WD40 - gun friendly?

Yay CLP!

WD40 works. Sure it does. The CZ 858 handbook even says to use it. But man, does it ever stink when you open up your case or safe after a while of storing your WD40'd guns.

Gotta go with the Sarge on this one.
 
Stink...!:confused:
What'er talking 'bout....
That's the smell of 'looked after guns'....
That, and the smell of 'Breakfree', are the "Two Most Associated Smell" with finely kept firearms....'recommended by soldiers throughout the free world':)

But man, I forgot how much BF stings when you get it in the open cuts associated with stripping Norcs...:eek:
 
grayrc said:
"...does anyone know which 'break-free' product would have been the one we were using for cleaning our FN's back in the 80's (military use)..."
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CLP was first developed in the early '70s and was trialed and put into use by the U.S. military by the end of the decade.

The first time I encountered CLP in the Canadian military (I was in the Reg Force from the late '70s until the late '90s) was with the introduction of the C7. I recall it quite clearly, because I remember them making such a big deal out of this 'new' all-singing/all-dancing/teflon-laced product during our C7 conversion training (which I believe I took in 1991).

Up until that time, I don't recall our having used anything but regular gun oil and elbow grease on our issued smallarms.
 
teclaydon said:
Up until that time, I don't recall our having used anything but regular gun oil and elbow grease on our issued smallarms.
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Hot water for the barrel and then Varsol and motor oil, for big guns and little!!
 
teclaydon said:
CLP was first developed in the early '70s and was trialed and put into use by the U.S. military by the end of the decade.

The first time I encountered CLP in the Canadian military (I was in the Reg Force from the late '70s until the late '90s) was with the introduction of the C7. I recall it quite clearly, because I remember them making such a big deal out of this 'new' all-singing/all-dancing/teflon-laced product during our C7 conversion training (which I believe I took in 1991).

Up until that time, I don't recall our having used anything but regular gun oil and elbow grease on our issued smallarms.
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'88-'89, for the Cyprus rotation...back when this 'Black Gun' was all new to the Forces.....
Nothin' like Lynx drivers havin' to pack full size C7's, 'cause they ain't 'Armour Crewmen'.

BF CLP will NOT reduce heavy fouling in the gas mech due to extened use of blank ammo- I deployed w/ a weapon incapable of full auto, and only marginally capable of semi fire. Needed to run the metal mags (illegal, even then...) to get consistant feed out of the pig, and was still the master of 'immediate action' drills for the gun...:runaway:

Fell in love w/ the Breakfree though.... great after a hose down w/ WD 40...:dancingbanana:
 
wd 40 works great ,but then it drys out and causes gun to seize up somewhat,use it then lose it ,good cleaner ,use oil afterwards to prevent drying up
 
Wd40

WD-40 stands for "Water Displacement, 40th attempt", a name which came from Larsen's laboratory notebook. Larsen was attempting to concoct a formula to prevent corrosion by displacing water, and arrived at the formula on his 40th try.[1] A common myth is that "WD" stands for "war department".

It was first used by Convair to protect the outer skin of the Atlas missile from rust and corrosion. The product first became commercially available on store shelves in San Diego in 1958.


(stolen from wikipedia.com)

My grandpa used to love it for cleaning out his garand. But chemicals and synthetic lubes have come along way in 50 years. just ask your mechanic :)
 
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