Beretta 92 fs

[MrBAD]

I just bought a 92fs and have bought birchwood casey gun scrubber. Does any one know if this cleaner will harm the finish at all?

[stevie]

I have used it on blued guns will no ill affects. Have not tried it specifically on a 92.

[MrBAD]

Thanks for the reply

[huckberry668]

Gunscrubber is just like brake cleaner, it degreases down to the bare metal but it doesn't hurt the metal finish. Make sure you lube the gun properly. A completely degreased Beretta won't function.

BTW, buy electric motor cleaner from auto parts stores. It does the same thing and cost less.

[Old4eyes]

If you are worried, Gunscrubber has a "safe for synthetic" line.
I do know that the gold accent on my Bersa 380 didn't like the regular Gunscrubber.

On areas like the sights/slide I'll spray cleaner onto a cloth and wipe down to make sure over spray does not get onto the painted sight or the plastic light pipes found in some sights.

[Jimmy310]

Gunscrubber is just like brake cleaner, it degreases down to the bare metal but it doesn't hurt the metal finish. Make sure you lube the gun properly. A completely degreased Beretta won't function.

BTW, buy electric motor cleaner from auto parts stores. It does the same thing and cost less.

Good call, i've been using "Smith&Wesson Heavy Duty Bore Cleaner" for a while to clean the bores of my AR's until people told me it was chlorinated brake cleaner and i can buy brake cleaner at a autoparts store or walmart for $3. The s&w stuff was $14. It did clean well and dried fast. It also dries stuff out really good so you needed to lube it well afterwords.

I also have been trying to find what works well on pistols. I just got ballistol on alot of peoples recommendations and im not even 75% impressed. I was kinda expecting something like hoppes #9 which would clean everything out with one or two wipes of a patch, without oiling afterword....i was wrong. The stuff doesnt clean 1/2 as good as hoppes (takes more patches) and i still end up oiling the slides on my pistols and wiping them off with a microfiber towel and applying tetra slide grease to the slide rails/channels and working it in with a q-tip.

Just a side note, i dont recommend brake cleaner on pistols, it just seems too harsh.

[huckberry668]

They rebrand stuff and charge you an arm & a leg. Podlock is the same thing you can buy at t-nuts.com for $7 to $10. I guess the price went up since 10 years ago...

[shipwreck]

A couple of years ago - there were some complaints on a few forums about gun scrbber effecting the bruniton finish. I did use it in the 1990s on a 92 and never had an issue.

Now, I just use Breakfree CLP now. But, I do remember reading this.

As pointed out - if you degrease the gun completely, you will have to really oil it well. A Beretta 92 needs oil.

[MrBAD]

Thanks for all the replies. I used the synthetic safe gun scrubber and then lightly lubed it with smith and Wesson gun oil. Went to the range yesterday and put 290 rounds through it. Shot flawless! I love this gun

[gripdad]

It is non-chlorinated brake cleaner that you want for guns not chlorinated. I have used it for years with no problems on polymer and steel. I would not use carb cleaner on a gun as it is very strong and could remove some finishes or damage polymer.