Oops! — Top 7 Gun Cleaning Mistakes

[Cedric]

Yes that stuff will petrify like dried cow poo

It's meant to. WD40 is a "water displacer" developed in WWII to keep the innards of commo equipment dry. (also works well as bug remover on the truck/car.) A friend used it a lot and I tried it a few times until it ended up sticking parts together inside of lubricating them. Now, the WD brand has all sorts of variants which may work OK on firearms but I am not going to experiment with them.

 

[Cedric]

Couple of interesting things concerning cleaning.
First, Armalite published a series of bulletins (they may still do) about tips and tricks for their weapons. In one case, SF embedded with tribesmen in Afghanistan noted with our supplied M10s/M16s/M4s or even AKs, no one was going to spend large sums of money on expensive Break Free. Armalite recommended automatic transmission fluid to clean, and motor oil to lubricate. The tribesmen did just that using knotted up bootlaces to clean the bore.
Second, during the Gulf War, I noticed SF units were using a dry powder lubricant rather than even a light coat of oil which attracted all the damn fine sand. It seemed to work out as long as they used it routinely and never went back to oil. Never heard of what happened to that substance since. To me, it had the consistency of talc.

 

[powerboatr]

mil spec
mil-c-81309 (now MIL-PRF-81309F) is also a great water displacing compound spray that will weep into deep crevices to root out moisture
there are a few specs type II and Type III which is thinner
i get it from aircraft spruce its sold under many brands like acf 50, etc its not a lube, just a great corrosion preventative for things made of ferrous and non ferrous metals
it also removes tar, lipstick(not on clothing ), dead bugs, old dried preservatives
and factory preservatives ,

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ACF-50 Anti-Corrosion Block Compound ACF-50 is designed for owners of strut equipped Piper aircraft to comply with new Piper bulletin 5280C requiring lift strut inspection.

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[HayesGreener]

Couple of interesting things concerning cleaning.
First, Armalite published a series of bulletins (they may still do) about tips and tricks for their weapons. In one case, SF embedded with tribesmen in Afghanistan noted with our supplied M10s/M16s/M4s or even AKs, no one was going to spend large sums of money on expensive Break Free. Armalite recommended automatic transmission fluid to clean, and motor oil to lubricate. The tribesmen did just that using knotted up bootlaces to clean the bore.
Second, during the Gulf War, I noticed SF units were using a dry powder lubricant rather than even a light coat of oil which attracted all the damn fine sand. It seemed to work out as long as they used it routinely and never went back to oil. Never heard of what happened to that substance since. To me, it had the consistency of talc.

The powder was Teflon. Remington and some others call it DriLube commercially.

 

[javbike]

Good article Anni good read

 

[jschmidt]

Luckily, lubricating guns isn't a heavy lift for any modern oil.

 

[XD94045]

Good little read on some mistakes you can make cleaning your guns, I’m guilty of a couple here, I just blame it on my age……

Oops! — Top 7 Gun Cleaning Mistakes - The Shooter's Log

Whether it's during maintenance or a parts swap, here are the top 7 gun cleaning mistakes to avoid making when working on your firearms.

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Great post. I am guilty of not cleaning my occasional CCW as often as I should.