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Posted: 9/3/2009 12:11:48 PM EDT
So what do you guys like to use when you're cleaning your AR's? I've just finished building my 1st AR-15 and all I have around the house is some Hoppes. I'm sure there are better products that I could be using. So what do you guys like? Thanks for the input!!
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Hoppies #9 is all i ever used to use. It stinks up the basement though so I started trying different solvents. I really like Mpro-7. It cuts the fouling really well, is non-toxic, and doesn't have the "stink" factor that pisses off the wife.
I also tried Slip 2000 degreaser (i think that's it). It's the green looking solvent that smells a bit like citrus. It's quite abit more agressive then the Mpro-7 and really dries out the metal. It definatily is taking all the oil and gunk with it. I use it just on my internal ar parts. It works slightly better then mpro-7 but you have to be more careful with it. For the ar, the slip gets the nod. I also shoot garands, M1a's and other rifles so the Mpro-7 is agressive enough to clean well and is easier on the finish so it's the winner in my overall informal tests. The slip product took the finish off the op rod of my AK. Melted it right away.  Mpro-7 didn't do that.
Try some of the mpro-7. I'll bet you'll like it. |
| Carb-out is my favorite but I swear this stuff is gonna give me cancer. Nasty volatile organic compounds at work but it sure does remove carbon which is all I care about. |
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Quib's Magic Mixture FTW.
A mix of Odorless Mineral Spirits (found at any Wally World, Home Depot, or Lowes) and CLP. Soak your BCG and other small parts in the mixture while you tend to other needs. I used a pint mason jar with approx 50ml of CLP and topped the whole thing off with OMS. |
| I prefer Mpro-7 or the almost identical Hoppes Elite. Very good on carbon and they don't stink up my apartment. For blasting out the big chunks I'll step outside and use some non-chlorinated brake cleaner. Occasionally I'll use something like Hoppes copper solvent. I also often use the Break Free foaming bore cleaner for the bores of my rifles and pistols, then follow up with the Mpro-7 or Hoppes Elite to remove any carbon that was missed. |
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Hoppies #9 is all i ever used to use. It stinks up the basement though so I started trying different solvents. I really like Mpro-7. It cuts the fouling really well, is non-toxic, and doesn't have the "stink" factor that pisses off the wife. I also tried Slip 2000 degreaser (i think that's it). It's the green looking solvent that smells a bit like citrus. It's quite abit more agressive then the Mpro-7 and really dries out the metal. It definatily is taking all the oil and gunk with it. I use it just on my internal ar parts. It works slightly better then mpro-7 but you have to be more careful with it. For the ar, the slip gets the nod. I also shoot garands, M1a's and other rifles so the Mpro-7 is agressive enough to clean well and is easier on the finish so it's the winner in my overall informal tests. The slip product took the finish off the op rod of my AK. Melted it right away. Mpro-7 didn't do that.
Try some of the mpro-7. I'll bet you'll like it. I believe it is carbon killer http://www.slip2000.com/carbonkiller.html Their degreaser is red. |
| I clean with Rem oil and lube with one of the popular choices. Actually to be honest I am now using Lucas brand gun oil. They have been making auto lubricants for years but just startetd marketing some of their stuff for guns. Seems like really good stuff to me. |
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