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Post by savagejug on Apr 12, 2008 22:11:55 GMT -5
Never, ever....use a penetrating oil to clean or lubricate your weapon. This is especially important with centerfire weapons. Penetrating oils do just that, they penetrate. They can and will penetrate around and into the primer.
When you need your weapon the most, you could hear a dreaded click. Last thing you want in in a life or death situation is a DNF (Did Not Fire).
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Post by Sgt K USMC on Apr 13, 2008 5:23:14 GMT -5
This is an OUTSTANDING post and point.
A lot of people have a hard time deciding on what to clean and lube their weapons with due to either ignorance or based on the vast array of items available on the market.
For cleaning I generally use Birchwood Casey 'Gun Scrubber' which comes in two types, one for synthetic weapons and one for traditional framed firearms.
For lubrication I prefer CLP. I know the old argument here 'CLP separates in the bottle so that means it will separate in the weapon.' but in my opinion it really is the safest and still the best alternative to all of the lubricants out there.
The ones I advise the strongest AGAINST, would be any of the foaming scrubbers, as they generally are penetrating in nature for one, and are difficult to remove the residue from. One in particular, Gun Slick 'Gun Foam' which after trying once nearly drove me up a wall trying to get the residue off.
An additional downside to the penetrating oils and foams is that in some extreme cases (very very extreme cases) They have been known to cause flame outs (This is when the residual oil separates from the weapon and stabilizer enough to actually ignite) This usually only happens at the end of the barrel but in some revolvers this can happen around the cylinder and cause minor burns on the shooters hands.
And please people, please please please… don't use WD-40, shaving cream or Carburetor cleaner. Yes they work but they are very bad for your weapon.
All of the cleaners listed above can be found at any gun store and even Wal-Mart.
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