'Hoppes is pretty good
>ballistol is meh
>CLP is meh
Also use a cleaner/solvent first and rinse with brake cleaner';

'>>61577325
You pretty much only see RAM Trisol in the shops here. Boretech Eliminator for rifle barrels.';

'>>61577325
>Ballistol
>Clenzoil
>RenWax
gooood enuff for me';

'>>61577325
All of them? All of them work just fine. All the cleaners clean, all the lubes lube, all the preservatives preserve.
You can make a gallon of Ed's Red cleaner for like $20 and get a bottle of synthetic motor oil for $10 and be fine to take care of your guns for years.
You can also spend 10x more for gucci solvents and gucci lube and extra special wipedown compounds and they will work the same.';

'>>61577325
cleaning: Boretech
lubrication: corrosionX
gun cleaning and lubrication is a solved problem, you don't need shilled garbage.';

'>>61577375
I like ballistol and clp because I clean often and prefer their less toxic qualities. Brake cleaner you have to clean off with mineral spirits then reoil anyways.';

'>>61577748
Pretty much this. I've been shooting for a long ass time. Over the years I've used all of these, and probably more I've forgotten: Rem Oil, Kroil, Lucas gun oil, motor oil, RWS brand airgun oil, some Italian stuff that came with a Benelli shotgun, ALG grease I got free in a Brownell's order. PCL, CLP, Vactra #3 way oil, motor oil, 3-in-1, Super Lube, Tri-Flow, LPS, Boelube, etc. They all work. Some are better at preventing corrosion than others as you can see in various tests online, but I haven't had any corrosion problems even with the known less good products like Rem Oil and living near the coast.

>>61578314
>Brake cleaner you have to clean off with mineral spirits
What's the point of that? Brake cleaner evaporates faster and leaves less residue than mineral spirits. Yeah you need to re-oil but WTF is the mineral spirits for?';

'>>61577325
hoppes is just acetone';

'>>61578918
How'd you come to that conclusion? It smells nothing like acetone, evaporates much faster than acetone, and doesn't eat paint or plastic the way acetone does.

>Looks up the MSDS for Hoppes no. 9 gun bore cleaner
Nope, no Acetone in there.';

'>>61578918
I have used acetone a plenty and I can tell you that hoppes is not acetone';

'>>61577325
great for cleaning black powder guns';

'I've never cleaned my guns, I just slap more white lithium grease on them';

'>>61577325
So I heard you should avoid getting bore-cleaner on anything outside your bore as if you dont clean it off properly it will eat away at whatever coating the manufacturer put on the metal as a finish? How much truth is there to this? I just kinda wipe it off and forget about it.';

'>>61577325
>smells good
It smells like a dog peed in cigar ashes being used as a squirrel nest.
>>61577748
Pretty much. All of the oils on the market are mineral oil (exactly the same as J&J baby oil from Walmart) and a bunch of semi-random solvents and chemicals based on what some boomer thought he was the best at.
Use whatever you like best but you can get exactly equivalent results with brake/carb cleaner, tyranny fluid and mineral oil. Just wipe everything down and use the minimum amount of oil you can at the last, that's it, that's the whole tweet';

'>>61579876
Jesus, are you serious or is this bait? Because if thays wgat you really do then youre fucked';

'>>61577325
I use:
- Ballistol for all primary cleaning. Works fine, non-toxic, cheap.
- Break Free CLP for harder stuff really gummed on there, seems to do better. Like the rare times I clean my suppressors after thousands of rounds.
- Slip 2K for dedicated lube if I need it out of laziness on guns I shoot rarely. Seems to do better then anything else I've tried in terms of "oh shit I haven't shot this gun in 6 months, but now I want to just go out back and shoot it right now". Other stuff evaporates more or something. Also seems to do ok when it's 30 below zero.
- Lithium/moly grease as recommended by manufacturer for certain bolt assemblies or internals. Rarely used but sometimes.
- Some sort of whatever grease with corrosion inhibitors if a gun is a relic that gets stored for long periods at a time and I accept the rare times I bring it out I'd need to do a cleaning before shooting it.
- Boiled linseed oil for my wood stocks, sometimes mixed with a touch of turpentine to thin it if too cold.';

'>>61579908
Like, maybe offer an answer and a solution?';

'>>61579938
Solution to a non problem? You can figure it out';

'>>61577325
>Boretech
>Super lube
Hoppes eats nickel plating';

'>>61579975
Hoppe's hasn't contained ammonia in years and years anon. It doesn't contain whale oil anymore either.';

'Left my hoppes open for a week. Is it still fine? Room smells great.';

'>>61579938
JFC anon. You really do need spoon-feeding, like a little baby bird.
Not all bore cleaners are the same. The idea that all of them behave the same way is completely retarded and should have been an obvious clue the statement was bullshit. What they do or don't do/contain will be written on the bottle. Read the fucking bottle. Most bore cleaners are just various kinds of oils, they won't harm anything. Some bore cleaners--usually those specifically advertised as copper solvents--contain ammonia. That's corrosive and it can damage some finishes. Things like that are not advisable to leave on a gun long-term, but it depends on the specific cleaner and what finish your gun has. Most bore cleaners are safe for all finishes, some aren't, it will say on the bottle which is which. If you're really concerned then google up the MSDS sheets for the product and see whats in it.';

