IndianaDean
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I use Gunslick Foaming Bore Cleaner on the bore, but Breakfree of FP10 for everything else.
Is Breakfree CLP all you ever need to clean a gun?
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nope, Breakfree is a more a lube-protectant than a cleaner despite what the label says. Butch's Bore Shine (BBS) and gun scrubber are what clean the guns. Gunscrubber out in the garage inside an old cardboard box, just hose them down, field strip, tooth brush them down, then Gunscrubber again.
then in to the basement and all bores get BBS and bristle brushes along with patchs till they come out clean, I have stopped using sweets as it will erode steel if you leave it sit, After the BBS, everything get a rub down with a rag saturated in Breakfree that keep in a ziplock for the purpose.
then in to the basement and all bores get BBS and bristle brushes along with patchs till they come out clean, I have stopped using sweets as it will erode steel if you leave it sit, After the BBS, everything get a rub down with a rag saturated in Breakfree that keep in a ziplock for the purpose.
I pretty much use BreakFree or (rarely) one of the other solvent/lubricants like FP-7 to do most of the cleaning, with a high-zoot bore cleaner every so often and Flitz polish for anything I'd like to get smooth and shiny. I have had good luck wilt Slide-Glide on rails and bushings, which just wipes off at the start of cleaning, taking a lot of the poweder residue with it.
Flitz is good stuff. It gets yeech that other cleaners can't. Hubby found it was the best thing for .38 Special rings in .357 mag revolver cylinders.
The .22 rifles, I try to be very gentle with and not overclean. Pistols, I can be kind of picky on the first time over a newly-purchased one, since most of what I buy is used. It is amazing how filthy some of them are!
Every six months or so, it is a good idea to go over all the knurled/checkered/grooved bits on the external surfaces of guns you shoot a lot. All sorts of grime accumulates and can mess up the finish.
Keeping guns reasonably clean, wiping them down with light oil and not just tossing them back in the safe after trips to the range should be SOP. There's no need to detail-strip them and boil all the parts in magic mouse-milk! There's a happy medium and CLP is as close to that medoum as you can find.
--Herself
Flitz is good stuff. It gets yeech that other cleaners can't. Hubby found it was the best thing for .38 Special rings in .357 mag revolver cylinders.
The .22 rifles, I try to be very gentle with and not overclean. Pistols, I can be kind of picky on the first time over a newly-purchased one, since most of what I buy is used. It is amazing how filthy some of them are!
Every six months or so, it is a good idea to go over all the knurled/checkered/grooved bits on the external surfaces of guns you shoot a lot. All sorts of grime accumulates and can mess up the finish.
Keeping guns reasonably clean, wiping them down with light oil and not just tossing them back in the safe after trips to the range should be SOP. There's no need to detail-strip them and boil all the parts in magic mouse-milk! There's a happy medium and CLP is as close to that medoum as you can find.
--Herself
bumm
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I use almost nothing but BreakFree, and it works great. I also use BreakFree on tools and such. I've got a few other products I'll occasionally use... Some kind of foamy stuff for copper fouling, which I rarely need... GunScrubber if I feel I've really gotta get ALL the grease and stuff off, but afterwords, it's VERY important to give things a light coat of BreakFree again... Hoppe's Gun Grease for long term protection of antique stuff I don't shoot. Anyway, unless you notice some problem developing which BreakFree doesn't seem to be taking care of, keep on doing what your doing.
Marty
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entropy
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And after you clean it with BreakFreeCLP, go back and clean it a couple days later....I know you will be surprised.
And after you clean it with CLP, clean it with Sweet's 7.62, same applies.
And JB Bore paste will get even more out, as will Blue Wonder. But if I had to use one product on my guns, it would be BreakFreeCLP. (Plus a little Windex when shooting corrosive.)
stevelyn
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I'm a happy Break-Free CLP user. For a long time it was the only thing I used and still is in the field.
I have since discovered the superior cleaning performance of MPro-7. I still use Break-Free to lube and recoat the metal parts.
