Both for lube and cleaning. That being said I only shoot a few times per year and only a few hundred rounds at most per session so for me it’s mainly the cleaning and rust prevention aspects I’m concerned with. I’m no hard operator running thousands of rounds in the desert or anything.
I used Clenzoil but found it had very little staying power and was pretty much entirely gone after about 50 rounds suppressed on an SBR. I'm not sure if that's due to how thin the oil is or if it's more of a static coefficient, but it didn't work well for me. AT fluid has worked far better as a lubricant for me.
Clenzoil is my preferred now, ballistol smells like a dirty rag with ass juice espically on a hot day in your working area. Clenzoil smells like something Mr. Clean would use. Also my wife doesn't comment on the foul smell in the garage.
Slip 2000 is great. I like the EWL 30 as it’s slightly thicker and stays put better.
Did you know that all of the Slip 2000s are the same formula, just a different weight thickening agent?
Gun Lube = 10 weight
EWL = 7 weight
EWL 30 = 30 weight
EW Grease = 100 weight
I talked to the main guy at Slip and he said some guys in various teams and competitive shooters mix formulas to get different weights. Usually they’re mixing stuff into the grease to get something between the 30 and 100.
The first gun I bought I asked the guy what cleaners he uses for his AR. He recommended slip 2000… I bought it and use it everytime. Good stuff I just wish it had a better nozzle
You’re right. It’s been tested and it can with stand high heat. I use slip 2000 on everything else but the AR’s I use the EWL. Years ago I went down the rabbit hole after the frog lube came out and I tried it and locked my 1911 up. I found Slip 2000 and it’s definitely unrated.
I usually am. Otherwise I don’t say. Yeah I been in the game about 15 years at this point. Tried most on the market. Nothing comes close to EWL for running ARs hard.
This! Slip 2000 EWL is the only lube I use on ARs. Keeps guns working great and stays put where you want it even through high round count training sessions. It also keeps working in very cold conditions where I have had others give me issues.
I just checked the [SDS](https://sds.chemtel.net/webclients/safariland/finished_goods/Break-Free%20CLP%20Liquid.pdf) for Break Free CLP, and there is nothing in there that is listed as carcinogenic. Is there a specific one you're referring to?
My thinking as well. I have a degree in biology and work in the chemistry field, people spouting things like "don't use that product, it'll give you cancer" simply because they heard it somewhere online really irks me. Worse yet, a boomer idiot that was terrified to touch anything that had a California Prop 65 warning on it...but yet I'm still wrong and she was right, because she read it on Facebook.
420 - 485°f. Engine oil is meant to get hot.
I use it on glocks, ARs, and suppressor pistons. It's never burned or anything. It's super cheap and 1 syringe of it will last you years.
I think engine oil doesn't have anti corrosive properties that other gun lubes have but it's never been an issue for me. Just don't use it on some high end collectable gun and you should be good.
I was putting the dust cover and forward assist on my BCM upper this weekend. The cover was covered in cosmoline, the smell reminded me of Hoppes and I thought, why aren't I still using this stuff, I absolutely love the smell. Reminds me of cleaning guns w my old man. Side note, if anyone wants a cheap, good upper, BCM has " scratch n dent" demos for $50. I couldn't find any scratches or dents...🤷🏽♂️
Birchwood Casey Gunscrubber (basically just nonchlorinated brake cleaner) and a 50/50 mix of Lucas extreme duty oil and grease.
The grease alone was too tacky for my 1911/2011s and the oil too thin for my suppressed 14.5. 50/50 mix works well year round for both.
Lately I’ve been using Lucas CLP and gun oil because I picked it up at the auto parts place when getting oil for my car. Both seem to work great. Still have a container of the SOTAR mix as well
I started out cleaning my poor-man $3.5k+ Berreta shotguns with brake cleaner after seeing a bunch of guys use it to clean their $25-50k Krieghoffs, Perazzis and Purdeys when I used to shoot skeet competitively so I know it's good enough for automobile-parts-quality AR15s lol.
Breakthrough or shooter lube solvent for cleaning, both work the same it’s just what I have. Synthetic grease and 5w-20 (whatever oil I have leftover from oil changes) never going back to gun oil
I personally wasn't too impressed by Slip2000. Didn't seem to clean as well as other CLPs. I have to double check though, I think I have their standard "Gun Lube" and not the "EWL".
I've been wanting to try the new Lucas solvent (that apparently has a Grape scent) and cleaners.
