You've gotta respect the range. Loses wars, shines shoes, cleans and lubes guns, alienates wives, disinfects wounds, prevents rust, and moistens skin. All this, and super low toxicity: I'm marinating a pork shoulder in it right now.
I FINALLY FIGURED OUT WHY GERMANY LOST THE WAR!
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I've never tried Ballistol. I bought a gallon of Breakfree CLP almost 40 years ago and still have some of it. It's settled a lot so when refilling my oil bottles I have to put some in a plastic well sealing jar and run it in my vibratory tumbler for awhile. It does have a strong sweet smell the newer versions don't have. I like the smell, the wife not so much.
Geronimo Jim
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Here is the big secret! After a while, you get used to it.
It is great stuff.
It is great stuff.
Walter Rego
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I bought a small can of it just to try it. I was not impressed. Except it worked well to remove mold and verdigris from old holsters. Other than that I don't think it is a good powder or copper solvent, lubricant or rust preventive product. I won't buy it again.
JJEH
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My wife LOVES the smell of traditional Hoppes #9. She says I should wear it as cologne.
Here you go
I use Hoppes #9 and Royal Purple. Smells good and, more importantly, works even better.
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cmj8591
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There's a lot of snake oil out there and I've tried most of it at one time or another. My policy now is that I only use products that have a national stock number. If it can keep a M249 running in the desert or the Arctic, there's a good chance that it will get me through my day at the range. I was a break free user for a long time until a friend of mine who did a couple of tours in Afghanistan turned me on to M-Pro7. That's pretty much all I use now. Their gun cleaner works really well and there is very little smell. One thing you do not want to ever try is Frog Lube. I thought I had found THE gun lube but that stuff is the devils sperm. I had a 1911 that I had applied it to and it seemed great. Very slippery and dry. In the middle of an IDPA match the gun started to slow down and something that resembled maple syrup started oozing out of everywhere. Shortly after, the gun seized up. What a project cleaning it up! I ended up throwing out about $100 worth of the stuff. Do yourself a favor, DON'T USE IT!!!
Thanks for the tip about M-Pro7, will definitely check it out. As for Frog Lube, it's definitely bad if it's used like grease. I use it the way I use car wax: I wipe a very, very thin coating on exposed areas, let it dry (or sit in the sun), and then wipe it all off. Project Farm rates it among the very best for corrosion prevention, which is the only thing I use it for. Again, just my experience.
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AJ
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Been using Lubriplate gun grease since I was introduced to it in the Corps in 1969. Good stuff!
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After using Ballistol for years, I hardly notice the "thirty-days-without-a-shower dirty feet aroma " anymore. You get used to it.
cmj8591
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I did the same thing with the frog lube. Heated the gun with a hair drier, slathered it on and then wiped it off until the parts were dry. I actually went a second step and reheated the part then wiped it off again. I thought it was great because it was dry and I wanted something that wouldn't attract dust. It didn't turn out that way. I had to bring my Hammerli target gun to a warranty station it get it fixed. The stuff had leached into the trigger group and congealed and it had to be completely taken apart to get it out. What a mess!
Another vote for G96 as the "best" CLP. That's not to say Hoppe's #9, Lubriplate and Lucas grease don't all have important place on my bench.
texmex
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Germany never had a chance. They had George Luger. We had John Browning. Their pistols were 9mm. Ours were 45.
ArchAngelCD
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I have to add my voice to G96. Not only does it work very well, to me it smells.like bubblegum. It is very pleasant, again, IMO.
They have a full line of products, one better than the other. I have the Gun Treatment which comes in an aerosol spray and the Gun Oil which is the same product but liquid form. They also have a few military approved products who h are synthetic oils.
No, I do not have any affiliation with G96, I just really like their products!
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GB
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It is amazing to me that for most of the 20th century sportsman cleaned their firearms with 3in1 oil / sewing machine oil and Hoppes or Otters or the equivalent product from Sears or Monkey Wards. The Military used grease of one type or another, upto and including axel grease and their version of light oil as well as the truly worst smelling stuff ever invented, GI bore cleaner. Killed millions of head of game, even more birds, expended trillions of rounds at targets, paper and human. Fought more than a few wars and most of the time cleaning products were seldom an issue. While, on the other hand, I have witnessed several grown men come near to blows over cleaning products on more than one occasion. Like most, I have a tote full of cleaning and lubing products in my gun room, some dating back to the 60s ( had to throw out the last of My WW2/ Korean War GI cleaner when the bottoms started to rot out of the cans). They all have the same thing in common. For better or worse, they all do what they were intended to do. Buy what you like and use it. This comes from a guy that once had to use dipstick oil on a sticky rifle bolt in late November winter deer hunt.
Inusuit
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And we had George Patton.
My favorite Patton quote, when he was outrunning his supply line across France and received a truck load of rations:
"I'll shoot the next man that brings me food. Give us gasoline. We can eat our belts!"
That stuff stinks and makes me sneeze.......When my can was gone it was gone forever.
And now sadly ALL THE LEMMINGS have followed the little 9 of the cliff.
Actually 95% of what I use is 3 in1 oil/lithium grease(lubrication) and WD-40/Hoppe's#9 for cleaning. Been using this on rifles/shotguns/handguns and reloading equipment for 50 years. And I'll put my equipment up against anybody's posted here as cleanliness/lubrication and function.
Youse guys want a fireball cleaner?.........Look up the formula for Ed's Red.
Youse guys want a fireball cleaner?.........Look up the formula for Ed's Red.
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Slip 2000 EWL.
Done and done.
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AJ
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I have lots of different cleaners and oils! Most of it as old as I am!
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BillBro
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Ive always wondered why nobody ever praises G96 on here like they do ballistol. Ive personally not used ballistol but cant doubt its effectiveness with its widespread praise but G96 is also extremely effective and the smell is truly wonderful, smells like the pink bubblegum of times past.
G96 has been my firearms insurance for about 20 years now and has always worked.
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