I would love to hear what types of cleaning and lubracation you guys use along with what works best for you!

 

I use mostly Ballistall on all guns and wood leather LOVE THIS STUFF!!

Hopies#9< all bores

Old GI grease Garand and some other surplus rifles

Polymer Coated rifle rod < all my rifles

Glock Pistol rod< the best on all my pistols

JD bore cleanner < all of my guns A must!!

2" patches

micro fiber cloth< Spray some Ballistall and wipe all parts down

any grease in a seringe < not to often mabye on some rails for semiauto guns

chamber brushes for every rifle< Very important to me

bamboo nail stick thinks from my wifes nail shit< with a patch will get into all the nooks and spaces my fat fingers cant reach

brush for bolt face on all guns..

Windex< In my range bag for quick spray in the chamber after shooting curosive ammo

 

Lets hear some of your products Mabye we can all learn something new and new shooters can have an Idea wear to start.

I use this occassionally:

 

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Super-Tech-VOC-Compliant-Brake-Parts-Cleaner/16821281

I use a combination of products and tools.

 

For solvents/degreasers i use hoppes no.9, gunslick pro's cleaner/degreaser with lubrication (note...there is no lubrication), simple green.

 

nylon brushes, brass brushes, picks, etc... I also use CLP for lubrication or rem oil.

 

I always use a boresnake through the barrel, have multiple chamber brushes for multiple calibers.

 

I have moved away from bore rods (have broken several over the years) and have been using the nylon coated bore cables (like the ones that come with the otis tactical sets). I gave the tapco star swabs a shot and they worked really well to clean the chamber, but they are expensive! if the price were to drop or if i see them on sale, i would pick up more, but at the prices i see them, not worth it. Better off soaking a patch and leaving it in the bore for heavy buildup.

 

I use dust cans (compressed air) to dry off any moisture or to spread any lube around.

I actually use CLP Breakfree on everyhting, I have a variety of different ones but havent tried all of them yet. REM oil is tacky so I dont use that one.

boresnakes are nice for some guns. like my marlin 60 i just run the through it a few times and clean the bolt with a brush put some oil on and its good to go.

froglube for handgun and AR...froglube or synthetic motor oil for AK.

I use pretty much the same as the rest but I also use a fast drying electrical contact cleaner I get at Granger,Q tips by the dozen,and in addition to keeping all my old toothbrushes, I supplement them with the 3 pack of brushes and precision picks from Harbor Freight,the brushes,1 each of plastic,stainless and brass bristles are not only great for guns but I also use them to clean the nooks and crannys of my pots and pans,stainless sink and stove.

Mil-comm

Frog lube

Remington bore cleaner

 

And I love barrel snakes.

Hoppes #9  for cleaning, Slip 2000 EWL for oil, some patches, couple old t-shirts and an old toothbrush or 2.

 

Pistols get cleaned after every range trip, stripped, wiped down and scrubbed, then re-oiled.

 

The AR might get 1-2 wet patches run down the bore followed by 1 dry one, then re-oiled, but thats it, Ive never fully cleaned it.

I use a few products. For cleaning after a range trip I use 50/50 #9/kroil, then use crc contact cleaner and compressed air, and then I use some Gunzilla scrub it all over the firearm and wipe it down and compressed air again. Then I use some rem or outers gun oil.

froglube for handgun and AR...froglube or synthetic motor oil for AK.

Need to try some frog lube I have been hearing a lot about it..

I use this occassionally:

 

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Super-Tech-VOC-Compliant-Brake-Parts-Cleaner/16821281

I have used this on my surplus guns when they are caked in cosmo and is perfect on all metal parts I just dont let it get on wood. this Is the best on a Nagant bore and realy gets the crud out.

Lets not forget Krudcutter!!! Great on surplus gun wood and Minirel oil one some metal as well

Need to try some frog lube I have been hearing a lot about it..

one of the best products I use. get on amazon. they have it for cheap.

