ballistol

[MrBAD]

bought some ballistol cleaner was wondering if I also need gun oil also? It says it cleans and lubricates

[FFOpusX]

I've been using it for the past few months...just clean with ballistol, wipe away the excess and good to go. No additional oil needed. It leaves a light layer of oil, which I find to be more than enough lubrication for my needs.

[tbc]

I use this product for almost a year now. I don't need other gun oil. It's a great stuff in both cleaning and lubricating. The only thing I don't like is the smell.


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[MyGlock17]

it cleans and lubes...great stuff...like the guy above me said the smell you just have to get use to it..i actually prefer the hoppes smell for some reason over the ballistol...ballistol works great! i do prefer different gun grease though on my rails...

[gorenut]

Great stuff but couldn't get past the smell. That's mainly due to me living in a small apt so after cleaning smell would linger. My girlfriend would always comment the whole place would smell like old gym socks after I cleaned. I would continue to use it if I lived in a bigger place and had a designated cleaning area because I liked how it worked. I still prefer grease on the slide rails on my all steel semis though.

[223556]

Never tried Ballistol but Hoppes works great for me and I like the smell also hahah and yes I do leave a window open for air.

[sekatoa]

I recent decided to try the Balistoil too. Actually, the smell doesn't bother me. It reminds me of something from my past I can't quite place though. It seems to clean well, and leave a light oil, but I still lube as usual after cleaning with it, not sure if I really need to, but it's habit.

[SouperMan]

I keep hearing about Ballistol; I might get on the wagon on this. I hear it can be used to condition leather, too with no ill effects.

[G38xOC]

I love using ballistol . it works great ! occasionally i use hop . but i prefer ballistol . my bro cant stand the smell of it tho . i should be cleaning my guns in the garage or something . cuz smell does to stick around for few hours

[Sheperd80]

Havent tried it. Been using break free clp which seems pretty similar. I still points tiny dots of oil n the slide rails though.

[C.Bronson]

Ballistol? HELL YES! Its great stuff

[AeroEngi]

I've heard really good things about it but I've never used it. I'm using Weapon Shield CLP and their grease at the moment and I love it. I don't think I'll ever switch to anything else.

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[schneiderguy]

It works pretty well as a lube. In my experience it sticks around longer than Breakfree CLP but not as well as synthetic motor oil. It won't hurt wood so I use it on my wood stocked guns and motor oil on the plastic ones.

You get used to the smell after a while.

[Fishslayer]

1 part Ballistol + 10 parts water = Moose Milk. Highly recommended as a cleaner for black powder/corrosive milsurp ammo.

I bought it for cleaning my MoNag & SKS.

I'll stick with my regular oils & greases for lubrication.

[wjc]

It works pretty well as a lube. In my experience it sticks around longer than Breakfree CLP but not as well as synthetic motor oil. It won't hurt wood so I use it on my wood stocked guns and motor oil on the plastic ones.

You get used to the smell after a while.

It should lube pretty well. It's basically mineral oil and Isohexane.

The smell is the best part!