Ballistol good for blued guns??

[Model29-26.5]

How many of you guys out there use ballistol?
Good for blued guns?
I’ve been using CLP, Hoppe’s bore cleaner and Hoppe’s lubricatinv oil too.
Also Otis protecting spray.
What’s the word on all these products?
Thanks

 

[One Holer]

Ballistol can replace all of the other products you named.

 

[series guy]

Plus it is skin safe. It would pay to peruse their website. It's about as close to a miracle product as you can get. I use it for things too numerous to mention.

 

[DWalt]

MSDS lists the principal ingredient of Ballistol is mineral oil in an isohexane solvent. In other words, it is diluted 3-in-1 Oil. Also contains propane as the aerosol propellant for the spray can version. Sounds like powerful and magical stuff to me. Will work wonders on your guns like no other product that ever was or ever will be. It will even raise the dead.

 

[Racer X]

it neutralizes acids and salts, so great for eliminating fingerprints and preventing etching.

 

[Frailer]

Ballistol is wonderful stuff. It’s pretty much all I use for cleaning guns.

 

[stansdds]

Perfectly safe for blued steel.

 

[Gunhacker]

It's also great for addressing the green verdigris bloom around metal snaps or rivets on leather goods.

 

[series guy]

It uses a plant based mineral oil so no petroleum products. That is why it it also safe for use on leather and wood.

 

[JackM]

The odor is, well, interesting. But then cow manure is good for the garden. No denying that.

 

[cololab]

Some years back I bought some to see how well it performed. I have to admit my scepticism has been put to rest. It does indeed perform as advertised.

 

[StephenWhoDat]

Ballistol can replace all of the other products you named.

^^This!

Ballistol is literally all you'll ever need. I use it for so many different things around the house and the office, not just firearms.

 

[rockquarry]

Very mild product and not harmful to any gun surface. You get used to the dirty feet aroma.

 

[gwpercle]

I have a big bottle ... Smell it before you buy it !

It has a ... peculiar aroma ... I don't care for it .

Dirty Feet has been mentioned ... I just find it off-putting .

Smell it before you buy a Big bottle !
Gary

 

[Marshal Tom]

I've never tried it. I went to Gunzilla CLP several years ago and really like it. Very pleasant odor, cleans exceptionally well. TopDuck Products LLC. About to order another 16oz. bottle.

 

[Skyhunter]

Back before WW l, it was developed for the German military as a CLP product. It's been performing yeoman service on firearms, slings, boots, etc. ever since.
I'm not particularly fond of the "aroma", but it works well as a CLP. The aroma isn't like Hoppe's #9, but it works as intended.
I use other products to clean copper fouling from rifle and pistol bores, but it cleans the black powder fouling from my Sharps very well.

WYT-P
Skyhunter

 

[Rob613]

I also use it as my cologne, drives my range buddies wild.

 

[BabaBlueJay]

My wife can't stand the smell, that is the only downside is I have to clean my guns at the gun club which takes up some of my time. On the positive end, it means they are well maintained.

I used Ballistol on all of my guns, blued or otherwise. I It keeps my 1937 Winchester Model 69 pristine.

 

[DWalt]

For those who may not know, CLP is essentially synthetic motor oil. And any household light oil (like the aforementioned 3-in-1 oil) is as good a bore cleaner as any of the commercial bore cleaning products on the market.

 

[TJm15.38]

I shoot military rifles with corrosive-primed surplus ammunition (7.62x54r, 7.62x39, 303 British). I mix Ballistol with water in a solution of 10% Ballistol and 90% water. Ballistol emulsifies in water and gives water an alkaline characteristic making it the perfect bore cleaner after firing corrosive ammo. When I shoot the Enfields or the Mosin Nagants, Ballistol "Moose Milk" always goes to the range with me.