What Do You Clean Your Weapon With

[Ramone]

I used to use Eezox also and it is great stuff but like CLP it too seeps out of any opening it can find. Gun Butter stays where it's put.

See, that's why I like it. I know it's oozing *into* places as well as out.

 

[Hocka Louis]

In Afghanistan I use a contract-worker who gets his picture taken in surplus digicamo and lies to everyone in the US, where he couldn't keep a job if his life depended on it, that he is still in the Army.

 

[Bullzeye308]

After working retail for a long time and then manufacturing I've had a chance to try just about everything out there. When it comes down to spending my own money for the best product out there it's Slip2000 hands down every time.

 

[Just One Shot]

You mean you're suppose to clean them?

















I use Hoppe's #9. I've been using it for years and I don't see any reason to stop now.

As far as lube goes, it varies between Weapon Shield, Rem lube and Castrol 5w50 full synthetic engine oil.

 

[x_wrench]

i vary what i use. i was told by 3 seperate gunsmiths, that did not know each other, that changing up your cleaning soultion will get more junk out of your firearm(s). the reason being that while product "x" is really good at one thing, it may not be so good at another. once a year, i go through all the guns, and give them a deep cleaning. i run no less than 4 different soloutions through each one. i get more junk every time. the vast majority of my cleaning is done with ed's red, and sweets 7.62 if i have been shooting a lot of copper bullets. i know i have on the shelf; ed's red, ed's red + (with ammonia & other things for copper removal), hoppes #9, Hoppes #9 bench rest, hoppes copper terminator, something from outers, butches bore shine, JB bore paste, and Sweet's 7.62. i probably have more, but not off the top of my head. i make up the ed's red by the gallon. it is my go to solvent to get the worst of the junk out of the barrel of whatever i have been shooting.

 

[Nushif]

This is what my cleaning kit consists of:

Old towel
9mm bore snake
A brush
CLP or Hoppes
Ear cleaners

That's about it.

 

[RaNgEr-1]

Brake Cleaner (Red Can) and a S.S. Brush, Gets them clean every time.......

 

[Sky]

great article on lubes by Grant Cunningham

http://www.grantcunningham.com/lubricants101.html

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=545607 Testing gun lubes

Some of us are to stubborn to change even when faced with facts that are contrary to our cherished long held beliefs.

 

[mickeygrimreaperblueeyes]

Carbeurator Cleaner for the barrel and bolt and such, then a good coat of 90 meight motor oil for water repulsion. Since I don't have gallons of CLP anymore at my disposal.

 

[mhphoto]

fyi,wd-40 should not be used around firearms.it penetrated and kills primers.as far as cleaning my glocks and stainless ruger black powder pistols.i diassemble them and place them in the utencil tray of the dishwasher,pop in a blue electrasol tablet, and let it rip.rem oil to finish

Here's an interesting read on the subject of primers and oil. Their results showed that, at least in their test, casual oil use won't spoil primers (and their test wasn't casual; they left little puddles on the primers for days and experienced no weak or ruined rounds in their test), though it's still not a good idea to get careless with it.

I use Ballistol to clean and Hoppe's oil to lube.

 

[Dr_B]

Soap and water. But my guns I clean with copper solvent, hoppes, and lube.

 

[oneounceload]

Shooter's Choice, Cleanzoil, or brake cleaner - depending on the application and area

Followed up with Hoppe's gun oil, RemOil, or similar before being put away

 

[Josh45]

Hoppes # 9 and Rem Oil....

 

[Deus Machina]

Everything but my Mosin Nagant gets Hoppe's #9, then CLP or Syntech 10w-30, depending how I feel and what gun it is.

Ivan gets Wal-mart special janitorial ammonia down the barrel first. The water base--and the ammonia helps, IMO--neutralizes the corrosive salts, the ammonia helps break down any copper fouling, and the surfactant helps loosen out crud. It gets dried, then it gets a patch or two of #9, a dry patch, and a patch of Hoppe's oil. The boltface gets cleaned with the ammonia, then it gets wiped down and a couple drops of whatever lubricant's lying around.

 

[JustinJ]

I tried denatured alcohol last night. Worked incredibly well.

 

[MikeNice]

Hoppes #9 and some old surplus GI cleaning stuff that literally came from the Vietnam era.

I use Hoppes for the barell and cylinder. Everything else gets cleaned with the GI stuff and either pipe cleaners or a tooth brush. The gun shoots accurate and nothing is showing unusual signs of wear.

The GI stuff actually came from my granpa's kit he was issued in Vietnam. I still have the bag with the official stenciling on it. I only wish I had a 1911 to clean with it. He swore by the 1911 after it saved his rear in a number of tunnels.

 

[littlebubba]

WD-40 and 3-In-One Oil

 

[KevininPa]

Ballistol, Hoppes and MP7

 

[HOOfan_1]

fyi,wd-40 should not be used around firearms.it penetrated and kills primers.as far as cleaning my glocks and stainless ruger black powder pistols.i diassemble them and place them in the utencil tray of the dishwasher,pop in a blue electrasol tablet, and let it rip.rem oil to finish

My dad has used WD-40, not to clean, but to protect the non-moving metal parts of his guns for 40+ years. Not a single one of them has a spec of visible rust on them, not a single one of them fails to eject or feed. I don't recall any of the center fires ever failing to fire either....over thousands and thousands of shots. The only duds I have experienced are in rim-fires with cheap ammo.

I personally clean my bores with either Outers or Hoppes solvents..sometimes both. Ony my rifles, I wipe the exteriors with Rem Oil or CLP. If I am going to store them, I might run a Rem Oil patch down the barrel. On my polymer pistol, I take a cotton swab and a bottle of rubbing alchol and go over the entire frame....Then I soak a pach in hoppes, put it down the barrel and let it sit for 10-15 minute, then I will go over the slide with hoppes to cut the power residue, then I will wipe that off with rubbing alcohol, spray on some CLP and wipe that over the frame and let it sit for about 10 minutes, then wipe it dry.

Then I take out the hoppes soaked patch from the barrel, go down with a dry patch, that will usually come out with black and a tiny bit of blue. Repeat until the bore is shiny and the black on the patches is almost non existent, spray CLP in the bore, go through with a few more dry patches, then finish with a CLP soaked patch.

 

[littlebubba]

Everyone in my family has used WD-40 and 3In1 oil as long as I can remember with no problems but seeing post after post testifying about Hoppe's I may make a switch and save the WD-40 for wiping down the externals. I'd hate to be doing damage to my firearms without realizing it.

 

[wep45]

i use weapon shield exclusively on all my S&W revolvers