Ugh! Cleaning some of my Pistols today...

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I clean with Hoppes then wipe down with a light oil. I have some surplus general purpose weapons oil. Sometimes I use GunScrubber and follow with the oil for lubrication and storage.
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You have excellent taste in pistols, sir. I myself have a P30 and PCR.

I use hoppes 9 for the barrels, chambers, cylinders, and follow up with breakfree clp. My current bottle says "safariland" on it. I don't know what's best, but these seem to do a good job.
 
I got a small tube of Lucas CLP with my Sig P229. Seems to work OK. I have never tried Ballistol but seems like everybody swears by it.
 
I use "Ed's Red", a mixture of ATF, acetone, mineral spirits, kerosene and other commonly available solvents (search the internet on Ed's Red for the recipe). Once the bore is clean, I dry the bore and coat with an oil. Either Break Free CLP or Lucas Gun oil.

I have a bit of Red Line Race Oil (Synthetic 30 wt oil) left over from an oil change in my H production race car that I'll use to lubricate my semi-auto guns.

P.S. I have a couple P30SK pistols so you have made some good choices in my book.:)
 
Vote for breakfree clp.

Tried quite a few others and they still sit on my shelf while the break free keeps getting used.

Side note. I do have occasion to use some hoppes 9. Can't tell if it's just a throw back to how my dad taught me over thirty five years ago or something else.
 
I clean with Hoppe’s #9, apply a thin line of Lucas gun grease to the rails of my autoloaders, then drip a bit of Hoppe’s lubricating gun oil down the rails. I just let it run the length aided by gravity. I also apply a thin coat of oil to everything I can reach, inside the slide, frame, and outsides as well.

The breech face gets cleaned and oiled also, but then wiped dry to avoid exposing primers to penetrating oil.
 
I'm not a fan of CLP products. I prefer a "cleaning" product then a "lube".

I've found that CLP type products are not as effective as dedicated cleaning products, nor do they lube as well as dedicated lube products.
 
I use m-pro 7 as a cleaner. I clean a lot of people's guns and it supposed to be pretty easy on you. I use hoppes on the barrel. Then grease or oil the parts with whatever they specify or I feel would be best. I use one of the three grades of slide glide for grease and any of the gun oils. Then for rust prevention. I rub on rem oil thinly for duty guns, barricade for seldom used safe dwellers, or wd-40 specialist longterm storage gel for "may never be shot again" guns.
A neglected gun will occasionally get a soak in break free CLP but I dont care for it. Some old folks still specify anhydrous graphite, murphys oil etc so I keep those too
 
It takes me about 10 minutes to clean a pistol when I come home from the range. Soak a patch in Hoppes and run it through the barrel a few times. Run it all over and in the slide as well as the frame using a new soaked patch as needed. Scrub gun in and out with an old toothbrush. Clean it all off with an old microfiber. Run brush through barrel about 10 times followed by a clean patch and jag. Repeat if needed. Run an oil soaked patch through barrel. Hit slide and frame with compressed air to get all remaining residue off. Lightly oil the slide and frame in the appropriate areas (I prefer gun butter due to the fact that it's pink and it is easily seen), lightly oil the outside of the barrel. Reassemble gun and wipe down with a Remington oil wipe followed by a clean microfiber. Done.
 
Had Breakfree CLP freeze the ejectors in my Citori O/U shotguns. Like they were glued in.

Others wise, its ok in my rifles and handguns if used sparingly. More for storage . #9 is for cleaning bores.
 
I use Ballistol for most of the surface, breakfree CLP for the barrels and FP10 for the rails.

Mostly because that's just what I have and CLP is bad for my Dan Wesson Duty Treat, I guess.
 
I'm a ballistol fan myself, just recently bought 3 cans from brownells , I make it a point to stock up even If I don't need it as it is hard to find. I have to drive out of town to an automotive service shop to buy if I want some as I can't find anyone in San Antonio that has it. How is that for scarcity.
 
I'm surprised WD-40 was even tested. In pure ignorance, I used it some rifles before I went overseas. Three years later, the rifles were all gummed up. I have never heard of WD-40 "Specialist".
 
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