Leaving for basic and tech...any preventative maintenance?
Hey guys i will be leaving for basic in January and then tech school for 8 months so i was wondering if i need to use a certain type of lube like Break-free collectors to put on there. Also is there something to run a swab through the barrel to keep it from rusting? Oh and its a spikes lower a PSA upper, chrome lined 1-7 twist
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Hey guys i will be leaving for basic in January and then tech school for 8 months so i was wondering if i need to use a certain type of lube like Break-free collectors to put on there. Also is there something to run a swab through the barrel to keep it from rusting? Oh and its a spikes lower a PSA upper, chrome lined 1-7 twist
CLP will protect the barrel just fine, just swab some in there.
If you are storing your rifle in a safe/case/etc/....throwing in a dessicant pack is a good idea.
just oil it.
Originally Posted By parabellum_9x19:
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Hey guys i will be leaving for basic in January and then tech school for 8 months so i was wondering if i need to use a certain type of lube like Break-free collectors to put on there. Also is there something to run a swab through the barrel to keep it from rusting? Oh and its a spikes lower a PSA upper, chrome lined 1-7 twist
CLP will protect the barrel just fine, just swab some in there.
If you are storing your rifle in a safe/case/etc/....throwing in a dessicant pack is a good idea.
ok thank you ..and when i get back and shoot it just clean it out with hoppes 9 right? or would it be good to go
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Originally Posted By parabellum_9x19:
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Hey guys i will be leaving for basic in January and then tech school for 8 months so i was wondering if i need to use a certain type of lube like Break-free collectors to put on there. Also is there something to run a swab through the barrel to keep it from rusting? Oh and its a spikes lower a PSA upper, chrome lined 1-7 twist
CLP will protect the barrel just fine, just swab some in there.
If you are storing your rifle in a safe/case/etc/....throwing in a dessicant pack is a good idea.
ok thank you ..and when i get back and shoot it just clean it out with hoppes 9 right? or would it be good to go
or just use clp.
CLP is good for both cleaning, lubrication, and preventing rust (hence the letters in the name), but yeah, when you get back you could break it all down and re-lube everything with your favorite oil of choice.
For longer term storage, machine gun grease is really good stuff because it tends to stay where you put it.
LaRue sells some very good stuff.
over priced rust prevent. a simple jar of vasoline will protect from rust.
Originally Posted By Gregory_K:
over priced rust prevent. a simple jar of vasoline will protect from rust.
There are many areas where I pinch pennies in life, and maintaining the weapons that I trust my life to is NOT one of them.
I'm not knocking anyone else's choices, but IMHO, it is penny wise but pound foolish to try and save $5 trying to maintain a build that costs $1000 and to which I may trust my life someday.
I dont' want to get into a technical discussion about the smoke point of vasoline and all that stuff, my point is simply that the only products I use on my weapons are products designed for weapons, and have been tested through use by others (and often myself).
To each his own, but if the cost is not a deterrent, I believe a purpose-built solution is ideal.
Originally Posted By parabellum_9x19:
Originally Posted By Gregory_K:
over priced rust prevent. a simple jar of vasoline will protect from rust.
There are many areas where I pinch pennies in life, and maintaining the weapons that I trust my life to is NOT one of them.
I'm not knocking anyone else's choices, but IMHO, it is penny wise but pound foolish to try and save $5 trying to maintain a build that costs $1000 and to which I may trust my life someday.
I dont' want to get into a technical discussion about the smoke point of vasoline and all that stuff, my point is simply that the only products I use on my weapons are products designed for weapons, and have been tested through use by others (and often myself).
To each his own, but if the cost is not a deterrent, I believe a purpose-built solution is ideal.
he is looking for storage options because he is going to be away from the rifle for months, ie not fired. vasoiline will be fine for storage. this is not about what lube to use while firing, but for storage. cosmoline is nothing more than vasoline with added rust inhibotors to meet a gov spec. tw-25b while a great choice for using a firearm is not the best choice for long term storage.
I was gone for 15 months and I just wiped my rifles down with CLP prior to leaving. Although, I live in a pretty dry climate so YMMV.
CLP is rather effective as a rust prevent esp when rifle is stored indoors.
Originally Posted By Gregory_K:
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Originally Posted By parabellum_9x19:
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Hey guys i will be leaving for basic in January and then tech school for 8 months so i was wondering if i need to use a certain type of lube like Break-free collectors to put on there. Also is there something to run a swab through the barrel to keep it from rusting? Oh and its a spikes lower a PSA upper, chrome lined 1-7 twist
CLP will protect the barrel just fine, just swab some in there.
If you are storing your rifle in a safe/case/etc/....throwing in a dessicant pack is a good idea.
ok thank you ..and when i get back and shoot it just clean it out with hoppes 9 right? or would it be good to go
or just use clp.
i was told never to put anything other than hopes 9 or a purpose meant barrel solvent in there that is why i asked the question...also i live in a very humid climate where if i touch my 10/22 barrel it will start getting rust in a couple days
OP,
Where will you be storing the rifle?