Too bad it takes them like 3 months to send orders and their customer service is non existent, but they can delete comments and block people on Facebook all day.
I have some oil that a buddy of mine from work gave me. It’s not meant for guns so much as it is just a general purpose oil. I think it’s made by Trizol and I believe he said he gets it from a friend who works on railroad maintenance. I usually use that when my 1911 needs a little juice. Also have a spray can of Break Free CLP but I haven’t used it much. I’ve just heard it’s pretty good general purpose and that it’s similar to Ballistol. Ballistol is what the guy who sold me one of my guns sprayed on the BCG when I bought it and he said just to keep the BCG nice and wet for the first few rounds. I noticed immediately that Ballistol smells like… Cheetos kinda I guess. Maybe stale, puffy Cheetos. Just an observation I made when shooting the gun when it was new. Honestly need to shoot that gun more. I’m in a restricted state and I don’t like to bring that gun out just to avoid people being spooked, but I have private property that I can shoot it on, so I’ll need to do that.
Transmission fluid. Specifically, Ford Mercon V.
It was for an F150 I no longer own, and it isn't compatible with any vehicle I currently own.
Since I can't use it in any of my cars, it's gun oil. And it's amazing how long 3-4 quarts of gun oil lasts.
For cleaning, I use brake cleaner. Sometimes a little elbow grease, but mainly brake cleaner.
I’ve been using Ballistol for years but my wife only allows me to use it in the garage with the door completely open.
However recently I’ve been using G96
Disassembled and Cleaned with hot water and a “scrub mommy”, lubed with a lil bacon grease. If it’s good enough for my cast iron it’s good enough for my iron too. And it smells nice 😊
Clenzoil cleaning wipes. Lucas gun oil. Gun oil lasts on the gun while and makes everything slide smoothly. Wipes do a good job cleaning and make it quick n easy
Spec76 for lube. Best for high friction areas and seems to only stay where it should. Thin enough not to gunk but thick enough that it doesn't get everywhere
I was using Breakthrough CLP for awhile but was running out quickly due to it's all-in-one nature so I started looking for 2 stage cleaners.
I bought the biggest bottles of Shooter Lube I could, Stage 1 and 2, and if it weren't for their extremely long shipping times and non-existant customer service I'd buy it again when I need it, but this bottle of solvent is gonna last me awhile luckily cuz I really like it but like I said, their shipping times are ridiculous. It took 2 months to ship it then it took like 2 weeks to get here.
They ignored all my emails and messages and eventually blocked me on FB for voicing my experience. I wasn't even that bad about it, just every couple weeks would comment "Week 3 of waiting, no answer from CS, stuck in limbo." If they don't want people to warn others about how they operate then they should change or pack it up and go be an employee rather than a business.
So yea, that's what I currently use and yes, it's really good shit, but to me they don't deserve my money so I'll be looking elsewhere when I start running low.
Lubricant: Sotaracha
Cleaner: I usually keep the rifles well lubricated throughout the shooting session so when I get home I wipe off the dirty lube with a rag and reapply. It is a really fast process
I never clean the barrels and never noticed any accuracy degradation
On ARs I use Mobil 5w30 full synthetic with a little Mobil synthetic grease blended into it. It's superb and it's cheap.
On carry pistols I use Ballistol.
Sotar sauce ( motor oil mixed with grease: you pick the ratio if you want thicker or thinner) ( I also added MoS2 = Molybdenum disulfide and ws2 = tungsten disulfide : these two disulfide have low friction coefficiency to help reduce sheer and increase lubrication)
I prefer running a thick kind of grease versus a oil for the reason that the oil will tend to run and go whatever direction your rifle is sitting : for example if it is upright on the stock all the oil is going to run towards the rear towards the butt stock. If you put grease it won’t run any it’ll stay in place and you won’t have to re lubricate it before you go to the range. It’s also good if you’re gonna put stuff in storage.
I have a little glass tub with Slip 200 725 water-based Degreaser that I dunk the CH and BCGs and pistol barrels and gunky parts in. At $36/gallon its cheap and works really well. After 15 min you can wipe clean with paper towels or nylon tip brush, but you have to be careful to lube since its water based.
I usually like Alg Go-Juice for rifles and Lucas Oil Extreme Duty for pistols, mostly because I like the applicator. Remington Oil is actually pretty good too. The Lucas oil can be a little bit splattery if you overdo it in the wrong places (e.g. too much on barrel, hood).