Need to try some frog lube I have been hearing a lot about it..

In my experience it is crap. If you come out to any of the local USPSA matches, let me know and I'll sell you the 99%+ remaining in my $30 kit for $20.

 

As for the original question, the only thing I use that isn't fairly standard stuff in terms of tools are bamboo barbecue skewers. Snap off a chunk and fray the end and you have a device you can soak in solvent and scrub at stuck on gunk in pretty tight places without risk of abrading anything really. They are also fairly solvent agnostic. 

 

As for cleaners and lubes, I keep a decent teflon dry film spray, a decent molybdenum disulfide dry spray, some breakfree CLP, some fp-10, and all three weights of slide glide around as well as some butch's bore shine and some gunblast or equivalent.

 

With that you can make most guns happy for most environments by picking and choosing correctly.  

In my experience it is crap. If you come out to any of the local USPSA matches, let me know and I'll sell you the 99%+ remaining in my $30 kit for $20.

 

As for the original question, the only thing I use that isn't fairly standard stuff in terms of tools are bamboo barbecue skewers. Snap off a chunk and fray the end and you have a device you can soak in solvent and scrub at stuck on gunk in pretty tight places without risk of abrading anything really. They are also fairly solvent agnostic. 

 

As for cleaners and lubes, I keep a decent teflon dry film spray, a decent molybdenum disulfide dry spray, some breakfree CLP, some fp-10, and all three weights of slide glide around as well as some butch's bore shine and some gunblast or equivalent.

 

With that you can make most guns happy for most environments by picking and choosing correctly.  

I havent had an issue with froglube at all...seems to get it clean and wipes away nicely then a light coating and bam back to pew pew pew with out a problem.

Q tips

Old T-Shirt

Bore snake (appropriate caliber)

Old tooth brush

Dental pick

Slip cleaning juice and EWL lube

 

I wipe them down after a range session or two (sometimes 3 or 4) and they only get actually cleaned once a year.

This works pretty good in most cases. Works good in conjunction with bore snakes. Just don't work it too hard.

 

 

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This works pretty good in most cases. Works good in conjunction with bore snakes. Just don't work it too hard.

 

 

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BAD PRODUCT ALERT: I used this product and it broke in half the first time I used it. Guess I need the magnum version

 

 

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For me, cleaning my guns is second only to shooting them on the enjoyment scale. Like a woman's cosmetic case, I have my cleaning box filled with various lubricants, cleaners and lead/carbon removers. Each gun gets a specific lubricant and/or oil. I have a set of dental picks both in plastic and metal to clean those hard to reach areas. I have bore snakes and cleaning rods/brushes for all my calibers. There is an assortment of Qtip in various lengths and different brass and nylon brushes to choose from. I always keep a small bottle of oil used for precision medical devices that develop a high RPM. It has a very long metal tip that can reach places where others cannot.  I can easily take 2 hours to clean 3 guns as I stretch it out enjoying the feel of the oily metal in my hands. Just thinking about it gets me going.

 

First I make sure it is cleared and then I disassemble it. I spray everything down with a non toxic cleaner. I discovered that BreakFree causes blisters to form on my fingers when left there too long. I let it set for a while and then I use a paper towel to wipe away the old lubricant and carbon from my range session. I then switch to cotton patches custom cut to my needs to get the rest of the gunk out. I will also use lead remover cloths, Scotch Brite pads and very find sandpaper to remover any carbon stains like the black cylinder rings on revolvers or the ones around the firing pin hole in a semi auto. I usually sell off most of the guns I buy in a few months so I like to keep them in as new condition.