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Originally Posted By Gregory_K:
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Originally Posted By parabellum_9x19:
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Hey guys i will be leaving for basic in January and then tech school for 8 months so i was wondering if i need to use a certain type of lube like Break-free collectors to put on there. Also is there something to run a swab through the barrel to keep it from rusting? Oh and its a spikes lower a PSA upper, chrome lined 1-7 twist
CLP will protect the barrel just fine, just swab some in there.
If you are storing your rifle in a safe/case/etc/....throwing in a dessicant pack is a good idea.
ok thank you ..and when i get back and shoot it just clean it out with hoppes 9 right? or would it be good to go
or just use clp.
i was told never to put anything other than hopes 9 or a purpose meant barrel solvent in there that is why i asked the question...also i live in a very humid climate where if i touch my 10/22 barrel it will start getting rust in a couple days
CLP as in break free CLP, it is a gun oil as you will find out. If it were me I would clp the rifle then use some rig grease on any metal extiror surface. Wearing gloves as your skin's acids can aslo promote rust. I know some guys that gun
rust stainless by touch alone.
eta dry patching a rifles bore is never a bad idea before shooting said rifle.
Originally Posted By Gregory_K:
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Originally Posted By Gregory_K:
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Originally Posted By parabellum_9x19:
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Hey guys i will be leaving for basic in January and then tech school for 8 months so i was wondering if i need to use a certain type of lube like Break-free collectors to put on there. Also is there something to run a swab through the barrel to keep it from rusting? Oh and its a spikes lower a PSA upper, chrome lined 1-7 twist
CLP will protect the barrel just fine, just swab some in there.
If you are storing your rifle in a safe/case/etc/....throwing in a dessicant pack is a good idea.
ok thank you ..and when i get back and shoot it just clean it out with hoppes 9 right? or would it be good to go
or just use clp.
i was told never to put anything other than hopes 9 or a purpose meant barrel solvent in there that is why i asked the question...also i live in a very humid climate where if i touch my 10/22 barrel it will start getting rust in a couple days
CLP as in break free CLP, it is a gun oil as you will find out. If it were me I would clp the rifle then use some rig grease on any metal extiror surface. Wearing gloves as your skin's acids can aslo promote rust. I know some guys that gun
rust stainless by touch alone.
eta dry patching a rifles bore is never a bad idea before shooting said rifle.
yeah thats what i use to clean my guns break-free CLP yeah my 10/22 is a SS barrel and it rusts from my touch as stated before
Originally Posted By 25Chuck:
OP,
Where will you be storing the rifle?
in my bedroom in a soft case. Noone in my house has a gun safe and i dont have the money to go buy one right now just for 2 rifles
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Originally Posted By 25Chuck:
OP,
Where will you be storing the rifle?
in my bedroom in a soft case. Noone in my house has a gun safe and i dont have the money to go buy one right now just for 2 rifles
Ok, just wondering if it was a hard case. From what I've heard some of those closed-cell foam hard cases actually store moisture and can make you gun rust faster. Either way, one of those dessicant packs wouldn't be a bad idea.
Originally Posted By 25Chuck:
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Originally Posted By 25Chuck:
OP,
Where will you be storing the rifle?
in my bedroom in a soft case. Noone in my house has a gun safe and i dont have the money to go buy one right now just for 2 rifles
Ok, just wondering if it was a hard case. From what I've heard some of those closed-cell foam hard cases actually store moisture and can make you gun rust faster. Either way, one of those dessicant packs wouldn't be a bad idea.
yeah i will be tossing a few in there for good measure
Hell if you got the time see if you can get some VCI (Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor) bags.
VCI example
may be able to find some non gun releated ones at places like MSC or McMaster for less.
Originally Posted By Gregory_K:
Hell if you got the time see if you can get some VCI (Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor) bags.
VCI example
may be able to find some non gun releated ones at places like MSC or McMaster for less.
im pretty sure that is the sake kind of bag my 10/22 was in inside the box from the factory...i already have one :)
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Originally Posted By Gregory_K:
Hell if you got the time see if you can get some VCI (Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor) bags.
VCI example
may be able to find some non gun releated ones at places like MSC or McMaster for less.
im pretty sure that is the sake kind of bag my 10/22 was in inside the box from the factory...i already have one :)
the bags have a shelf life once opened.
Originally Posted By Gregory_K:
Originally Posted By ACDCdude953:
Originally Posted By Gregory_K:
Hell if you got the time see if you can get some VCI (Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor) bags.
VCI example
may be able to find some non gun releated ones at places like MSC or McMaster for less.
im pretty sure that is the sake kind of bag my 10/22 was in inside the box from the factory...i already have one :)
the bags have a shelf life once opened.
lol oh ok ...oh well, my dad works c-5 hydrolics or base ill see if he can find somewhere i can buy them around where i live
