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I’m using Hoppe’s Elite oil and I noticed some friction points cleaning my Kimber Micro last night.
What are you guys/gals using.
What are you guys/gals using.
What is SB’s favorite cleaner/oil?
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On stainless I use Rig Stainless +P grease. CLP or regular RIG on everything else. I like Shooter's Choice, WD-40 and Ballastol. Brake or electrical cleaner has uses.
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I have been using Rem-oil just because that is what I bought/have. Never had any problems and in my research there seem to be pros and cons to all of them.
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Ballistol. It’s been around for over 100 years and can clean lots more than firearms. It’s a great preserver for warding off rust, too.
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Rem Oil. Tried and true.
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Do you mean as a cleaner or as a lubricant? Hoppe's is a great bore cleaner & I know some people use it as a lube & in a pinch it's better than nothing but not as good of a lube as it is a cleaner. I was raised in the church of Hoppe's for cleaning & love the smell, but I have recently started trying ballistol & absolutely love the stuff, but it's taking a while for the smell to become less offensive. I also like gun scrubber & my kid loves that stuff too. We also both like the Slip 2000 stuff. Lately though, at least for lubrication I've been using Lucas stuff. There are so many good products out now days it's not too hard to find a good one. I will say about the Ballistol though it has a bunch of uses besides guns. I've been using it to restore some rubber parts as well as cleaning electronics (I was amazed it worked as well as it did) and it is also supposed to work at restoring leather too, but haven't tried it on that yet.
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Do you mean as a cleaner or as a lubricant? Hoppe's is a great bore cleaner & I know some people use it as a lube & in a pinch it's better than nothing but not as good of a lube as it is a cleaner. I was raised in the church of Hoppe's for cleaning & love the smell, but I have recently started trying ballistol & absolutely love the stuff, but it's taking a while for the smell to become less offensive. I also like gun scrubber & my kid loves that stuff too. We also both like the Slip 2000 stuff. Lately though, at least for lubrication I've been using Lucas stuff. There are so many good products out now days it's not too hard to find a good one. I will say about the Ballistol though it has a bunch of uses besides guns. I've been using it to restore some rubber parts as well as cleaning electronics (I was amazed it worked as well as it did) and it is also supposed to work at restoring leather too, but haven't tried it on that yet.
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I use Hoppe's for general solvent cleaning but I use Gunslick foaming bore cleaner for copper fouling
As far as lubricant, it depends on the gun. I use Rem Oil for firing pins, I use gun oil for trigger parts. In some cases, one drop is too much so I'll use a cotton swab
Some parts of guns I use no lubricant whatsoever, others I use a dab or 2 of grease
Know your gun and it's needs.
Some guns and their parts will last a life time without any lube at all, using too much can attract the things that will cause wear and tear
Gas operated weapons I typically use very little to no lubricants
An old friend of my Dad's who was a gunsmith, told me a story about WWII when training in the Navy, for AA fire using Remington Model 11's. They'd literally run 1000's upon 1000's of rounds through the shotguns without any lube at all. When they'd hang up, they'd install another and send the dirty ones back to the armory. They never had any appreciable wear, just needed cleaning from all the powder
He said it was nothing to have over 40,000 rounds put through these guns
I do believe more damage can be done by over-cleaning and over-oiling
As far as lubricant, it depends on the gun. I use Rem Oil for firing pins, I use gun oil for trigger parts. In some cases, one drop is too much so I'll use a cotton swab
Some parts of guns I use no lubricant whatsoever, others I use a dab or 2 of grease
Know your gun and it's needs.
Some guns and their parts will last a life time without any lube at all, using too much can attract the things that will cause wear and tear
Gas operated weapons I typically use very little to no lubricants
An old friend of my Dad's who was a gunsmith, told me a story about WWII when training in the Navy, for AA fire using Remington Model 11's. They'd literally run 1000's upon 1000's of rounds through the shotguns without any lube at all. When they'd hang up, they'd install another and send the dirty ones back to the armory. They never had any appreciable wear, just needed cleaning from all the powder
He said it was nothing to have over 40,000 rounds put through these guns
I do believe more damage can be done by over-cleaning and over-oiling
This is pretty close to me. :thumb:
I have used a few others, including about 8 different recipies of Ed's Red. Never had anything that was just horrible to use.
Of course, there is always:
Bacon Scented!
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Super lube aerosol oil (ptfe) but not to swab barrels. Spraying the stuff into a empty small bottle...eliminates the diluting propellant or carrier.
Robert Bruce "the Sig Armorer", highly recommends Super lube oil, & grease ,both are LT. transparent.
Robert Bruce "the Sig Armorer", highly recommends Super lube oil, & grease ,both are LT. transparent.
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Ballistol
Started adding
Geissele & ALG products Go Juice oil and grease to the mix
Like most sane people, Ballistol is primary go to
Started adding
Geissele & ALG products Go Juice oil and grease to the mix
Like most sane people, Ballistol is primary go to
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Just use CLP. Used to use SLIP2000 til I realized CLP does the same thing.
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CAW!
It is the only thing I use to clean my flintlock's and percussion's.
The soap wont ruin the woodwork.
Use it on the "new" style guns also.
Not trolling.
It is the only thing I use to clean my flintlock's and percussion's.
The soap wont ruin the woodwork.
Use it on the "new" style guns also.
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