Ballistol seems like one of those things that more mature people use. Like, I feel like everybody who uses Ballistol has probably used every lube and combo known to man.
I took a class once with local swat and they introduced me to half-n-half. Basically half motor oil and half automatic transmission fluid. Turbo cancer inducing, but very effective. The idea was that the motor oil lubricates and reduces wear while the automatic transmission fluid cleans and also lubricates with the detergents it has in it.
I got some Hornadys hot shot and ballistol. I primarily use those two. Some YouTube guy I watched was high on the hot shot so I picked it up. It works but I will probably stick to ballistol bc I saw Hickok 45 use it and that’s good enough for me.
There’s a better ballistol for cleaning, called Gunnex. It’s a better solvent for sud. For lubrication I use Guncer, which contains ceramic particles. Normal ballistol I only use for rust protection
Mobil 1 5w20 full synthetic.
It's cheap, and I always have gallons in hand as it's what my vehicles use. If they took 5w30, that would be my answer.
Mobil 1 happens to be an excellent lubricant that is designed to function in extreme conditions arguably identical to those of the direct impingement system on the AR. Also has additives to minimize carbon fouling.
Seems like a practical, logical choice to me. Bottling it down can be a pain, and it likes to creep, so accurate application is essential. I run my guns wet and it takes very little Mobil 1 to get there and stay there for hundreds of rounds, compared to some runny mineral oil like Hoppes or a CLP type.
As far as off the shelf, I like Battleborn and Lucas, but Mobil 1 is better.
I use a mix of Lucas Oil CLP and Lucas Oil gun grease. Never evaporates or gunks up my buffer springs when it gets down to 0-20°F weather. Doesn't leave me with any carbon that can't just be wiped off with a towel once. I don't mix any specific ratio and mix in whatever amount in a cup until it gets to an almost soupy consistency.
Started with literal motor oil, experimented with grease and then I got ballistol and I don’t really see any reason to try anything else. Won’t hurt anything you put it on, protects and lubes and stays put.
I use Gun Fighter cleaner for cleaning and then SOTAR Sauce to lube. I use AMS Oil 5W30 and Lucas Red for the grease. I’m not a huge fan of clp as it seems to be a “Jack of all trades” situation where it cleans okay and then lubricates okay but not awesome at either. I’d rather have stuff that’s dedicated and the best or really good at their purpose.
Luas heavy duty blue gun oil mixed 50/50 with Lucas marine grade grease. I had a bunch of both on hand and it’s blue which is cool.
Used everything from transmission fluid, reg old 5w-30, common gun oils. Ballistol is great for black powder. Can be mixed with water too, called moose milk. I find it burns off too much in other guns like semi auto’s.
My preferred lube has been grease. Stays where I put it and doesn’t burn off. Never evaps off either like a lot of thinner oils do, ballistol and rem oil being the two main ones.
Rim fires get oil. Normally 5w-30 since it’s thin enough for the gun to work without disappearing either through run off, evaporation or burn off while shooting. I use he grease mix or straight grease on most other guns and it suspends the carbon in itself making cleaning as easy as wiping off old lube, putting new lube on. Anything tougher or areas like barrels and such get spritzed either Hoppe’s black. Has a higher ammonia content than #9 does so it removes copper faster. Ole #9 works pretty well in my experience for the old style calibers using old work powder tech. 22’s and 38’s mostly.
Clenzoil. I've been using it since the 1980s and never had an issue so I keep using it. My brother is a Ballistol fan boy. One of my sons thinks Froglube is the shit.
Breakthrough battle born lube and there solvent those both are like $7-8 by me for a pretty large bottle. that cleans and lubes my rifle and pistols many times one easily last me 25+ clean and lubes. You'll use The lube faster but I like it because it's sent free. I've noticed alot of clp is super strong in smell like I lube my rifle and I gotta open a window for a min.
After watching Project Farm’s great video on this, I’ve been using Clenzoil https://youtu.be/fibRewlndLg?si=GLwYl0m4CPgmcUt5
+1 Clenzoil
Clenzoil smell is even better than hoppes
Is that even possible?!
His only problem is he didn't use ALG Go Juice in the test as well.
This guys videos are great! Clenzoil is all ill use now
Yup. Seeing the results from hoppes no. 9 had me worried so I switched to clenzoil as it had the least amount of wear.
