use a little wheel bearing grease on the locking lugs, 10 - 30 synthec motor oil on everything else. The heat from a good run doesn`t brake down the grease or oil. Never had one problem using this method of cleaning. Also use the motor oil on all my firearms. |
| by fancy cleaning agents are your referring to actual powder solvent and gun oil. i just dont understand the need to use all these wierd chemicals on a firearm. ive used CLP for almost 20 years now and for some reason its just never ocurred to me to squirt lighter fluid or plutonium or whatever strange stuff you guys are using now a days. |
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by fancy cleaning agents are your referring to actual powder solvent and gun oil. i just dont understand the need to use all these wierd chemicals on a firearm. ive used CLP for almost 20 years now and for some reason its just never ocurred to me to squirt lighter fluid or plutonium or whatever strange stuff you guys are using now a days. Me too. I was in the army when they made the switch from LSA to CLP and never have had any problems either. When I read 'wash it down' I thought this was going to be another 'sink with hot soapy water' thread. ETA: However, someone will be along soon to say how since CLP is designed for 3 tasks, it only does a half-assed job at any of them. Things I have learned on ARFCOM: 1. CLP is crappy lube, Mobile-1 or SLiP2000 seem to be the shit. 2. Military spoons are crap and hurt your fingers, you need to buy a stripLULA ($25-$30) to load ammo from stripper clips. 3. The hand guards are too hard to remove by hand, so you need a special tool for that ($10-$20). 4. Removing carbon from the bolt is too hard, you need a special tool for that ($36-$50). I am sure there are some other necessary tools I don't have that I am forgetting. 
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strip rifle and spray bcg with wd-40, run a patch wet with hoppes down the barrel then a dry one, usually do this two times then run two wet patches down and let the barrel and action soak while I fix supper, come back and wipe everything dry, lube with chassis grease if its summer and castrol automatic transmission fluid if its winter
The advantage of using these chemicals for me is that they can be bought at my local Walmart, unlike CLP (they used to carry CLP but I havent saw it in a year or two). Works great for me and my rifle. |
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Grease has to be the DUMBEST idea of a product to put on your bolt. What a fricken dirt and grime magnet. Please stop that crap.... I find it prevents carbon build up +1 im a nerd and use the scientific method. (so far) a good synthetic grease is where its at. i use it on the whole BCG, just apply it in the right amount. some people have said its not great in sandy or super dusty conditions. its been around 70 years since we've had a dust storm in ky, i think i will be okay. |
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by fancy cleaning agents are your referring to actual powder solvent and gun oil. i just dont understand the need to use all these wierd chemicals on a firearm. ive used CLP for almost 20 years now and for some reason its just never ocurred to me to squirt lighter fluid or plutonium or whatever strange stuff you guys are using now a days. Me too. I was in the army when they made the switch from LSA to CLP and never have had any problems either. When I read 'wash it down' I thought this was going to be another 'sink with hot soapy water' thread. ETA: However, someone will be along soon to say how since CLP is designed for 3 tasks, it only does a half-assed job at any of them. Things I have learned on ARFCOM: 1. CLP is crappy lube, Mobile-1 or SLiP2000 seem to be the shit. 2. Military spoons are crap and hurt your fingers, you need to buy a stripLULA ($25-$30) to load ammo from stripper clips. 3. The hand guards are too hard to remove by hand, so you need a special tool for that ($10-$20). 4. Removing carbon from the bolt is too hard, you need a special tool for that ($36-$50). I am sure there are some other necessary tools I don't have that I am forgetting. +1 its also great for knife sharpening. 
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Im at the point now where I just wipe off the excess and relube.
IF i want to clean the barrel, ill put some FBC or hoppes through it on a brush, wait, then a couple patches followed by clp patch and a dry patch. I tried the grease once, I didnt like it as much as CLP/Slip 2k EWL Im still trying to figure out if I like TW25b for the outside of the carrier. 
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| My guns are too expensive and I'm not going to ruin them because I don't want to pay $6-8 for something that is going to last 6 months or more. Some CLP or Hoppes or FP-10 or any other trusted gun cleaner will cost you pennies per cleaning. You can buy Outers or Gunslick for $1.50 a bottle, which will last you months. That's not "fancy cleaning agents" that's just called taking care of your crap. |
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Grease has to be the DUMBEST idea of a product to put on your bolt. What a fricken dirt and grime magnet. Please stop that crap.... I believe in the real world, where most of really live, we don't drag our rifles through the dirt and mud, or ride camels for hours, or trudge through steaming jungles all day. We load our weapons into some sort of case, usually discreet so our neighbors won't crap their pants, throw them in the trunk of the car and speed off to the range to kill paper. At the most, a few of us are lucky enough to have some property that we can go to and do some real plinking or hunting, but even then, we aren't going to get our weapons in the grunge. Grease works well in many applications, and it's value against wear far exceeds the worry of attracting a minute amount of dirt that will probably be cleaned off before it causes a problem in the action. The DUMBEST idea is all the kool-aid being passed around on this site. Flame away... |
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Grease has to be the DUMBEST idea of a product to put on your bolt. What a fricken dirt and grime magnet. Please stop that crap.... I believe in the real world, where most of really live, we don't drag our rifles through the dirt and mud, or ride camels for hours, or trudge through steaming jungles all day. We load our weapons into some sort of case, usually discreet so our neighbors won't crap their pants, throw them in the trunk of the car and speed off to the range to kill paper. At the most, a few of us are lucky enough to have some property that we can go to and do some real plinking or hunting, but even then, we aren't going to get our weapons in the grunge. Grease works well in many applications, and it's value against wear far exceeds the worry of attracting a minute amount of dirt that will probably be cleaned off before it causes a problem in the action. The DUMBEST idea is all the kool-aid being passed around on this site. Flame away... blindman62 says it all |
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