Can I clean and lube my pistols with Hoppe's 9

Balistol is great, and can be used as lubricant in a pinch.

I've got a bottle of CLP that I use for cleaning and then I have a small bottle of bore solvent if I want to clean that. Lastly, a couple of drops of gun oil for lubrication. All the same brand as far as I recall.
 
100 rounds a week? You know that some people shoot a thousand or more a week right? This week I'm at 1200, tonight (Saturday was 360 rounds alone). And I run a similar lube and clean schedule with my Shadows, although I do lube a bit more, maybe every 4000 rounds, 5000 maybe. Clean it around 12,000-15,000 rounds or if I'm bored 10,000. It's really not a big deal.
 
gnmontey said:
Hoppe's 9 is not a lubricant!
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colinjw said:
This.
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Northern Amateur said:
As stated, Hoppe's #9 is a solvent.
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Butcherbill said:
Clean with Hoppes9 solvent then lube with Hoppes9 gun oil.
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"Tylenol" used to be acetaminophen. Most people think of "Tylenol" as acetaminophen. In fact, 'Tylenol' was such a recognized brand that - for marketing purposes - 'Tylenol' isn't (necessarily) just acetaminophen anymore.

Similarly, "Hoppes Number 9" used to be power solvent. Most people think of "Hoppes Number 9" as a powder solvent. In fact, as Butcherbill has alluded, 'Hoppes 9' was such a recognized brand that - for marketing purposes - 'Hoppes 9' has been applied to the powder solvent, the copper solvent, and to the gun oil.
 
Some guns love lots of oil others like a light oiling then to be wiped down. You will have to learn. My shadow one is a oil loving hog. As the groups open I apply generous oil to tighten then up... counterintuitive but that's how that gun seems to like it. On the opposite my semi shotgun if I could the bolt and pin twice malfunctions can occur such as light strikes and 1x a discharge of the shotgun by closing the action. Get to know your gun. I learned that my semi oil or not isan unreliable piece of sh$$.

Hopes or solvent on patch or Qtip clean thoroughly
Dry patch then oil patch

Depending on the gun even a wet patch h20 to neutralize any solvent followed by air compressor to dry is fine. Don't do this in your Norinco but have no fear in your SKS or Mosin...i honestly clean them with the hose in the summer.
 
Still alive said:
Good way to keep my wife from my car! She hates the smell of Hoppes! She starts sneezing and bans me from the bedroom!
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Mine too. She can smell it on me and then asks if I have been playing with my toys.

I personally like the smell. Ballistol, not so much.
 
gdawg said:
Mine too. She can smell it on me and then asks if I have been playing with my toys.

I personally like the smell. Ballistol, not so much.
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So that’s why you want the Hoppes car air freshener! LOL!
My wife must have a cold as I have Hoppes and G96 on my pants, from cleaning yesterday, in the bedroom right now and she didn’t say anything!
 
Still alive said:
So that’s why you want the Hoppes car air freshener! LOL!
My wife must have a cold as I have Hoppes and G96 on my pants, from cleaning yesterday, in the bedroom right now and she didn’t say anything!
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I need all the help i can get, lol.

Well, looks like they are either sold out or folks won't ship to Canada. The perfect x-mas idea for nutters mates, dashed.
 
maxman1 said:
What about Tetra grease?
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Greases and very heavy oils will usually be OK in warm weather and do a good job of staying on the gun and lubricating but some of them really thicken up when it gets cold to the point where moving parts will barely function. I tried FrogLube a couple years ago and it was OK in the summer but when I started shooting in a cold indoor range in the winter it thickened up so much that the slide on my 1911 was moving in slow motion (and not chambering or ejecting rounds).
 
To get back on topic again (sorry for derailing with the air freshener thing, me bad).

I have been using CLP for 5+ years or more now. Seems to do the job (Clean, Lubricate and Protect) and interesting enough does not appear to evaporate all that quickly.

A little goes a long way. Got at gallon jug of the stuff (Brownels branded) which will probably last me to my grave.

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maxman1 said:
Does anyone just use axle grease?
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Sometimes. I like to put a VERY thin coat of chassis grease on anything that slides (pistol slides, bolt raceways, etc.) and a light coating oil (Hopped, Outters, G96, or WHY) ON anything that pivots (pins and the like). Usually use G96 as a general metal protectant... am I doing it wrong? Probably. By my count so far there are 322 ways to skin a cat.
 
ny personal opinion, CLPs are junk. Jack of all trades, master of none. Use dedicated products for your various needs.
 
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