Back when I first became introduced to gun cleaning about 20 years ago, there was solvent and there was oil. Now I read that one liquid does it all: cleaning, lubricating and rust protection. Can this be true??
I want to give my firearms, knives and axes the best cleaning and rust protection possible. It seems odd to me that one substance can both clean shooting by-products AND and prevent rust. I am under the impression that a solvent is needed to clean a gun after shooting, and that an oil is needed to lubricate metal-to-metal friction points and to protect from rust. Have I missed some technological developments in the last 20 years? My standard Hoppes kit has a SOLVENT and an OIL. Is this no longer needed; can one substance do it all?
I want to give my firearms, knives and axes the best cleaning and rust protection possible. It seems odd to me that one substance can both clean shooting by-products AND and prevent rust. I am under the impression that a solvent is needed to clean a gun after shooting, and that an oil is needed to lubricate metal-to-metal friction points and to protect from rust. Have I missed some technological developments in the last 20 years? My standard Hoppes kit has a SOLVENT and an OIL. Is this no longer needed; can one substance do it all?