Facing your dirty habit....

Wally world, LGS, Sporting Goods store, Midway USA, etc. I don't use it by the gallon, I use it a drop or two at a time. Why, when people have no problem spending $700-$800 or more on a gun do they worry about the price per gallon of something that is used by the drop, or soaked patch full?
Each to his own, but I don't get it!
Hoppe's has worked well for over 100 years. Gun oils can run from a buck or two a bottle for something similar to 3 in 1 "sewing machine" oil to high price synthetics. I've been shooting, and cleaning guns for over 50 years, and haven't seen a need to make up a special "witch's brew" for cleaning and lubricating them.
BTW, if you drink bottled water, which is all just purified tap water, how much per gallon is that? You pay for the convenience, and container!
 
Another point to consider. I know the OP just bought a Glock 19. You do not oil the striker or striker channel in these guns. You can clean them but they should be completely dry before you reassemble the gun. Even that shouldn't necessarily be part of every cleaning, but on a new (to you) used gun, its probably not a bad idea to do it the first time. Getting into the striker channel will require maybe one more minute when field stripping, again YouTube to find out how.

My new SR9c had some factory gunk in the striker channel which I think was causing light primer strikes. I haven't gotten back to the range since cleaning it out but I suspect it will be better now.
 
There's nothing wrong with Hoppes, but I can make a gallon of Ed's Red for less than $6.00 and it works better. I use a bunch of solvent. I shoot often and I am very liberal in my use of solvent when cleaning. Store bought solvents would kill my beer budget.
 
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