So what would be your very first choice as a preservative? Not asking to debate it -- just in the hope of learning what could be better and why. I started using Ballistol after having some oiled steel parts rust while in storage. No further problem since then, but If Ballistol isn't really the best solution, I'd still be looking for what is.
Oiling the bore ?
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So what would be your very first choice as a preservative? Not asking to debate it -- just in the hope of learning what could be better and why. I started using Ballistol after having some oiled steel parts rust while in storage. No further problem since then, but If Ballistol isn't really the best solution, I'd still be looking for what is.
Now ? Hornady Cleaner/Lube 1-Shot (BLACK spray can -- not the case-sizing stuff)
I used BreakFree for almost 40 years, then began looking for a spray to clean out gas shotguns w/o taking them apart beyond pulling the forearm
Lo & behold I remembered THIS STUDY ...and the Hornady spray really simply melted/dissolved/washed off all the carbon from gas tubes, pistons, under springs, inside bolt assemblies -- and DRIED to a slippery film within a minute or two.
Then I did a simple spray test on a cleaned/sanded piece of steel plating and left it out on my porch more than a year ago -- nothing, still shiny, not a speck of rust -- while the control plating is now totally brown and pitted.
I still use KG-1 to get carbon down to the bare metal. But Hornady gets 90% of it out in a single patch, and the 2nd wet patch gets to 99%, and I just leave it from that point
I used BreakFree for almost 40 years, then began looking for a spray to clean out gas shotguns w/o taking them apart beyond pulling the forearm
Lo & behold I remembered THIS STUDY ...and the Hornady spray really simply melted/dissolved/washed off all the carbon from gas tubes, pistons, under springs, inside bolt assemblies -- and DRIED to a slippery film within a minute or two.
Then I did a simple spray test on a cleaned/sanded piece of steel plating and left it out on my porch more than a year ago -- nothing, still shiny, not a speck of rust -- while the control plating is now totally brown and pitted.
I still use KG-1 to get carbon down to the bare metal. But Hornady gets 90% of it out in a single patch, and the 2nd wet patch gets to 99%, and I just leave it from that point
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desmobob
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I'll second the Hornady One Shot. It has become my favorite spray solvent/protectant. I already had a can on the shelf but then read one of those huge product comparison tests of lubes/protectants. Turns out the stuff is an awesome lubricant and top-scoring anti-corrosion protectant.
Before One Shot, I was a big fan of Breakfree CLP. It's a wonderful product.
Before One Shot, I was a big fan of Breakfree CLP. It's a wonderful product.
Wow, this is GREAT info! Thanks!!!
And thanks for backing that up. Gonna give One Shot a try.
Driftwood Johnson
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I will admit, Ballistol has a pungent odor and does make me sneeze.
But I find the odor to be less objectionalble than Hoppes #9, which is what I have always used to clean up after Smokeless. And Ballistol is completely non-toxic.
Driftwood Johnson
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Just so you know:
Hornady makes two different products called One Shot.
The stuff in the red can is case lube. I use it when resizing tapered brass such as 44-40 or 38-40 because there are no carbide dies made for those cartridges.
The black can is what was referred to earlier.
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