What cleaning system do you use on your pewpews?

[Shreddy Mercury]

I've used Frog Lube for years. I always did the whole heating the parts up, wiping on the paste and letting it melt, then wipe it clean after it cools. I've never had a gun "gum" up and I've fired tons of rounds through my AR or HK VP9SK after using it and never had anything freeze up, get sticky, fail to feed or eject, etc. My VP9SK has been sitting for months and months since the last cleaning and it still racks just as easy as it ever did.

However, I'm not sure if I remember where I put all that stuff. So I may not be able to find it. I may be open to other suggestions. I usually fieldstrip and clean after every trip to the range.

I've got:

HK VP9SK in 9mm
Custom AR15 in 5.56
Beretta 1301 Tactical Mod 2
Tikka T3 in 6.5 Creedmoor
Probably others soon as I can't stop buying cool shit

 

[Floyd Eye]

Frog lube ? Lots of the military guys I train with tell me to avoid that shit. I use SEAL 1 on dirty bores. I use my own secret recipe for bolt carrier groups. Other than that I use Slip 2000, Slip 2000 EWG, Lucas Extreme Duty, Wilson Combat oil and grease, good old Hoppes #9 and Nitro Solvent.
I've discovered that Mobil 1 makes decent lube and it may or may not be a small part in my secret BCG recipe. Most modern gun lubes are snake oil. Most people also dramatically over lube their guns. They also dramatically over clean their guns, which often leads to excess wear and even failure.

If I had one choice for lube recommendation I would emphatically suggest Slip 2000 products.

If I shoot them I clean them, but my range trips almost never are just me going to the range and putting 100 rounds through a gun at a static target. Guns I may have to rely on are pushed hard. I want to know if they're going to fail. RSAs and other springs are replaced at specific intervals and small parts are replaced when worn. I don't tear them down past a basic field strip very often. Strikers are simple, require about 6 drops of lube ( be careful to avoid getting lube or cleaner in the striker channel if you didn't already know. Avoid lubing springs, ANY springs, unless you plan to strip, clean, dry and relube those springs every time you clean. Oil/lube attracts dirt and outside of repeated compression and decompression that is the number one cause of spring failure. Personally I clean springs, but other than buffer springs ( which I clean and relube every 2500 rounds) I never lube them.

As for the list, no way I'm getting into all that on the internet, but I will say I have at least one of everything on your list other than the Tikka.

 

[Floyd Eye]

Incidentally when the VP9 SK came out I really didn't care for the way it looked and had no plans to get one. Of course I own a few of them now. For me they shoot better than my full size VP9s. Very often I have one down my pants. When I don't it might be the total sleeper that is the IWI Masada S, which I will take over a Sig P365XL every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

 

[kmanick]

Hoppes #9 and Shooter Lube has been good for me for the last 5 years or so.

 

[Wayniac3]

Hoppes #9 and Shooter Lube has been good for me for the last 5 years or so.

I use Hoppes & CLP. I do use grease on my SOCOM 16 though... that pew likes to run a bit wet

How's the shooters lube? I've heard good things

 

[kmanick]

I use Hoppes & CLP. I do use grease on my SOCOM 16 though... that pew likes to run a bit wet

How's the shooters lube? I've heard good things

so far so good I haven't had any issues with it yet, propbably 4000 rounds between the 2 guns I use it on.

 

[Shreddy Mercury]

I ended up making my own batches of Ed's Red, one with acetone and one without, as well as a batch of Sotaracha for lube.

 

[mbt64]

Gun Scrubber or brake fluid for deep cleaning (need to lube after, though; that stuff strips the metal of everything.

Breakthrough CLP for quick cleaning and Hoppes #9 for the barrel.

Rem oil or Tetra Gun Grease if extra lube is needed in spots.

 

[FourT6and2]

I like Boretech cleaning solutions and cleaning rods.

For my precision bolt guns, Boretech Eliminator with a good cleaning rod, rod guide, and jags that don't react to cleaning solutions. I also use specific flannel patches that don't fray or leave lint. Boretech also makes good carbon- and copper-specific formulas.

For my sporting clay shotguns, I use Boretech shotgun blend. Same process. Good rod, rod guide, and quality jags/patches.

No brushes needed at all. Boretech gets the job done on its own. It's also pretty much odorless and non-toxic (water based).

For a degreaser, if needed, I use Slip2000 degreaser. For lubes, I use Slip2000 grease and EWL oil.

 

[sakithh]

Hoppes #9 and Shooter Lube has been good for me for the last 5 years or so.

plus plus plus

 

[midnightlaundry]

Bortech is amazing. Clean your rifle with what you have, and then use BT and get humbled on how dirty it was..
I have some Hoppes Black 9 for copper that works alright.
Eezox for lube for 20 years.. Not compatible with petroleum products