Best gun cleaner you suggest

[X2-Helix]

I don't know about using the kerosene to clean your weapon.  I have been using Next Dimension Brake Cleaner.  It works really great at dissolving the grime, plus it evaporates in a matter of seconds.  It doesn't hurt the polymer stock or any other pieces of the gun.  Plus you can buy it real cheap from any autoparts store.  It comes in a big aerosol can for about $2.50.  I know a few officers who also use this to keep their weapons clean too.  Give it a try, it works pretty nice.

[BobC]

I have been using Mpro for a couple of years and I am sold on it.  No smell, no fire hazard, eazy cleaning.  The lube is expensive but a little goes a long way...

I just tried the Mpro-7 cleaner on my pistol and was mightily impressed.  It has a super mild smell and seemed to leave no residue behind when I wiped it off.

With most of the parts, I sprayed some on, let it sit maybe 3 minutes, sprayed a little more on, nylon-brushed and patch-wiped.  Things came clean faster than with any product I've tried before.

With the inside of the barrel, I plugged up the muzzle end with a patch, leaned it breach-end-up in a tupperware container, then filled the barrel with Mpro-7, let it sit for a couple of minutes, then used a nylon bore brush followed by patches.  I resused the patch that had been plugging up the end of the barrel, as it was soaked and I didn't want to waste the cleaner too much.

I've never seen patches go through my barrel and come out pure white that fast.  It was almost like watching one of those too-good-to-be-true ads on TV for miracle cleaning product.

I finished the inside of the barrel with a little CLP on a patch, pushing it through the barrel, thinking, ok, NOW I'll some grey, but no, the patch came through the same color as it started out.

Then a tiny amount of patch-applied CLP to lightly coat the outside of the barrel and the ramp, and the slide/frame rails, reassemble...done.  Took me less than 10 minutes.

I should state that I had only put 60 rounds through a previously clean gun, so this was not the nastiest cleaning job.

[jwc007]

For a general solvent, I use a fairly inexpensive Charcoal Lighter Fluid.  For a really good bore solvent, I like PB Penetrating Catalyst (PB Blaster) and find it works as well as Ed's Red.  I use Non-Chlorinated Disc Brake Cleaner to remove all solvents and clean some inaccessable  metal parts and assemblies.  For Polymer Frame Assemblies, I use CRC Connector Cleaner.  For Polymer Magazine Followers, I spray them down with a Windex Equivalent, rinse in water, and dry.

For really heavy Lead and Copper fouling in the barrel, I like patches soaked with Noxon7 Metal Polish/Cleaner on a Nylon Bore Brush.  I then clean the barrel with a Windex Equivalent, rinse with water, and dry with Disc Brake Cleaner.  Turtle Wax Auto-Body Rubbing Compound also removes Carbon and Lead very nicely, but not Copper.

I still use WD40 as a preservative on Blued and Parkerized external surfaces. 

For General Lubrication I use a good detergent grade straight 30w Motor Oil.  For areas the require only light lubrication, any synthetic 10w30 will do nicely, and in moderately cold weather.

[larryflew]

Used nothing but break clean on all my guns for at least 10 years. Works great, reasonable price and every Wallyworld has it as well as other stores I'm sure.

[czstevesr]

Been using Hoppes #9 for my shotguns and pistols
works good for me.

[shooterdude]

For a general solvent, I use a fairly inexpensive Charcoal Lighter Fluid.  For a really good bore solvent, I like PB Penetrating Catalyst (PB Blaster) and find it works as well as Ed's Red.  I use Non-Chlorinated Disc Brake Cleaner to remove all solvents and clean some inaccessable  metal parts and assemblies.  For Polymer Frame Assemblies, I use CRC Connector Cleaner.  For Polymer Magazine Followers, I spray them down with a Windex Equivalent, rinse in water, and dry.

For really heavy Lead and Copper fouling in the barrel, I like patches soaked with Noxon7 Metal Polish/Cleaner on a Nylon Bore Brush.  I then clean the barrel with a Windex Equivalent, rinse with water, and dry with Disc Brake Cleaner.  Turtle Wax Auto-Body Rubbing Compound also removes Carbon and Lead very nicely, but not Copper.

I still use WD40 as a preservative on Blued and Parkerized external surfaces. 

For General Lubrication I use a good detergent grade straight 30w Motor Oil.  For areas the require only light lubrication, any synthetic 10w30 will do nicely, and in moderately cold weather.

Wow!  I had no idea that gun cleaning was soooo complicated.   I just shoot my guns until they stop working then throw them away and buy new ones.

[Jack Straw]

shooterdude,

It's nice to hear of another forum member who doesn't obsess on cleaning methods and snake oil.

I used to throw my "soiled" guns away like you but a few years ago I went and fell in love with a Genuine Highly Educated East Coast Card Carrying Liberal Artist Former Hippie gal Therapist who gently suggested that I consider recycling my filthy weapons.

For a time I considered saving the dirty guns in a blue plastic bin and taking them to the recycling center once every three months but I decided to simply bury them in the back yard.  We observe this "rite" with a simple non-denominational universalist all inclusive quasi-spiritual non-judgemental holistic centering and chakra cleansing ceremony.

The idea that I'm returning the dirty old metal things to Mother Earth where all iron ore comes from has certainly raised my consciousness and I feel pretty darned smug and self righteous.

I am, however, a little uneasy about all those pesky polymer pistols I buried......I'm thinking their half-life is a little too long for Mother Earth to be comfortable with.

What's a sensitive guy to do?

[BobC]

Maybe you don't obsess about cleaning your guns, but I think you possibly obsessed over clever phrase smithing, e.g., "simple non-denominational universalist all inclusive quasi-spiritual non-judgemental holistic centering and chakra cleansing ceremony".

[Rainier42]

shooterdude,

It's nice to hear of another forum member who doesn't obsess on cleaning methods and snake oil.

I used to throw my "soiled" guns away like you but a few years ago I went and fell in love with a Genuine Highly Educated East Coast Card Carrying Liberal Artist Former Hippie gal Therapist who gently suggested that I consider recycling my filthy weapons.

For a time I considered saving the dirty guns in a blue plastic bin and taking them to the recycling center once every three months but I decided to simply bury them in the back yard.  We observe this "rite" with a simple non-denominational universalist all inclusive quasi-spiritual non-judgemental holistic centering and chakra cleansing ceremony.

The idea that I'm returning the dirty old metal things to Mother Earth where all iron ore comes from has certainly raised my consciousness and I feel pretty darned smug and self righteous.

I am, however, a little uneasy about all those pesky polymer pistols I buried......I'm thinking their half-life is a little too long for Mother Earth to be comfortable with.

What's a sensitive guy to do?

Those dirty guns are toxic and I think you should continue to get rid of them pronto.  Now if you try to recycle them properly it is going to cost you a fortune.  Instead, send them to me and I will properly dispose them for you for free.   

[Jack Straw]

BobC, Yep, guilty as charged.  It's not always easy being a smart ass.

Ranier42, gosh, I hadn't thought about giving them to you.  Let me check with Al Gore and see if you are a certified recycler.  I'll get back to you.

[BobC]

BobC, Yep, guilty as charged.  It's not always easy being a smart ass.

It requires hard work and dedication.

[BobC]

Send me your tired, poor and dirty guns, cuz I'm yearning to have them for free, in huddled masses inside my gun safe.