 

When all reachable parts are bone dry and clean I start my lube process. First I shine the feeding ramp of my semi autos with Flitz until they feel so slick that they appear to be wet. I find that a slippery feed ramp solves a lot of problems. If there are nicks in it from bullets hitting it I will use the fine sandpaper first to smooth it out. I then use a combination of grease and oil to lube gun. I have two different densities of grease depending on the size of the gun. Small guns get the thinner grease. Grease goes into the rails and on every spot that shows marks from metal against metal. Oil goes in other areas that move or have slight friction. I tend to pretty much put oil on all interior surfaces as past experience has shown me that it makes my guns run more reliably. I clean them often so I am not concerned about them picking up dirt and mixing with the oil to form a sludge as some say. I switched to grease since moving to hot Florida as I found that the oil would evaporate too quickly on guns I did not carry a lot. The grease stays put.

 

Once every thing is lubed I then inspect the slide and frame and buff out any scratches using the Scotch Brite pad of fine sandpaper followed by some polishing with Flitz. I even have a Bluing pen for small scratches and just use a black sharpie for the black finishes like Tennifer and Melonite. As I said, I try to keep my guns as new. I have a little problem with imperfect mechanical things and I just cannot tolerate them.   I put it all back together and rack the slide a few times to work that grease around. Then I go to work on the mags. I rarely take them apart but I do at least twice a year. I use a can of compressed air to blow out anything that may have gotten into them but that rarely has been the case. Then I blast them with Mag Slick for a finishing touch. I also make sure that the follower is clean as a whistle too.

 

Then I do the same to guns two and three. MaKes for a fine afternoon when the wife is out playing bingo. I usually turn on the outdoor channel to watch a gun show while cleaning my guns. I am not even going to list all the brand names of stuff I use because I have a lot. My current favorite is M-Pro-7 as it is non toxic. I do this even if I shoot one round through the gun. If you think this is too much you have to see what I used to do with my AR-15. A lot of this comes from the fact that when I was in Nam, the M-16's we were issued were not very reliable unless they were absolutely clean so I developed a fetish about cleaning all guns to make them as new. I can think of worse things to do.

For me, cleaning my guns is second only to shooting them on the enjoyment scale. Like a woman's cosmetic case, I have my cleaning box filled with various lubricants, cleaners and lead/carbon removers. Each gun gets a specific lubricant and/or oil. I have a set of dental picks both in plastic and metal to clean those hard to reach areas. I have bore snakes and cleaning rods/brushes for all my calibers. There is an assortment of Qtip in various lengths and different brass and nylon brushes to choose from. I always keep a small bottle of oil used for precision medical devices that develop a high RPM. It has a very long metal tip that can reach places where others cannot.  I can easily take 2 hours to clean 3 guns as I stretch it out enjoying the feel of the oily metal in my hands. Just thinking about it gets me going.

 

First I make sure it is cleared and then I disassemble it. I spray everything down with a non toxic cleaner. I discovered that BreakFree causes blisters to form on my fingers when left there too long. I let it set for a while and then I use a paper towel to wipe away the old lubricant and carbon from my range session. I then switch to cotton patches custom cut to my needs to get the rest of the gunk out. I will also use lead remover cloths, Scotch Brite pads and very find sandpaper to remover any carbon stains like the black cylinder rings on revolvers or the ones around the firing pin hole in a semi auto. I usually sell off most of the guns I buy in a few months so I like to keep them in as new condition.

 

When all reachable parts are bone dry and clean I start my lube process. First I shine the feeding ramp of my semi autos with Flitz until they feel so slick that they appear to be wet. I find that a slippery feed ramp solves a lot of problems. If there are nicks in it from bullets hitting it I will use the fine sandpaper first to smooth it out. I then use a combination of grease and oil to lube gun. I have two different densities of grease depending on the size of the gun. Small guns get the thinner grease. Grease goes into the rails and on every spot that shows marks from metal against metal. Oil goes in other areas that move or have slight friction. I tend to pretty much put oil on all interior surfaces as past experience has shown me that it makes my guns run more reliably. I clean them often so I am not concerned about them picking up dirt and mixing with the oil to form a sludge as some say. I switched to grease since moving to hot Florida as I found that the oil would evaporate too quickly on guns I did not carry a lot. The grease stays put.

