What Do You Use To Clean Your Firearms?

Vanity | 10/11/12 | Randy Larsen

[Randy Larsen]

Free Republic has had many vanities about which gun to buy. I'm wondering what gun cleaning supplies do you depend on to protect your expensive firearms.

[Randy Larsen]

I have always depended on Hoppes products but lately technology has improved.

What do you use to maintain your weapons?

[Kartographer]

Leftist tears.

[Randy Larsen]

Ping

[JRandomFreeper]

Hoppes. I also use if for aftershave.

/johnny

[Glennb51]

Ed's red. The recipe is available on the internet. Over the years I have tried many different solvents, Hoppe’s, Breakfree, etc. Ed's red is just as good and is not as expensive.

I have heard of KG11. It is supposed to be very good also, but have not tried it yet.

[omega4179]

Hoppes #9 for the bore

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Breakfree.

[TexasTransplant]

***** “Hoppes. I also use if for aftershave.” *****

Me too, Hoppes #9, I have also found that the fairer sex really appreciates Deep Woods Off

TT

[yarddog]

When I was a small kid, I remember Daddy using Hoppes #9. I also remember Mother once said she liked the smell of Hoppes.

I still use it for most guns. I have a can of GI bore cleaner I use for corrosive primers.

After cleaning, I usually just use some old 30 Weight non detergent motor oil or sometimes mil-tec.

[DuncanWaring]

You shave?

[oneolcop]

I don’t have any guns. Lost them all in a tragic canoeing accident.

[Randy Larsen]

I’m looking into M-PRO-7...

Has anyone tried it?

[humblegunner]

The Mosin breeds rust in the barrel.

I’ve tried Hoppes, soapy vasser, bore cleaner, Windex.. I’m still cleaning the thing for a week until I give up.

I’ve resigned myself to running a couple patches through it prior to firing.

It’s the ammo that does it...

[InsidiousMongo]

Slip2000 cleaner & degreaser followed by their EWL (Extreme Weapons Lubricant) for my AR15s and AK74.

[fulltlt]

Bore Snake & Hoppes #9

[Steve Newton]

Yeah

I had mine stored in the outhouse.

Then—tragedy.

I ain’t going after em

[altsehastiin]

M-Pro-7. It’s not as aggressive as Hoppes, but it works well if you clean regularly.

[Randy Larsen]

Prayers up, hope the grief has not been totally unbearable, I know mine was.

[USNBandit]

A lot depends on how you use your firearms. If you use your guns every once and a while, and they spend a lot of time in storage, I recommend Hoppe's. It doesn't really "dry", leaving a protective coating against rust. I carry for work (federal LE) and my guns haven't ever been shot in anger, but they get carried every day. For that reason I use Hoppe's.

You will probably get a bit better first shot accuracy for hunting with a solvent that dries up like Shooter's Choice. If you want to go high tech then Tetra Gun has a bunch of oils, greases and solvents that have some bonding polymer lubricants.

If you are worried about first shot accuracy (long range hunting) the I recommend the following video from the USAMU.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewPWplWu6ZQ&feature=youtu.be

[traditional1]

"I had mine stored in the outhouse.

Then—tragedy.

I ain’t going after em"

Sissy.....LOL