'>>61580054
I was once staying in an apartment due to renevations at my house, so I just hung all my suits up in a closet with my gun stuff and during the move my Hoppes bottle cracked. So my suits hang there for ~3 months percolating in that sweet sweet hoppes odor. I then wore one of them to a wedding and a couple of people commented on my "cologne" and how much they liked it. No shit.';

'>>61577325
We also use Hoppe's no. 9 in Zone, is very popular';

'>>61579577
>>61579674
He probably means ammonia';

'>>61579866
You are either lying or shoot 50 rounds a year';

'>>61579926
>Boiled linseed oi
Your stocks are gonna become a dark mess, you shouldn't use that oil unless you're refinishing it.';

'>>61578500
To remove the toxic leftovers from brake cleaner.';

'Tetra oil and grease is by far the best lubricant. So slick and buttery smooth.';

'>>61580021
>Hoppe's hasn't contained ammonia in years and years anon.
That's really weird because the manufacturer provided msds says it does.';

'I use this for cleaning and Total Ceran XS 80 for lubrication.';

'>>61577325
Damn you op. Making me thirsty for some hoppes 9 now';

'>>61580187
Which ones, exactly? Brake cleaner is just a rapidly evaporating solvent. The whole point of it is that it doesn't leave residues. If it left residue it wouldn't be effective for cleaning brake parts. If anything the mineral spirits is more likely to contain lingering impurities.';

'>>61577325
The best out there.';

'>>61580193
Except it doesn't?
It's Kerosene, ethanol, and citronella oil with a few random other hydrocarbons.
https://www.hoppes.com/ho-sds.html';

'>>61580239
>https://www.hoppes.com/on/demandware.static/-/Library-Sites-HuntShootAccessoriesSharedLibrary/default/dwbd6a431d/productPdfFiles/hoppesPdf/sds/1000-101_SDS_No_9%20-Bore_Cleaner_liquid-Revision_11_4517.pdf
>Ammonium Hydroxide';

'>>61578500
Some contain chlorines which stay around';

'>>61580260
><1%';

'>>61580221
For
>>61580284
Unless your cleaner is chlorine free its not residue free.';

'Ed's Red.

DIY Boomer recipe that works.

ATF
ACETONE
PAINT THINNER
LANOLIN';

'>>61580303
correction "mineral spirits" not paint thinner

dont fall for the CLP jew';

'white men are such suckers for product jews...';

'It just works';

'This reminds me of restaurant burgers. Yeah you can buy the raw materials for cheap but unless you know exactly what you're doing you're gonna end up with a lot of mediocre performance stuff which is why the guys can charge you 15 bucks for their shit. Sometimes there's something extra in the commercial mixes that adds some extra performance and unless you know it you just made a more expensive ballistol.';

'>>61580387
Bro... if a $5 QUART of 0w-20 full synthetic is good enough in a Tacoma engine for 10,000 miles at 200+ degrees, it's going to be fine on your little Marlin. You don't have to overthink this. The spray cleaners like Balistol or CLP are so expensive because you're paying a convenience tax. For the vast majority of gun oil applications 0w full synth oil is all you'll ever need and a quart will last longer than most rifles. For anything else more rudimentary that requires grease (AK, M1, M14, etc) 1 tube of White Lithium will outlast the service life of all 3 rifles combined.

These nerds out here paying $15+ for a 2oz bottle of some boutique gun oil are absolute lizard brains.';

'>>61580594
My firearms do not run on internal gas combustion with constant heavy lubrication. I do not want to give myself cancer trying to cheap out. You're not tough.';

'>>61580604
So you will contract cancer from motor oil, but not from breathing in toxic fumes from shooting? Okay, anon. I kneel to your superior intellect.';

'>>61579577
>>61579674';

'>>61580661
Yeah its called risk reduction. Im saving now my skin and sensitive mucous membranes from dozens of hours of exposure. By the way this argument is lame, the vaxxers already tried it.';

'>>61580387
>This reminds me of restaurant burgers

It's butter

They just use copious amounts of butter';

'>>61580735
>copious amounts of butter

This is the secret to french cooking.';

'>>61577325
That's just acetone.';

'>>61577325
>Smells good
It's like I don't care about nothing man...
Spill another Hoppe's...
ooohh
la da da da la da da la la da da';

'>>61581098
I was gonna clean my guns until I spilled my Hoppe's
I was gonna get up and find the brush but then I spilled my Hoppe's
My gun is still grimey and I know why (why man?)';