 

Once every thing is lubed I then inspect the slide and frame and buff out any scratches using the Scotch Brite pad of fine sandpaper followed by some polishing with Flitz. I even have a Bluing pen for small scratches and just use a black sharpie for the black finishes like Tennifer and Melonite. As I said, I try to keep my guns as new. I have a little problem with imperfect mechanical things and I just cannot tolerate them.   I put it all back together and rack the slide a few times to work that grease around. Then I go to work on the mags. I rarely take them apart but I do at least twice a year. I use a can of compressed air to blow out anything that may have gotten into them but that rarely has been the case. Then I blast them with Mag Slick for a finishing touch. I also make sure that the follower is clean as a whistle too.

 

Then I do the same to guns two and three. MaKes for a fine afternoon when the wife is out playing bingo. I usually turn on the outdoor channel to watch a gun show while cleaning my guns. I am not even going to list all the brand names of stuff I use because I have a lot. My current favorite is M-Pro-7 as it is non toxic. I do this even if I shoot one round through the gun. If you think this is too much you have to see what I used to do with my AR-15. A lot of this comes from the fact that when I was in Nam, the M-16's we were issued were not very reliable unless they were absolutely clean so I developed a fetish about cleaning all guns to make them as new. I can think of worse things to do.

very well said!! I feel the same way most of the time except when I just took out 10 guns for a weekend shoot with good friends like the one coming up starting Friday..

This works pretty good in most cases. Works good in conjunction with bore snakes. Just don't work it too hard.

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THAT GUN! 

G96 gun treatment is awesome,along with hoppes 9 for everything. Mineral spirits for cosmoline

ballistol is great stuff. i use this for the cleaning

soak everything down and let sit

clean and wipe down all parts except for barrels, using patches, q tips and/or paper towels

 

ok for the next part i'll explain, i am a stickler for following manufactures instructions (for the most part) so if it says "lube this" i will

 

breakfree clp to lube parts that need lubing, not alot, just enough

tetra gun grease on the actions

 

finally i re soak the crap out of the bores and boresnake them.

 

now that everything is cleaned and lubed i wipe down the outside with a micro fiber cloth to remove any residual.

 

 

i gota plug the boresnakes again, literally one pass and your clean (i still do 2 anyway) cuts cleaning time in half.

Some of the fine products I use are Hoppes #9, Tetra gun grease, Rem-Oil spray, q-tips, old t-shirts, toothpicks and old toothbrushes.  Now I pretty much only give my toys a quick wipedown with the silicone cloth after the range. The Mosins on the other hand get a full clean and lube after a range trip. 

MPro7,

 

Break down the gun, Couple of shots of cleaner down the barrel let it soak,

 

A little cleaner on a nylon brush takes care of the slide and frame rails.  Wipe down with cotton cloth.

 

Bore brush soaked in cleaner, couple passes through barrel clean out with jag and cotton patches.

 

Lube with TW25. 

Hoppes #9 and Breakfree CLP(original military stuff..new stuff us different)...

Below is my 15 step process for cleaning firearms.

 

Step one: Pick up firearms. 

Step two: Turn on shower to warm/hot temperature.

Step three: Put down firearms.

Step four: Take off clothes.

Step five: Find towel, put on shower curtain rod.

Step six: Re-pick back up firerms.

Step seven: Enter shower.

Step eight: Jump out of water, shout profanity.

Step nine: Adjust water temperature from scolding hot to prefered warm/hot temperature.

Step ten: Re-enter water.

Step eleven: Generously apply Old Spice body wash to body and firearms.

Step twelve: Lather.

Step thirteen: Rinse off.

Step fourteen: Turn off shower.

Step fifteen: Dry everything off.

 

Im new but I am using Mpro 7 cleaner and Lpx for lube and protectant. There is no smell to these products. I also use a bore snake, qtips, plastic dental tools and an old tshirt.