Another CLP test.
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That dude is dedicated to testing CLP! 
I think this illustrates that it's often best to use different products for different things. For instance I mostly use Ballistol for hosing down guns that are soaking wet from the rain. The Ballistol mixes with the water and turns milky and nothing rusts. But I don't use it on internals of firearms.
Ship2Shore is a fairly new product that I have been using lately for lube/protecting. Once the parts of the firearm are wiped down with this stuff carbon seems to never want to stick to the firearm, and it seems to lube just as well as anything else.
I think this illustrates that it's often best to use different products for different things. For instance I mostly use Ballistol for hosing down guns that are soaking wet from the rain. The Ballistol mixes with the water and turns milky and nothing rusts. But I don't use it on internals of firearms.
Ship2Shore is a fairly new product that I have been using lately for lube/protecting. Once the parts of the firearm are wiped down with this stuff carbon seems to never want to stick to the firearm, and it seems to lube just as well as anything else.
Love me some Project Farm! Neat tests. The wear test is probably massively accelerated and doesn't really reflect field conditions, maybe over the span of decades. But the cleaning and cold weather tests are both neat and relevant to my use cases.
I generally only use Ballistol either after cold-bluing guns (steel wool and Ballistol really evens out the finish and seems to give it a nice foundation of protection) or on new guns I'll pull the barreled action, spray a rag with a bit of Ballistol, then wipe down all the metal surfaces underneath the stock before reassembling.
I generally prefer Hornady One Shot on trigger and bolt pieces, and Wipe Out for cleaning barrels. Once the gun is "ready" in this fashion, I use Hoppe's CLP on a bore snake for break-in and field cleaning and really only use Wipe Out after a session or hunt.
I generally only use Ballistol either after cold-bluing guns (steel wool and Ballistol really evens out the finish and seems to give it a nice foundation of protection) or on new guns I'll pull the barreled action, spray a rag with a bit of Ballistol, then wipe down all the metal surfaces underneath the stock before reassembling.
I generally prefer Hornady One Shot on trigger and bolt pieces, and Wipe Out for cleaning barrels. Once the gun is "ready" in this fashion, I use Hoppe's CLP on a bore snake for break-in and field cleaning and really only use Wipe Out after a session or hunt.
Clean, lubricate and protect.What is CLP?
I suck at acronyms....