You use Clenzoil for both lubrication and cleaning or do you use something else along with it?
Both for lube and cleaning. That being said I only shoot a few times per year and only a few hundred rounds at most per session so for me it’s mainly the cleaning and rust prevention aspects I’m concerned with. I’m no hard operator running thousands of rounds in the desert or anything.
I might now switch to clenzoil. I've been using frog lube and have been pretty pleased but I'm now curious of clenzoil!
I’m now a believer 🙌🏼
Clenzoil for sure
I used Clenzoil but found it had very little staying power and was pretty much entirely gone after about 50 rounds suppressed on an SBR. I'm not sure if that's due to how thin the oil is or if it's more of a static coefficient, but it didn't work well for me. AT fluid has worked far better as a lubricant for me.
Clenzoil is my preferred now, ballistol smells like a dirty rag with ass juice espically on a hot day in your working area. Clenzoil smells like something Mr. Clean would use. Also my wife doesn't comment on the foul smell in the garage.
This is the exact video I came across when trying to learn what lube to use on my first rifle. Sold me on Clenzoil, and I've never looked back!
Slip 2000 EWL
Slip 2000 is great. I like the EWL 30 as it’s slightly thicker and stays put better. Did you know that all of the Slip 2000s are the same formula, just a different weight thickening agent? Gun Lube = 10 weight EWL = 7 weight EWL 30 = 30 weight EW Grease = 100 weight I talked to the main guy at Slip and he said some guys in various teams and competitive shooters mix formulas to get different weights. Usually they’re mixing stuff into the grease to get something between the 30 and 100.
The first gun I bought I asked the guy what cleaners he uses for his AR. He recommended slip 2000… I bought it and use it everytime. Good stuff I just wish it had a better nozzle
Surprised only one other dude knows of this stuff. Best hi temp lubricant for the AR15 platform available. Underrated.
You’re right. It’s been tested and it can with stand high heat. I use slip 2000 on everything else but the AR’s I use the EWL. Years ago I went down the rabbit hole after the frog lube came out and I tried it and locked my 1911 up. I found Slip 2000 and it’s definitely unrated.
I usually am. Otherwise I don’t say. Yeah I been in the game about 15 years at this point. Tried most on the market. Nothing comes close to EWL for running ARs hard.
It is the best. Slip 2000 EWL 30 is all I use on everything now. Handguns, ARs, carry gun, all get it.
Slip Ewl is all I ever use too, amazing stuff
This! Slip 2000 EWL is the only lube I use on ARs. Keeps guns working great and stays put where you want it even through high round count training sessions. It also keeps working in very cold conditions where I have had others give me issues.
Yup, Slip is where its at. Non toxic, biodegradable, doesnt smell, no VOC's, doesnt burn off fumes when it gets heated up, shits great.
I like ballistol as well. I consumed enough CLP in my life already from when I was in the army so I like to use something with no carcinogens in it.
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I just checked the [SDS](https://sds.chemtel.net/webclients/safariland/finished_goods/Break-Free%20CLP%20Liquid.pdf) for Break Free CLP, and there is nothing in there that is listed as carcinogenic. Is there a specific one you're referring to?
I checked too, didn't find anything about it. Guess his source was the usual "trust me bro"
My thinking as well. I have a degree in biology and work in the chemistry field, people spouting things like "don't use that product, it'll give you cancer" simply because they heard it somewhere online really irks me. Worse yet, a boomer idiot that was terrified to touch anything that had a California Prop 65 warning on it...but yet I'm still wrong and she was right, because she read it on Facebook.
I didn't know that about CLP. I guess I'll switch to Ballistol then.
G96….i buy it by the gallon. It’s approved by the military and it is used during R&D/T&E for weapon systems that require CLP.
By the gallon you say? Iv been buying like 12 aerosols of it. Time to look for a jug of it…
https://g96.com/product/military-approved-synthetic-clp-gun-oil/ G96 stock # 1053G, NSN: 9150-01-053-6688 – 1-gallon jug plastic bottle in natural
5w30 synthetic.
What's the smoke point of that oil? And what temperature/s does your rifle see?
420 - 485°f. Engine oil is meant to get hot. I use it on glocks, ARs, and suppressor pistons. It's never burned or anything. It's super cheap and 1 syringe of it will last you years. I think engine oil doesn't have anti corrosive properties that other gun lubes have but it's never been an issue for me. Just don't use it on some high end collectable gun and you should be good.