'>>61580734
>dozens of hours of exposure.
>nah nigga intentionally breathing airborne lead (and if you shoot rimfire, barium and and ground glass) and nitro-based propellant decomposition byproducts is no big deal
>MOTOR OIL
>AHHHH MY HECKIN CANCER!
there is risk mitigation and there is uninformed idiocy. you are the second.';

'Boretech and SharpShoot-R make the best solvents for carbon and copper that are ammonia free. Butch's Bore Shine & Montana X-Treme are good copper solvents but have ammonia in them. Lubrication and corrosion protection doesn't need anything special cheap automotive products work fine.';

'>>61577325
Hoppes #9 solvent for cleaning
Hoppes #9 oil
Lucas Red 'n' Tacky (after cleaning with Hoppes 9 cleaner) for shotguns, AKs and my M1A.
Haven't had an issue yet!';

'>>61581197
I want to add that my wife and my closet are walk-ins that go bathroom-bathroom and meet in the middle giving us a conjoined closet. My half is nothing but guns/cleaning area and she says she can smell the Hoppes when she wears her work clothes lol
She doesn't complain, though! Does get a little strong. I'll try and find a good picture of the closet';

'I like frogs.';

'>>61583224
isn't froglube just coconut oil?';

'>>61580716
Bro they're obviously talking about the regular liquid formulation, you're referencing the aerosol formulation that includes acetone as the spray propellant. The normal stuff is mostly just kerosene and ethanol, no acetone.';

'>>61577325
>shop towels/paper towels
>90% isopoll alcohol
>alg go jews
>hoppes #9';

'>>61577325
>cleaning
Ballistol for older guns. Slip2000 for everything else.

>lube
I fell for the Cherrybalmz hype. They had a bunch of sales so I basically got 2-3 of everything. Once I run out (which will probably take years since you don't use that much per application and I don't shoot that often), I'll try the /k/umlube.

>>61580228
I use this for my sex doll.';

'>>61577325
i'd always thought it never really mattered, figured they'd all do the same. then i watched a project farm video and i'm never using anything other than clenzoil.';

'>>61580293
more than 0%';

'>>61577325
For me, it's

Ed's Red Lite
>1 part ATF
>1 part kerosone
>1 part mineral spirits
I don't fuck with lanolin, acetone literally doesn't do anything that an extra patch won't remove, and I've never needed more cleaning power to need to try other additions. No, it's not as aggressive as other, significantly more expensive solvents. No, it doesn't remove copper. It's not supposed to. Complaining that eds red can't remove copper fouling is like complaining about coffee not having enough protein. For 99% of the cleaning I do or anybody else would need to do, it's more than sufficient.

Cum Lube
>1 part lubriplate SFL-0 grease
>2-3 parts lubriplate FMO-350-AW depending on how runny you like it
Seems to stick around longer than the plain oil itself without getting too thick in winter or being any harder to clean than oil itself. Equally very cheap when bought/mixed in bulk. Unlike eds red, I find this mix significantly out performs other gun-specific oils I've tried.

>Boretech "proof positive" jags and cleaning rods
I'm sure there are other brass free jags and rods on the market now, but at the time boretech was really the only one.

>Patches, q tips, brushes, microfiber rags, etc
whatever is cheapest on alibaba';

'>>61580604
It's only used motor oil that caused cancer in studies, ya dingus.';

'>>61577325
I just gas my shit with G96
Does /k/ recommend anything different for more in depth cleaning?';

'>>61584733
try Lubriplate Synxtreme HD-1';

'>>61577325
>I've also heard that Ballistol is good but I've never personally used it. I'm not a big fan of a jack of all trades master of none type sprays.
Ballistol as a spray is arse, but the bottle kind is great for cleaning. It's also good enough as a lube, I don't really like anything oil based because they're really runny compared to Ballistol
>put a minimal amount of CLP on pistol slide rails
>reassemble, rack once
>it already flows down the frame';

'>>61577748
Ed's Red is good, but only for carbon buildup, you will still need a copper solvent if you shoot jacketed projectiles, in my experience the only good copper bore solvent is made by Tetra Gun, Hoppes isn't far behind.';

'>>61585200
Tetra, enjoy it';

'>>61580757
>>>61580735
>>copious amounts of butter
>This is the secret to french cooking.
Also Indian cooking. I had no idea how much of the cuisine is butter-based';

'I only shoot chinky stinky corrosive ammo and I use:
Lucas cleaner for getting all the gunk and corrosive salts out in the receiver and bolt assembly
Clp for barrel
My dad's old gun oil spray bottle on whole gun, works pretty good but the labels all but torn off and I don't know what brand it is
Shooters choice gun grease that comes in a syringe when the gun oil drys off, or when I'm shooting in -25°C or worse weather
Ballistol for bad rust';

'>>61585448
I suggest as substitutes:
Water out of the hose for lucas cleaner';

'>>61584474
Acetone is a solvent and not really able to be used as a propellent, that's what propane is for.';

'>>61585621
I use to hose it down, and use boiling water. But I found it took too much time and didn't do a great job of stripping all the gunk and carbon. The gun cleaner does that and prevents the rust';