Maybe I can put some products to the test....

 

I have car washes...which inside the tunnel can be a very harsh environment. There is always wind, and a steady mist of water always passing through. Even at night everything is soaked, its just a damp place. Understandibly, it is far from an equal environment as our homes or gun safes. But it will still show us some results.....

 

My thought:

 

I have a 12 gauge barrel that I cut down from 28" to 18.5" and I still have the remaining 9.5". If I cut that down to say 1" or 2" pieces, treat each piece with a different brand of firearms preserver / rust preventative recipe and place them inside the tunnel to see which products live up to our expectations and which ones do not. I'm sure an untreated barrel would rust in a matter of days inside the tunnel. Everything rusts in there....thats why 99% of the equipment is stainless. I could post a pic once every few days / week / month or whatever to show the progress of the barrel.

 

I think this would be a pretty neat experiment and will help us all stop spending money on products that do not work. Does this sound interesting to anyone or just a waste of time?

That's exactly the kind of thing that I would do because I like to do fun things. I'd mount them to a in a spot that will allow each piece to get equal treatment. Paint the board up nice and even label it.

 

Something like "Protectant torture test".

 

Make sure each piece is treated the same way from the start...maybe hit it with steel wool first to really expose the base metal then apply various chems.

 

Make sure you include Break-Free and Rem oil. Those are what I use

I would think that test would be for long term storage products.

 

real world the gun would get cleaned after use, unless in combat but would still get a field cleaning even the front line.

Hurry up and register http://www.thetunneloftruth.com before someone else gets it! 8-)

BTW, Glock 21 torture test for reference:

 

http://www.theprepared.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=90&Item

That's exactly the kind of thing that I would do because I like to do fun things. I'd mount them to a in a spot that will allow each piece to get equal treatment. Paint the board up nice and even label it.

 

Something like "Protectant torture test".

 

Make sure each piece is treated the same way from the start...maybe hit it with steel wool first to really expose the base metal then apply various chems.

 

Make sure you include Break-Free and Rem oil. Those are what I use

 

 

Thats exactly what I had in mind....

Hurry up and register http://www.thetunneloftruth.com before someone else gets it! 8-)

 

 

Did you mean http://www.theboxotruth.com/ ?

Hurry up and register http://www.thetunneloftruth.com before someone else gets it! 8-)

 

 

Did you mean http://www.theboxotruth.com/ ?

I believe he was implying you start your own site, a spin off if you will called 'thetunnelotruth'

Hurry up and register http://www.thetunneloftruth.com before someone else gets it! 8-)

 

 

Did you mean http://www.theboxotruth.com/ ?

I believe he was implying you start your own site, a spin off if you will called 'thetunnelotruth'

 

Wow....that went right over my head...lmao

 

Thats what I get for reading posts too early in the morning before coffee! :oops:

Wow....that went right over my head...lmao

 

Thats what I get for reading posts too early in the morning before coffee! :oops:

Not as bad as my pre-coffee 'Clan' & 'Klan' mixup :shock:

lmao....oh yeah! That was a good one!

 

OK, so, I have cut down that barrel into 8 sections... I need suggestions on which chemicals to use.

 

1. Nothing

2. Hoppes #9

3. Rem Dri-Lube

4. WD-40

5. Rem-Oil

6. Mobil 1 Oil

7. Break-Free CLP

8. ??

You may as well put WD-40 on there...

You need one with nothing on it to act as a control sample.

 

K

You need one with nothing on it to act as a control sample.

 

K

Agreed, need to represent what would happen if nothing was applied to it.

 

How about Mobil 1 oil? Something simple enough, I have read of people using it.

Good idea about having nothing on one of them. I have some of that shooters choice stuff...anyone use that?

Break-Free CLP?

Breakfree CLP

Break-Free CLP added....

 

Am I going to have to chop up another barrel??? lol

Chad,

 

I have CLP if you don't. I live in Freehold.

I think I do....I have to look, Thanks a lot, I will let you know!

I vote mobile one.. any one else?? and thats funny i do not use it, but it is thicker and synthetic.

 

This is what i use and have.

3 in one oil. /general use

breakfree clp /handguns

G2 100% silicone lube /22 conversion 1911 and airsoft

blue wonder disotec xfr / rifles

pachmayr prp rust preventative/ long term storage of all firarms.