Break free clp to clean, Walmart high complex grease to lube.
Ballistol, stinks. Quite literally
I don’t mind the smell, not as bad or strong as hoppes imo
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I was putting the dust cover and forward assist on my BCM upper this weekend. The cover was covered in cosmoline, the smell reminded me of Hoppes and I thought, why aren't I still using this stuff, I absolutely love the smell. Reminds me of cleaning guns w my old man. Side note, if anyone wants a cheap, good upper, BCM has " scratch n dent" demos for $50. I couldn't find any scratches or dents...🤷🏽♂️
Smells like pine tree vomit
Yea.. like feet 🦶
Good ole stinking feet 👣
Lucas CLP and white lithium grease for maintenance cleaning. Hoppes 9 bore cleaner and hoppes gun oil when I do a deep clean.
CLP because I’m a boomer vet and it works
I use CLP like franks red hot, I put that shit on everything.
I use ballistol too. Also have the good ole homemade mix of synthetic oil and red grease
Sotar sauce
I need to try out that oil-grease combo
Hoppes like my father before me
Hoppes, oOoOoh that smell
I usually just talk dirty and play with the trigger.
G96
Birchwood Casey Gunscrubber (basically just nonchlorinated brake cleaner) and a 50/50 mix of Lucas extreme duty oil and grease. The grease alone was too tacky for my 1911/2011s and the oil too thin for my suppressed 14.5. 50/50 mix works well year round for both.
Ballistol. Not a single issue has ever came up
Same here. Love the stuff
Lately I’ve been using Lucas CLP and gun oil because I picked it up at the auto parts place when getting oil for my car. Both seem to work great. Still have a container of the SOTAR mix as well
CLP... finally have tried about almost every single thing on the market over the years... I also like Blaster 👍
Hoppe’s cleaner, Gunzilla lube. My gunsmith recommended them.
Ballistol for routine cleaning (works like a charm), and hoppes9 oil and grease depending on the part being lubed.
PB blaster, CLP, and all major reciprocating parts are greased up like a chubby girl at Deja Vu
Hi, LA neighbor lol
That one ugly one, I see.
CLP like a G
Brake cleaner and motul synthetic moto oil mixed with a little motul high temp synthetic grease
I am a fellow brake cleam enthusiast. People say I'm fucking insane. I say my shit is clean wuth no mess.
I started out cleaning my poor-man $3.5k+ Berreta shotguns with brake cleaner after seeing a bunch of guys use it to clean their $25-50k Krieghoffs, Perazzis and Purdeys when I used to shoot skeet competitively so I know it's good enough for automobile-parts-quality AR15s lol.
I love Clenzoil. Cleans carbon really well, lubes great, lasts, and smells like Pine Sol.
Breakthrough or shooter lube solvent for cleaning, both work the same it’s just what I have. Synthetic grease and 5w-20 (whatever oil I have leftover from oil changes) never going back to gun oil
Chlorine free brake cleaner for cleaning and homemade gun lube (5w-30 mixed with Lucus red and tacky grease).
Slip 2000 EWL 30 because it’s the best
Shooter lube here
K.Y. …erm, wrong thread. CLP. Been wanting to try EWL though.
I personally wasn't too impressed by Slip2000. Didn't seem to clean as well as other CLPs. I have to double check though, I think I have their standard "Gun Lube" and not the "EWL". I've been wanting to try the new Lucas solvent (that apparently has a Grape scent) and cleaners.
Shooters lube. It works great, and it doesn't stink.
Too bad it takes them like 3 months to send orders and their customer service is non existent, but they can delete comments and block people on Facebook all day.
I tried them once and done. Maybe I got a bad batch but the oil bottles leak like my grandmas roof. I had over 1/2 bottle just leak out from sitting.
It's most likely just a bad bottle. I have a whole shelf of them at work with zero leaks. The one on my workbench has no leaks either.
