What's your favorite cleaning method/solvents/lubes etc??

[TheLastDaze]

Thought it would be interesting to see what everyone uses to clean and lube their firearms... Personally I've been using Rubbing Alcohol to clean, and Mobil 1 V-Twin Synthetic to lube, been doing this for about 6yrs now..

The other week I bought an old rifle that wouldn't cycle and was just a mess of gunk after tearing it down, since I don't have good old Hoppes solvent I found that WD40 was my friend and cleaned everything up surprisingly well..

Rubbing alcohol does a decent job on well maintained guns but after buying this old neglected rifle I got to thinking I could use a real gun cleaner and wanted the consensus here to help me along...

what's your method of madness?

 

[MCVetSteve]

Brake cleaner does very well on anything not wood, mineral spirits will git r done too.

 

[MoBoost]

Lubrication - motor oil
Outside the barrel - Remoil
Inside the barrel - Wipe-out < Montana Extreme < KG12 depending on copper build up

 

[Mr.Glock]

Hoppes for really dirty barrels. Ballistol for the rest. Has served me well for over 40 years. No complaints.

And just recently started using the snake pull through cleaning ropes. I am very impressed with them.

 

[Wolf44]

Wipe Out

Boretech Eliminator

Butches Bore Shine

Oils - Weaponshield, Fireclean, ANS Precision Synthetic, Slip2000,

Greases - Weaponshield, Slide Glide, ANS Precision Moly high content, Mobil1Synthec XHP 222 Special (with Moly)

 

[twoguns?]

hot soapy water
motor oil
remsoil


dang that sound like some spensive solutions....8/

 

[dlbleak]

Lubrication - motor oil
Outside the barrel - Remoil
Inside the barrel - Wipe-out < Montana Extreme < KG12 depending on copper build up

recently used some of the gunslick foaming cleaner. i was amazed at how much copper came out! are the montana extreme and kg12 any better? i ask only because i want to get the most effective cleaning in the shortest amount of time(my lack of good cleaning has lead to a sizable task!)

 

[MoBoost]

Gunslick foam is very close to wipeout - wipeout is a bit more aggressive, but if you leave it over-night I don't think it matters. No burshing is needed at all - spray, wait, push out - DONE! I use this on all my milsurp rifles and 308s - cleans fairly well, but doesn't affect the "seasoning".

Montana extreme is a lot more aggressive cleaner. I don't use it very often any more (since I got the KG12).

KG12 is wicked! It is specifically designed for copper - other steps are necessary for complete cleaning, but as far as getting copper out of fast/overbore barrels - it is a winner by a very long shot!
http://www.laniganperformance.com/kg12testresults.html

 

[mtnboomer]

Depends on how dirty the gun is, but usually Ed's Red and 5w-30 synthetic motor oil.

 

[TheLastDaze]

KG12 link seems like the winner for copper for sure, is this liquid or patches?

I'm interested to use this after I clean my guns to see how much copper I'm not getting with alcohol.. which probably doesn't clean much more then dry cloths but in my mind it seems to, and it dries super quick....