Alternative Firearm Care

>>33885479
WD-40 Specialist is 10/10 for storage/rust/water protection, I just use CLP for everything else.

I use ballistol for every single purpose. I'm far too lazy to give a fuck beyond that.

>>33885479
I have a secret I'll tell y'all if someone gets dubs

>>33885577
well fuck
it's ammonia free windex

>>33885479
>>33885561
Don't fucking use WD-40 on your guns you assholes.

>>33885577
nice

>>33885587
Why not? If it's only used as a hydrophobic spray and you aren't hosing down the inside of the action, what's the harm?

>>33885587
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Unless they get wet, then it's not a terrible idea.

>>33885479

-wd-40 for rust removal or very hard screws, if worse use shit like kroil

-mineral spirits for cosmoline or old as fuck grease

-hoppes for barrels, Remington wipes and grease/oil for the bolt, receiver,lugs.

>>33885577
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>>33885479
vm&p naphtha is essentially the same thing as zippo lighter fluid, except much cheaper

>>33885587
People have used WD-40 on their guns for years retard, you don't know what you're talking about.

>>33885587


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What do you guys use to clean your cleaning brushes and rods? I've always used denatured alcohol but wonder if there's anything better.

>>33885479
I cleaned my rifle with vodka once, it works fairly good.

>>33885479
I have a tub filled with cosmoline that I throw my sks into after firing it. Let it soak for a few hours.
But to be honest I keep finding this shit on my stripper clips and everything. WD-40 clears it out pretty good but by god it took forever.

>>33885479
imo the only part that requires actual gun solvent/lubricant is the barrel (due to copper and lead fouling)

for the action / trigger group, wd-40 as a solvent and 10w30 as a lubricant

>>33886026
I see your point, but for like a Garand/M14/Mini-14/M1 Carbine's op-rod? Fast moving metal on metal with no lubricant makes me cringe.

>>33886026
Never mind, misread that as the action not requiring any lubricant at all

>>33885574
same, ballistol on everything unless there's copper fouling, in which case I use hoppe's. fucking love ballistol, and the little film it leaves on the exteriors

>>33886039
absolutely, i wasn't suggesting to not use lubricant on certain metal moving parts, i just forgot to mention op rods

>>33886056
>>33885574

Ballistol and hoppe's are great, but if for whatever reason, (I try not to judge), you have a soft metal plated firearm, nickel, gold-leaf, etc, any of those metal dissolving solvents will eat right through it.

>>33886114
Because they dissolve copper, and the base layer of almost any electroplated finish is copper.

Any copper solvent + nickel finish is no bueno

>>33886194
Yep, the electroplating will start flaking off if it gets down to the base copper

>>33885479
No 3-in-1 love?