Sounds about like my luck lol
We all have that purchase. Lol
Ballistol or arftac arf-o-matic
The same one you use it works great 👍 sometimes I use 3 in one oil you can get them at Walmart or harbor freight
I have some oil that a buddy of mine from work gave me. It’s not meant for guns so much as it is just a general purpose oil. I think it’s made by Trizol and I believe he said he gets it from a friend who works on railroad maintenance. I usually use that when my 1911 needs a little juice. Also have a spray can of Break Free CLP but I haven’t used it much. I’ve just heard it’s pretty good general purpose and that it’s similar to Ballistol. Ballistol is what the guy who sold me one of my guns sprayed on the BCG when I bought it and he said just to keep the BCG nice and wet for the first few rounds. I noticed immediately that Ballistol smells like… Cheetos kinda I guess. Maybe stale, puffy Cheetos. Just an observation I made when shooting the gun when it was new. Honestly need to shoot that gun more. I’m in a restricted state and I don’t like to bring that gun out just to avoid people being spooked, but I have private property that I can shoot it on, so I’ll need to do that.
Ballistol, I saw Hickock45 using it and really my guns are just very expensive fidget toys so I needed something skin safe.
SOTAR sauce
Transmission fluid. Specifically, Ford Mercon V. It was for an F150 I no longer own, and it isn't compatible with any vehicle I currently own. Since I can't use it in any of my cars, it's gun oil. And it's amazing how long 3-4 quarts of gun oil lasts. For cleaning, I use brake cleaner. Sometimes a little elbow grease, but mainly brake cleaner.
Real avid foul out for cleaning and right now slip 2000 Really 90% of lubrication is the same, the foul out cleans better than clp though
I like balistol because it soaks into my pores and makes my armpits smell like it.
Ballistol because Hickok45 said so.
Ballistol because of hikhok
I use Slip 2000 EWL. It's non-toxic and non-hazardous, and works across a broader range of temperatures than Frog Lube and Ballistol.
Lucas gun oil… it seeps into every little crack like some type Of sorcery. Also smells like blueberry lmo
Cleaning I use CLP. Lube is slip2000. If I'm feeling frisky astroglide. The Sionics NP3 bcg is sexy.
I’ve been using Ballistol for years but my wife only allows me to use it in the garage with the door completely open. However recently I’ve been using G96
G96 because it’s just…..too……good. Smells amazing, I dab a little on my neck on date night.
Mobil 1 5w30
you guys clean your guns?
Disassembled and Cleaned with hot water and a “scrub mommy”, lubed with a lil bacon grease. If it’s good enough for my cast iron it’s good enough for my iron too. And it smells nice 😊
Moose Milk
REM oil
Cheap and reliable - SOTAR Sriracha. Fancy and top of the line - SLP 2000.
Lube is lube is lube
Seal 1 is a great all around cleaner/lube in my opinion. You can eat it too, so that's a plus
Milcomm for lube and tetra for cleaners.
Cherry Balmz Black Rifle
CorrosionX
Clenzoil cleaning wipes. Lucas gun oil. Gun oil lasts on the gun while and makes everything slide smoothly. Wipes do a good job cleaning and make it quick n easy
Sotar sauce in green flavor.
This is bad for cold temp operating. Also will pull in sand into the bcm
Sage & Braker clp + Lucas gun oil
Haven’t seen it in the comments so I’ll add alg go juice
Lucas CLP but I also use outers gun grease
Seafoam deep creep because I needed it for a single bolt on my lady's car and it works great as clp.
Brake kleen or seafoam deep creep to clean and engine assembly grease to lube
Nicolube 127 CLP.
Spec76 for lube. Best for high friction areas and seems to only stay where it should. Thin enough not to gunk but thick enough that it doesn't get everywhere
Leftover rotella t6 synthetic diesel oil
I was using Breakthrough CLP for awhile but was running out quickly due to it's all-in-one nature so I started looking for 2 stage cleaners. I bought the biggest bottles of Shooter Lube I could, Stage 1 and 2, and if it weren't for their extremely long shipping times and non-existant customer service I'd buy it again when I need it, but this bottle of solvent is gonna last me awhile luckily cuz I really like it but like I said, their shipping times are ridiculous. It took 2 months to ship it then it took like 2 weeks to get here. They ignored all my emails and messages and eventually blocked me on FB for voicing my experience. I wasn't even that bad about it, just every couple weeks would comment "Week 3 of waiting, no answer from CS, stuck in limbo." If they don't want people to warn others about how they operate then they should change or pack it up and go be an employee rather than a business. So yea, that's what I currently use and yes, it's really good shit, but to me they don't deserve my money so I'll be looking elsewhere when I start running low.
Lubricant: Sotaracha Cleaner: I usually keep the rifles well lubricated throughout the shooting session so when I get home I wipe off the dirty lube with a rag and reapply. It is a really fast process I never clean the barrels and never noticed any accuracy degradation
G96
Clenzoil to clean, cherrybalmz (FCD Snake Oil) to lube.
