What are you using to clean your guns?

Hoppes, Copper Killer when needed.

Synthetic motor oil for lube. It doesn't dry out like Break-Free and makes cleaning much easier.

think of walmart as your steady.


remoil for clean and lube.

Break Free CLP

I enjoy breaking down my guns and taking the time to clean them while watching something interesting on TV, so I use different products for different things and generally spend an hour cleaning a weapon. Not everyone does it my way, though.

I use Hoppe's M-Pro 7 to clean and strip parts. It doesn't lubricate, though.

For lubrication, I use Hoppe's No. 9 oil in a needle applicator to lubricate things like small parts that viscous grease might not work on or to lubricate things like ARs that like to run really wet.

Tetra gun grease on everything else.

Hoppe's No. 9 bore solvent to strip the bore when needed.

I like to take my time and enjoy cleaning. Others want it to just be done adequately and quickly, and you can sufficiently clean a modern weapon in ten or fifteen minutes, easy. Every one of us will have different products and cleaning regimens we prefer, so don't believe any of our bullshite as God's gospel. Really, a single plain old bottle of CLP, a bore snake, a nylon brush, and an old t-shirt will provide for pretty much all of your cleaning and lubrication needs if that's what you prefer.

Use Hoppe's No.9 bore cleaner on a Hoppe's BoreSnake. I pull through the barrel 4-5 times.

For lube/oil: My grandfather was a Gunsmith. He always had a nice pink oil in his squirt can to lube/wipe down his guns and his client's guns. That lube was Automatic Transmission Fluid.

I use the ATF to this day. Nothing better for such a wide range of temperatures. Never seen it get to cold that it freezes up, or to hot that it loses its lubricating ability. Plus a Quart of ATF is cheap, and lasts a long time.

Mobil 1 Synthetic ATF

Saw this happen in ait, didn’t end well for the privates.

Depends on what your gun is, but in general, any decent clean-lube-protect (CLP) is fine.

I'm partial to both Ballistol, and to food-grade synthetic air compressor oil (Lubriplate is the main namebrand in this game, but I've got something listed as a replacement).
Synthetic motor oil is generally considered as just fine, the biggest concern is to get the correct weight; most gun products are in the 20 weight range.

Regarding cleaning at a SERIOUS level, I grab a can of non-chlorinated brake cleaner, which is identical to Bore Scrubber but about $10 cheaper per can. A real solvent is better than an all-in-one product for cleaning. Careful on wood and plastics, but my guns are all metal.
Note, you have to relube afterwards, if you do that.

Might want to google Ed's Red, it's a home-brew recipe that is very respected.

Since you're new to this, understand- a lot of gun oil products are basically snake oil; highly priced versions of something already on the market for something else. Guns aren't "special", they're machines that need lube, prevent fouling, clean carbon etc, prevent corrosion. It's preferable to use something non-toxic, if you can.

Hell, I remember a couple years back there was an outcry because somebody was marketing something, that under testing came back suspiciously close to non-stick high-heat canola oil spray. It sounds ludicrous, until you step back a second and consider what you put your stainless steel pans through on the stove, vs what you put a rifle bolt carrier group through. Probably not the best, but I imagine it would function fine. Don't try it

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Saw this happen in ait, didn’t end well for the privates.

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I've been doing it for 35 years, to my AR. Those rifles are designed to be carried anywhere, in any weather. Water doesn't hurt 'em and it's an easy way to clean some of the small crevices, plus, I never had a problem with split ends.

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What are you using to clean your guns?Sure thing Alice....

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If water hurts your AR, you bought a piece of shite AR, Maybe you can do better next time, little sister.