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Great thread, understanding how others maintain their firearms...
I was a Hoppe's No. 9 and CLP fan for many, many years... I have examples that have been stored for the better part of 15 years and are still in pristine condition...
Now a days, I tend to use CLP as the cleaning solvent and MPro7 as the lubericant protectant. I also have to admit to using white lithium grease on contact points like rails, barrel lugs and links.
Typically, if ive fired something at the range, the bore will be cleaned for sure, that may simply involve a bore snake and CLP. With a complete wipe down. That's my minimum cleaning...
Complete tear down and Q-Tip type cleaning happens if its in my carry rotation, period. Others get that treatment several times a year, typically every two or three months.
Complete year downs include total disassembly, cleaning every nook and cranny, replete with those nasty Q-Tips and pipe cleaners, all using CLP. Tornado brush and patch clean the bore. A complete CLP wipe down followed by a drying with an old T shirt, then a light oiling with MPro7. White lithium grease on the rails, barrel lugs and links...
Cycle several times to clear the surplus lithium and a silicone cloth wipe down before either being returned to secured storage or loaded and holstered...
I have a tendency to be a bit anal about my firearms in general and my carry guns in particular... Carry guns get checked daily and cleaned when they seem to have accumulated a bit of dust and contamination...
I was a Hoppe's No. 9 and CLP fan for many, many years... I have examples that have been stored for the better part of 15 years and are still in pristine condition...
Now a days, I tend to use CLP as the cleaning solvent and MPro7 as the lubericant protectant. I also have to admit to using white lithium grease on contact points like rails, barrel lugs and links.
Typically, if ive fired something at the range, the bore will be cleaned for sure, that may simply involve a bore snake and CLP. With a complete wipe down. That's my minimum cleaning...
Complete tear down and Q-Tip type cleaning happens if its in my carry rotation, period. Others get that treatment several times a year, typically every two or three months.
Complete year downs include total disassembly, cleaning every nook and cranny, replete with those nasty Q-Tips and pipe cleaners, all using CLP. Tornado brush and patch clean the bore. A complete CLP wipe down followed by a drying with an old T shirt, then a light oiling with MPro7. White lithium grease on the rails, barrel lugs and links...
Cycle several times to clear the surplus lithium and a silicone cloth wipe down before either being returned to secured storage or loaded and holstered...
I have a tendency to be a bit anal about my firearms in general and my carry guns in particular... Carry guns get checked daily and cleaned when they seem to have accumulated a bit of dust and contamination...