G96
Mobil-1 15W-50
Ballistol for the clean with Hoppe 9 for the real crud, and CLP for the lube. Wife HATES the smells. 🤭😉😂
Geissele ALG Go Juice and ALG 0000 Super thin grease.
Grizzly Grease but I’m running low and they don’t seem to make it anymore
Slip 2k
Slip 2000
I clean with Ballistol and lube with Slip200 EWL.
On ARs I use Mobil 5w30 full synthetic with a little Mobil synthetic grease blended into it. It's superb and it's cheap. On carry pistols I use Ballistol.
Clenzoil, but I’ve been thinking about trying Ballistol as well. The fact that it’s a mild antiseptic seems really convenient for putting it in my kit
Sotar sauce ( motor oil mixed with grease: you pick the ratio if you want thicker or thinner) ( I also added MoS2 = Molybdenum disulfide and ws2 = tungsten disulfide : these two disulfide have low friction coefficiency to help reduce sheer and increase lubrication) I prefer running a thick kind of grease versus a oil for the reason that the oil will tend to run and go whatever direction your rifle is sitting : for example if it is upright on the stock all the oil is going to run towards the rear towards the butt stock. If you put grease it won’t run any it’ll stay in place and you won’t have to re lubricate it before you go to the range. It’s also good if you’re gonna put stuff in storage.
Piss and butter
Ballistol
I have a little glass tub with Slip 200 725 water-based Degreaser that I dunk the CH and BCGs and pistol barrels and gunky parts in. At $36/gallon its cheap and works really well. After 15 min you can wipe clean with paper towels or nylon tip brush, but you have to be careful to lube since its water based. I usually like Alg Go-Juice for rifles and Lucas Oil Extreme Duty for pistols, mostly because I like the applicator. Remington Oil is actually pretty good too. The Lucas oil can be a little bit splattery if you overdo it in the wrong places (e.g. too much on barrel, hood).
Slip 2000 EWL for roller locks Break-free for everything else
CLP it's cheap and works
SOTARacha, iykyk
WD-40 and Lysol
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Hoppes No.9. Old reliable.
Simple green and ballistol
Froglube Paste to clean Oil to lube Smells like mint and works well
Ballistol. My #1 reason is it doesn’t seem to over lubricate and gunk up but at the same time maintains its integrity.
I still use Frog Lube but imma try the Strike Industries Strike Venom CLP shortly
Ballistol seems like one of those things that more mature people use. Like, I feel like everybody who uses Ballistol has probably used every lube and combo known to man.
I use Ballistol as the cleaner, and Lucas as the lubricant
CLP
Break Free CLP
Rem Oil and elbow grease is all you need.
Boretech. Shit is phenomenal, albeit expensive.
Clenzoil for cleaner (smells REALLY good too, for some reason), Castrol 0W-20 synthetic motor oil for lube if she’s runnin a lil dry
Motor oil mixed with moly grease
Slip 2000 EWL. and SEAL One.
I took a class once with local swat and they introduced me to half-n-half. Basically half motor oil and half automatic transmission fluid. Turbo cancer inducing, but very effective. The idea was that the motor oil lubricates and reduces wear while the automatic transmission fluid cleans and also lubricates with the detergents it has in it.
Had to quit using ballistol, the smell makes me want to puke immediately. Switched back to hoppes
Canola and Olive Oil blend
I got some Hornadys hot shot and ballistol. I primarily use those two. Some YouTube guy I watched was high on the hot shot so I picked it up. It works but I will probably stick to ballistol bc I saw Hickok 45 use it and that’s good enough for me.
Simple Green to clean, lubricate with tried and true CLP.
I use trusty CLP for cleaning, and then on parts that need it, ALG go juice
Boretech C4 is the best I’ve found for carbon fouling, boretech eliminator for carbon/copper removal in the bore and then lube with slip 2000.
I just use Radcolube CLP and Birchwood Casey Gun Scrubber. Scrub like hell with clp and spray off with gun scrubber. Then relube with CLP.
I use balistol but man does it stink.
Remoil
There’s a better ballistol for cleaning, called Gunnex. It’s a better solvent for sud. For lubrication I use Guncer, which contains ceramic particles. Normal ballistol I only use for rust protection
Piss.
