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Lubrication of your PTR-XX rifles -- What's your favorite cleaner and/or lubricant?

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Just as the title suggests: What's your favorite cleaner and/or lubricant to use on your PTRs? And which would you definitely recommend to avoid?
 
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For cleaning any firearm barrel, I use a bronze bore brush and Hoppes 9 if not bad, heavy ammonia cleaner with looped stainless brush for bore heavily fouled with copper.

For bolts, etc., I use Hoppes9 and a toothbrush, followed with blowing out with liberal amounts of compressed air.

For lube, it depends.
For oil, I use a mix of Synthetic trans fluid amd Kroil in a needle oiler.
For grease I use clear combine corn head grease in a needle squeeze applicator.
For wipedown, I use WD-40 SPECIALIST Corrosion Inhibitor.

My experience, there is no magic do it all.

RCA
 
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Here is an eye opening test for corrosion resistance that someone posted a link to years ago on a military jeep message board I am a member of.

This guy did some tests of dozens of products on metal strips in salt spray, left outside, simulated fingerprint, etc.

WD40 Specialist Corrosion Inhibitor is the clear winner.

It even did pretty good on the static friction coefficient test.



RCA
 
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Ballistol (barrels in/out, chambers), Slip2000 (actions pistols), Firepower FP-10 (actions rapid fire), Eezox (surface rust on rust prone handguns P7's), Lucas red & tacky #2 (on the friction contact high wear/heat areas)

I avoid leaded type compounds memory and cognitives have been suffering DUH !!
 
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I read/saw a cleaning regimen where all parts were wiped down dry first, before applying cleaning products. They said it made the process much easier since once you’ve gotten the carbon wet your work gets much more problematic. The blowback deposits are supposedly easier to clean dry, rather than trying to clean a flood of mud.

Anyone verify?
 
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For dirty hard to reach areas, I'll use a spray (edit - Brake) cleaner, dry, then spray with Hornady One-Shot. It's also a cleaner, but leaves a dry film of lubrication and corrosion protection.

For cleaned pivoting points, I use LP (Lube Protect).

For any sliding contact areas, I use Super Lube light synthetic grease after cleaning and a coating of One-Shot.

One-Shot is nice in that it dries to a tack-free film that doesn't collect debris. It lubricates and also provides excellent corrosion protection.

A test of various lubes and protectants, see how your favorite one did -
 
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I am probably the outlier here, but I use Frog Lube on my roller delayed blow backs. Tried lots of different products and this is what works for me. After a day of heavy shooting, carbon just wipes off the bolt. I use it on direct impingement guns as well. I admit I over clean and over lube my HKs. These are range toys to me. I'm not going to battle in the desert so I'm not concerned about attracting dirt. I am more concerned about reducing friction and easy cleanup afterwards. I know there are haters of Frog Lube all over the internet and maybe it is just coconut oil, but it works for me.
 
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The U.S. military uses Break Free CLP. It has teflon in it and it lasts much longer than other lubes before evaporation. Its good for very low temperatures as well. There are two types of Break Free, the Natural and the synthetic. CLP is synthetic. CLP stands for cleans, lubes and protects.

For pressure points use a good grease made by the gun industry for guns. Grease the frame rails, slide rails, and outside of the barrel. I grease the sear and hammer with grease if its reachable otherwise I use CLP on them.

Note: None of this applies if the gun is to be carried everyday otherwise the lubes will attract lint and dust. But when actually shooting the gun in practice I always lube my guns.

My motto: You can never use enough grease on your guns. Would you drive your car without the ball joints lubricated? You should not use your guns without grease either.
 
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There are plenty of products that will perform satisfactorily, but Weaponshield is the closest thing I have found to being perfect. Several years ago, I took all of the products that I'd collected since the early 90's and did my own salt spray test over a two-week period. Weaponshield and Eezox were nearly impenetrable, and surprisingly KG4(made by the company that produces Gunkote) did nearly as well. Since Weaponshield is a terrific lubricant and does a decent job of cleaning carbon, that would be my in my bug-out bag (that is if I actually had a bug-out bag. I'm getting too old to bug-out, if you know what I mean).