Best Cleaning Kit and CLP and REM Oil

[X808]

Any brands or kits I should be looking out for? Thank you.

[Jeepergeo]

The OTIS pull cable kits work well. The Armorer's kit covers a wide range of firearms, long and short, and calibers, or you can get a caliber specific kit.

I like BreakFree CLP for nearly one stop cleaning, lubrication, and protection. I'm sure the Frog Lube fanboys will chime in soon.

[omega]

I would also pick up a couple pull through "Bore Snakes" at WALMART

I use them before firing a firearm thats been sitting to wipe out the excess lubricant / protective coating from storage

easy to carry in a range bag

[Jimi Jah]

Frog lube is fantastic, on my garage door rails.

The guns get Slip 2000 products.

[deckhandmike]

I use the Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil my truck uses.

[aca72]

My vote goes to Ballistol, the German version. The U.S. repackaged Ballistol is also ok.

For deep cleaning the barrel, Hoppe's No. 9.

[L84CABO]

Here's the thing with most kits. And this is just my opinion. But you often get a bunch of stuff you don't need...like caliber brushes for calibers you don't have, etc. And you usually get a very small quantity of the stuff you do need...like solvent, oil, CLP, patches, etc. In very short order you will be re-ordering the core materials. So you might as well just do that from the start along with a nice high quality cleaning rod from Tipton, Dewey, MTX, etc. You'll spend a bit more initially probably. But you'll likely end up with better stuff and a reasonable quantity of things.

For oils and grease I like Wilson Combat's Ultima Lube a lot. For solvent I like Breakthrough Clean. But Hoppe's is good and so are M-Pro 7 products. Honestly, people like to debate cleaning and lubrication products but the vast majority of them will work just fine. The Breakthrough Clean solvent is a good choice, however, if you've got a wife or GF who doesn't appreciate the fine scent of Hoppe's.

As for Kits, if you do go that route, Otis generally makes decent stuff but any of the more well known brands are usually fine.

[golfish]

The guns get Slip 2000 products.

I really like this stuff. I load up a couple syringes from the local dispensary for pin point application.

[bigbearbear]

There are a lot of CLP products on the market, it boils down to what you're shooting and what is your preference.

For me, I want a CLP to not only work well in protecting and lubricating my guns, I also want it to be safe to handle (e.g. non-toxic) and smell as little as possible. I do keep my guns close to where I sleep and stinking oil isn't something I want to deal with in the bedroom.

As it turns out, the military does have similar requirements and have a series of tests for CLP products to run through to pass certifications. This is the MIL-PRF-63460F (Type A) and a product that passed this test, and is available to the general public, is the G96 Synthetic CLP Gun Oil. Been using this product for quite a while now and it works pretty well.

They have a even better Bio based product that is also military approved, but is pretty expensive and I think a bit overkill for my purposes. But if you really must have the absolute best, the Bio based product is this one: http://www.g96.com/products/military...-clp-gun-oil/#

[Unforgiven]

MP7 for lube and Remoil for triggers and a light parts coat before storage. There is no such thing as cleans and protects. If if removes carbon it does not lube.

[X808]

Thank you all for the help and input!

[X808]

There are a lot of CLP products on the market, it boils down to what you're shooting and what is your preference.

For me, I want a CLP to not only work well in protecting and lubricating my guns, I also want it to be safe to handle (e.g. non-toxic) and smell as little as possible. I do keep my guns close to where I sleep and stinking oil isn't something I want to deal with in the bedroom.

As it turns out, the military does have similar requirements and have a series of tests for CLP products to run through to pass certifications. This is the MIL-PRF-63460F (Type A) and a product that passed this test, and is available to the general public, is the G96 Synthetic CLP Gun Oil. Been using this product for quite a while now and it works pretty well.

They have a even better Bio based product that is also military approved, but is pretty expensive and I think a bit overkill for my purposes. But if you really must have the absolute best, the Bio based product is this one: http://www.g96.com/products/military...-clp-gun-oil/#

Never knew this existed. Thank you for the info!

[Jimi Jah]

I really like this stuff. I load up a couple syringes from the local dispensary for pin point application.

Plus it's non-toxic and has no smell. You can drink it. Try that with Hoppes?

[bronco75a]

Bore snakes in the calibers you use. I second that.

Since I found out these bad boys existed I no longer do the time consuming steel rod with the patches on the end rigamarole.

They can be used for both cleaning and lubricating the bores.

[golfish]

Plus it's non-toxic and has no smell. You can drink it. Try that with Hoppes?

I'll take your word for it

I used CLP or Ballistol (I really dislike the smell of Ballistol) to clean but that slip2000 ELW is some darn good lube.