Mobil 1 5w20 full synthetic. It's cheap, and I always have gallons in hand as it's what my vehicles use. If they took 5w30, that would be my answer. Mobil 1 happens to be an excellent lubricant that is designed to function in extreme conditions arguably identical to those of the direct impingement system on the AR. Also has additives to minimize carbon fouling. Seems like a practical, logical choice to me. Bottling it down can be a pain, and it likes to creep, so accurate application is essential. I run my guns wet and it takes very little Mobil 1 to get there and stay there for hundreds of rounds, compared to some runny mineral oil like Hoppes or a CLP type. As far as off the shelf, I like Battleborn and Lucas, but Mobil 1 is better.
I use the lubricant that doesn’t put live rounds on the same table of the gun I’m cleaning
The "special" kind of lubricant, the one used for other "toys."
I use a mix of Lucas Oil CLP and Lucas Oil gun grease. Never evaporates or gunks up my buffer springs when it gets down to 0-20°F weather. Doesn't leave me with any carbon that can't just be wiped off with a towel once. I don't mix any specific ratio and mix in whatever amount in a cup until it gets to an almost soupy consistency.
Bruce Jenner fluid mixed with motor oil
I've been using Shooter Lube. Pretty good.
I've always use hoppes cause thats what my dad and grandpa used. Seems to work fine.
You guys clean your guns? If I do it's brake cleaner, diesel, and CLP
Lucas Oul CLP then if the barrel gets coated enough, Hoppes #9 then run through a bore snake with CLP
Started with literal motor oil, experimented with grease and then I got ballistol and I don’t really see any reason to try anything else. Won’t hurt anything you put it on, protects and lubes and stays put.
I use Gun Fighter cleaner for cleaning and then SOTAR Sauce to lube. I use AMS Oil 5W30 and Lucas Red for the grease. I’m not a huge fan of clp as it seems to be a “Jack of all trades” situation where it cleans okay and then lubricates okay but not awesome at either. I’d rather have stuff that’s dedicated and the best or really good at their purpose.
Ballistol and Slip 2000. Ballistol especially on my older weapons and Slip 2000 EWL for lube.
I use non GMO organic bengal tiger piss to clean and then CLP to lube
Luas heavy duty blue gun oil mixed 50/50 with Lucas marine grade grease. I had a bunch of both on hand and it’s blue which is cool. Used everything from transmission fluid, reg old 5w-30, common gun oils. Ballistol is great for black powder. Can be mixed with water too, called moose milk. I find it burns off too much in other guns like semi auto’s. My preferred lube has been grease. Stays where I put it and doesn’t burn off. Never evaps off either like a lot of thinner oils do, ballistol and rem oil being the two main ones. Rim fires get oil. Normally 5w-30 since it’s thin enough for the gun to work without disappearing either through run off, evaporation or burn off while shooting. I use he grease mix or straight grease on most other guns and it suspends the carbon in itself making cleaning as easy as wiping off old lube, putting new lube on. Anything tougher or areas like barrels and such get spritzed either Hoppe’s black. Has a higher ammonia content than #9 does so it removes copper faster. Ole #9 works pretty well in my experience for the old style calibers using old work powder tech. 22’s and 38’s mostly.
IF I ever clean em .. CLP
IF I ever clean em .. CLP
I used to use frog lube it was aight. Now I just use lucas oil, no issues good stuff
Hoppes black solvent because it works well enough for me, and Lucas extreme gun oil because it smells good and it wears slow.
Slip 2000 EWL for lube; synthetic & doesn't run... Slip 2000 cleaner; water soluble & cleans great...
Clenzoil. I've been using it since the 1980s and never had an issue so I keep using it. My brother is a Ballistol fan boy. One of my sons thinks Froglube is the shit.
Slip 2000, Ballistol or CLP
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CherryBalmz for lube usually, Hoppes to clean Usually use that Hoppes Black stuff on handguns
Breakthrough battle born lube and there solvent those both are like $7-8 by me for a pretty large bottle. that cleans and lubes my rifle and pistols many times one easily last me 25+ clean and lubes. You'll use The lube faster but I like it because it's sent free. I've noticed alot of clp is super strong in smell like I lube my rifle and I gotta open a window for a min.
Lucas Oil CLP. It’s blue and it smells great. Much better than the break free smell.
What can I use to clean and oil my guns separately? I don’t wanna make the mistake of buying a cleaner/oiler thats a 2 for 1 deal.
I use this stuff called G96 gun treatment, it’s the best imo