I use either Kroil or Militec, Kroil seems to clean out all of the gunk from the regular cleaning process, Militec is much more slippery and is probably better for longterm storage, use it for lubing everything else on my rifles and pistols, too. Jay
Posts: 1745 | Location: WI. | Registered: 19 May 2003
For lubing or rust protection on a temporary basis WD-40 is about as good as anything, for long term storage nothing beats RIG grease...
For cleaning I like a Kroil soaked patch with JB Compound on a bad dirty bore...to remove copper nothing comes close to Wipe Out foam...then just a pass or two with Rem Oil or WD 40 .........
Posts: 42190 | Location: Twin Falls, Idaho | Registered: 04 June 2000
Norhunter-One reason to stay away from teflon is the inconsistency. As a means of conducting a survey at a sniper school the instructor had everyone clean with different products at the same time, he felt 45 different rifles would allow some type of consensus as to what would be best for a cold shot. Breakfree and Triflow (teflon based) were the worst to put in your bore for consistency. Most of the rifles immediately threw the first 2-5 shots way out of the normal point of impact. Mine was a full 6 moa difference in elevation at 200 yards. Within 4 rounds the zero creeped back down and the next three cut a one inch group. Shooters choice bore cleaner seemed to have the least effect on the zero (this was in 1995 so it was before any of the current cleaners). The only conclusion reached was to clean with sweets and shooters choice down to bare metal at the end of the day, and then fire three rounds from a new box of ammo. This allowed for an extremely consistent cold shot, confirmed your zero with the ammo in case of a change based on lot number and gave you confidence that your next 17 rounds would be the first ammo grabbed for a call out.
Posts: 107 | Location: Brentwood, CA, USA | Registered: 08 February 2001
I used to use a lot of WD-40 and now avoid it like to plague. It will eventually over a period of a few years decay into a dull yellow coating that is difficult to remove and can seriously gum up a action. Rem-Oil, Kroil, Miltech or Tetra-Gun are all more modern superior lubricants. I also like kroil and JB Bore for cleaning nasty stuff. For general cleaning I still use Hoppes #9 for nostalgia's sake - there's probably better stuff around now.
Posts: 3976 | Location: Oklahoma,USA | Registered: 27 February 2004