I have since discovered the superior cleaning performance of MPro-7. I still use Break-Free to lube and recoat the metal parts.
silverlance
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thanks everyone
got a bit of a load off my mind.
well, to be honest, I have pretty much every single product anybody has ever named in terms of cleaning.
after the guys rassed me a bit about using clp on everything, i went out and spent about $300 on cleaning supplies. yah i overdid it but I suppose it was the (now apparently) misplaced guilt.
i couldn't bring myself to use these produst though - if i actually did what the combined labels told me to, i would be spending about 3 hours on every gun i have! now bear in mind that i love my guns, but that $179 yugo sks isn't worth half my day slaving over so i can get it as clean as... as the guy who shot corrosive ammo through it for 15 years without ever cleaning it left it.
so i'm real glad you all agree that clp is pretty much good 'nuf, and i'll be using that almost exclusively again except for occasional #9 runs down the bore.
btw, what about physical things to clean guns?
toothbrushes and pipe cleaners and solvent tanks is what i've heard so far... any innovative tools you folks can think of? you know, like using kitty litter+sun to remove cosmoline...
got a bit of a load off my mind.
well, to be honest, I have pretty much every single product anybody has ever named in terms of cleaning.
after the guys rassed me a bit about using clp on everything, i went out and spent about $300 on cleaning supplies. yah i overdid it but I suppose it was the (now apparently) misplaced guilt.
i couldn't bring myself to use these produst though - if i actually did what the combined labels told me to, i would be spending about 3 hours on every gun i have! now bear in mind that i love my guns, but that $179 yugo sks isn't worth half my day slaving over so i can get it as clean as... as the guy who shot corrosive ammo through it for 15 years without ever cleaning it left it.
so i'm real glad you all agree that clp is pretty much good 'nuf, and i'll be using that almost exclusively again except for occasional #9 runs down the bore.
btw, what about physical things to clean guns?
toothbrushes and pipe cleaners and solvent tanks is what i've heard so far... any innovative tools you folks can think of? you know, like using kitty litter+sun to remove cosmoline...
Ala Dan
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Blue Wonder, Break Free CLP, Eezox, Hoppes #9 solvent, FP-10, they all are good products. But in all honesty, I think that Break Free CLP will safeguard
any weapon over a longer period of time~! Just my .02 cents
any weapon over a longer period of time~!
Just my .02 cents
Hypnogator
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OK, am I the only one here who uses Strike-Hold instead of Break-Free?
I use Hoppes #9 on the bore, Strike-Hold on everything else. Penetrates and protects as well as or better than Break-Free, leaves a lubricating/protectant coat when it dries, and doesn't attract sand, dust, and other jamming agents.
From what I hear, Break-Free was allowing sand and dust to jam weapons over in the sandbox. Am I missing something?
I use Hoppes #9 on the bore, Strike-Hold on everything else. Penetrates and protects as well as or better than Break-Free, leaves a lubricating/protectant coat when it dries, and doesn't attract sand, dust, and other jamming agents.
From what I hear, Break-Free was allowing sand and dust to jam weapons over in the sandbox. Am I missing something?
BreakFree CLP is a great product. It hasn't, in my experience, been good at removing lead and copper, but it's done an adequate job on everything else. I degrease the bore with brake cleaner and apply copper solvent, then finish up with CLP. It is used exclusively in my revolvers. When done, my firearms typically feel slightly greasy but never look it. Greasy is good, keeps them from rusting. My semi-autos get a touch of Mobil-1 synthetic grease on the long bearing surfaces.
I had an old Yugo SKS that just would not come clean. I had to alternate BF CLP and Ed's Red for over 6 hours before I was satisfied the cloth was coming out reasonably clean. It probably still has some embedded gunk that an electronic bore cleaner would get out.
I had an old Yugo SKS that just would not come clean. I had to alternate BF CLP and Ed's Red for over 6 hours before I was satisfied the cloth was coming out reasonably clean. It probably still has some embedded gunk that an electronic bore cleaner would get out.
MacPelto
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Breakfree CLP was all that we used in the service, but nowadays I also use Butch's Bore Shine, especially for heavy lead/copper.
Mac
Mac
bogie
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Shotguns: Ed's Red, swabs, and an occasional brush.
Handguns: Ed's Red, bronze brush for leading.
Rifles: Butch's Bore Shine, and Sweet's occasionally. JB every coupla hundred rounds.
Handguns: Ed's Red, bronze brush for leading.
Rifles: Butch's Bore Shine, and Sweet's occasionally. JB every coupla hundred rounds.
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