Best solvent/ lube

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Right now I'm using Hoppes #9 solvent and lubrication oil. Is there a better choice? I have a sig p226, Ruger GP100 (stainless), Mossberg 500. Thanks!
 
I lubricate everything with Breakfree CLP. For the price, you can't beat Ed's Red for cleaning. I use my own recipe, 1 part ATF, 2 parts mineral spirits (paint thinner), and 1 part acetone (fingernail polish remover). Try it, it works great! http://www.recguns.com/XC1a.html

By the way, can somebody tell me how to use the copper cleaning pad to remove leading? Do you push it ahead of a patch or wrap it around a jag for a tight fit? I've been using the Peroxide/Vinegar mix, on my stainless barrels, but i don't want to put it in a blued barrel.

[This message has been edited by Sport45 (edited August 30, 2000).]
 
I use mpro7 cleaner and lube opn all my guns. Mpro7 is the only cleaner I found that will remove the carbon bulid up from the front of the cylinder and from in the barrel. The oil in outstanding too, slicker than teflon, all you need is 1 drop on each slide rail and then work the slide a few times and you good to go. Thats what I do on my Beretta 96 Brigadier Inox, and Beretta's are known for needing lots of oil. Thats not so with Mpro7. Read more on their web site at www.mpro7.com

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I find Hoppe's Gun Oil is junk. I don't use Hoppe's #9 much any more because I don't find powder residue to be a problem. For cleaning out my bores, I like MPro7 as well. It requires a brush, even with the .22's, but it cleans out almost everything, especially what I've found to be the most detrimental to accuracy, carbon. Once I scrubbed out the bore of my .22 handgun with MPro7, something many people advise against, my groups at 25 yards got much, much tighter.

For lube, I like Breakfree and MPro7 Ultimate Gun Lube for both the bore and the action.

For cleaning the action, I like to spray Gun Scrubber onto patches.

Products I dislike are Hoppe's Bench Rest 9 because it is slight stinky and cleaning it off your hands is next to impossible. Tetra Gun Copper Solvent is extremely stinky and I will never again use it because of how bad it smells and the high likelyhood of the bottle leaking. I've also found the Tetra Gun Oil results in far more buildup in the bore than any other lube.

Devin
 
Two points of potential interest:

a) The lead gunsmith at Sig Sauer suggested that I not use Hoppes #9 on their weapons; he also recommended the use of Breakfree CPL.
b) I have had excellent results using 15 weight Mobil One (synthetic oil) for long-lasting and very effective lubrication after thorough cleaning.
 
Hoppes to start, CLP to finish up, plus Lubriplate white grease on the rails and MobiOne synthetic on the exterior.

[This message has been edited by Ledbetter (edited August 30, 2000).]
 
I open a bottle of Hoppe's #9 just so I can smell it while I clean my guns (reminds of the crisp autumn days of my youth), then I use Breakfree CLP for everything. For really difficult jobs (like surplus military weapons) I use Sweet's and J-B bore paste and a lot of elbow grease. From the posts I've seen here and elsewhere it sounds like most shooters are overcleaning their guns.
 
i use Hoppes #9 just on the bore and i clean the rest of my guns with Breakfree CLP. i then use some no name oil for lubrication. when i use this stuff up i'll probably get some breakfree oil or Militec both of which i've heard good things about.
 
RWK: Why not the use of Hoppes on a Sig? That just does not make since to me. Hoppes is pretty mild compared to other cleaners. Shooters Choice is the best that I have found for cleaning copper and powder fouling in a rifle or pistol barrel without resorting to ammonia cleaners or abrasives. I use Hoppes for general powder fouling cleaning. CLP for oiling and grease for the rails
 
Rezdog,

I notice that many shooters here spend an inordinate amount of time cleaning their guns, talking about their guns, reading about their guns, shooting their guns and coveting guns presently owned by other persons. They don't like to talk about it though, so just pretend not to notice.

Regards,

Ledbetter
 
Over time I've turned to Hoppe's #9 to clean, 3 in 1 oil for wiping and internal lube, and light grease for the rails on pistols. I clean after every outing, and wipe down evry three months or so. Also, handguns are stored in the grey socks form Midway. I've used, and like CLP, but no better than the above.
 
Clean with whatever you like, but lube using BreakFree CLP.
Only lube I've found to keep a filthy gun running, and works up here in the stupid cold, too.

(Ruger say CLP on their ss wheels)

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"All my ammo is factory ammo"
 
Slingshot,

Some time ago when I bought my first Sig (a P-220), I called their headquarters in New Hampshire to ask a question concerning "stove piping". Eventually I talked to Mike Guarmiueri, Sig's senior gunsmith. We probably spent about 10 minutes discussing Sig "P" series semiautomatics, principally how impressed I was with their quality and accuracy. During that phone call he recommended I not use #9 -- which was and is my standard solvent -- due to its harshness to Sig's bluing. I really did not make an in-depth inquiry regarding his suggestion; rather, I have ceased using #9 on my Sigs (I use CPL instead), although I continue to use it on my other handguns.
 
I use powder blast to get the initial gunk off. Depending on how much I shoot, that might be it. If the gun is really dirty, then I use some Hoppe's #9. I've noticed that Hoppe's picks up quite a bit more. Then a little CLP, wipe it dry so there's a thin film on it, you are good to go!
Albert
 
Shooter's Choice for cleaning along with CLP for the aftermath. I also use, with tremendous satisfaction, Tetra gun grease. I used to use RemOil, #9 and Shooter's Choice red grease. That red stuff was neat except that after 6 months, it turned into a cruddy dried on paste that was a pain to remove. Never again.
 
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