Next question. Gun oil / cleaning barrels

[S2sosmart]

Have a 'semi' unlimited supply of the current army gun oil which from days of old we always cleaned our SLR, SMG, SA80 rifles with.

Is it suitable / advisable to use it for cleaning or maintainance of a modern full bore rifle ?

Just wondering as the MOD is famous for not neccessarily buying the best products

Si

[The Gun Pimp]

Simple answer - no!

But there will be 100s of opinions.......

[ArcofZen]

I choose to follow ole' Hickok45 and use Ballistol...on everything!

Then I go bowling and smoke some pot.

[dromia]

ATF, cheap, and easily available in quantity.

Most firearm lubricants you are paying for a label and a very small bottle.

[Daryll]

Like Arc I use Ballistol normally, but sometimes I'll just grab the nearest bottle... that could be CLP, Youngs, MOD oil, even 3in1...!! I even have a bottle of BSA oil that came with one of my first airguns 40-50 years ago...!!

Any of those will do to lube moving parts... but for preservation in long term storage, Ballistol..

[Rockhopper]

I'd use the army stuff if its free. Failing that I'll be buying Mobil 1 when my current little tin of Parker Hale stuff runs out. I used Ed's Red for cleaning shotguns which mean I don't need oil as well.

[snayperskaya]

I use Ballistol, their Robla-Solo bore cleaner works wonders on copper and the corrosive salts from Berdan primers and it got decades of copper fouling out of both my Mosins, and good old ATF.

[Les]

Another vote for Ballistol here, too.

As Dromia has said, ATF is another excellent lube, too.

[S2sosmart]

The gun pimp

Can I just ask why not ??

Probably go the ballistol route tbh. Good recommendations from you guys and at 'about' a tenner a tin don't think I'll beat that anywhere.

To add to this then. Pull-thru or brushes/rods ??

For either, makes /types as ever, any advice gladly taken.

TIA,

Si

[Alpha1]

Whats ATF. ?
Whats CLP. ?