Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire What do you always use to clean firearms? Hoppes #9, Ballistol, CLP, etc...

Here's probably a never ending argument amongst firearm owners.... What is the #1, best all time gun cleaner & lube on the market?

I use a combination of Ballistol and Hoppes #9 on all my stuff.
1911 .45 ACP
.308 deer rifle
Rem 870 12ga shotgun
Bushmaster AR-15

What do you use?

Hoppes for the smell

LOL... Yup. Hoppes #9 has that distinct smell that EVERYONE knows!

Another crazy thing that I have discovered (albeit a bit expensive): Hetman's Trombone Slide Oil.
I know, I know, I know... Musical instrument nonsense. But let me tell you, from past experience, you put a few dabs of trombone slide oil on the rails of a 1911 .45 ACP and the handgun will function flawlessly for 1000+ rounds without fail!

Almost entirely Ballistol unless I am really trying to dissolve copper fouling(which Ballistol does slowly) in a hurry, then I will use Montana Extreme or Mil Foam.

EEZOX And Hoppes #9. Patch out for rifle bores. Hasbeen

Never needed any thing very aggressive

Hoppe's BR9......Butches Bore Shine......Kroil..........good oil.....and light grease especially for auto pistols

Hoppes

Ballistol

Kroil

Rem-Oil

Remington 40-X bore cleaner

3 in 1

Lucas synthetic

WD40

Barnes copper solvent

Brake cleaner

Whatever else is on the shelf

Montana extreme will clear the nasal passages in a minute lol

Hoppes for carbon, then soak overnight with Wipeout for copper.

I used to use 40x a good bit. Thats actually pretty good stuff

That

Rem 40X bore cleaner ?

the stuff with the grit in right ?

Good $hit

Hmm never used that. Ive used the thick lucas oil on 1911 slides and it seems to do well

Dang, they must be sparkling when you're done.

Yes. Works good on shotgun bores too.

Not all at once. Just depends what I am cleaning and how bad fouling may be.

An old bud of mine swore by some sort of GM carbon cleaner for bores.

Semi-auto handguns and the AR’s….Hoppes and Barnes or Sweet’s for the copper. The receiver/action gets a hot Simple Green bath for the fouling, dried thoroughly and lubed. I like to use a lube with very little smell as I like the smell of the Simple Green! 😉 memtb

Cleaning? Maybe some breakfree clp on the 10.5 work gun as it's an over-gassed p.o.s., but outside of that I can tell you exactly how many times I've "cleaned" my main hunting rifle (tikka). Zero.

Mosta mine are medium bore hunting rifles. .30-06, 7mm Rem Mag, .308, .257 Bob and 7mm Mauser.
These guns will build up copper fouling in the rifling. And lose some accuracy as a result.
I started using Hoppes Copper Solvent when I got outta the Army, 36 years ago! Christ where has the time gone???
I’ll give the bore a shot with a wet patch, and let it set overnight. Next day, clean patches.
For most that’s all I need.
Dave had a .25-06 that he never cleaned. I was handloading for him, 115 grn Sierras.
Accuracy was a baseball at 100 yards! He bitched, and rightly so.
So I says Dave, “When was the last you cleaned this gun”?
He says I wipe it down with a little oil after hunting season.
“Let me take it home a day or two.”
I used that copper solvent over two nights. The next day those 115 grn Sierras were shooting MOA!
To The Old Man, guns were a tool used for hunting. He basically left them where the were till next year!
But being a gun nut, I got a little anal about this, and as a result, I keep after the guns that are important to me. Including that .308!
Everything I got, will shoot MOA whenever you take it outta the cabinet!
7mm

Dont spoil it….

Kroil it.

Boretech.