BREAK FREE

[paddle]

DOES ANYBODY USE BREAK FREE FOR CLEANING THERE RIFLE. IT SEEMS WHEN MY PATCHES COME OUT CLEAN, IF I USE THE BRUSH AGAIN THE FIRST FEW PATCHES COME OUT BLACK. IS THIS NORMAL OR SHOULD I KEEP CLEANING WITH THE BRUSH UNTIL THE FIRST PATCH COMES OUT ALMOST NO BLACK SHOWING ON IT, NEW RIFLE BREAKING IT IN.THANKS FOR ANY INFO.

[Roskoe]

Break Free is a great light oil - good as a preservative inside the bore and out, but not so much as a cleaner. There are a lot of better products. I use Shooter's Choice as an all-around cleaner, and Sweet's 7.62 as a more agressive bore cleaner - only when necessary. Butch's is also a pretty good bore cleaner that a lot of shooters speak highly of, but that I have not personally tried except in a muzzle loader.

[paddle]

thank you for your knowledge and help and i hope your hollidays are great!

[700bdl870exp]

i agree roskoe i use shooters choice in all my guns.

[Briman]

Breakfree CLP- Cleans, lubricates, protects- does all three except none of them very well, with the exception of lubrication.

Better off using something made for cleaning- Hoppes No 9, Hoppes Elite, Outers Bore foam, Butches, Sweets, etc
Better off using a real protectant- besides grgeases like cosmoline or RIG, the best I've found is Birchwood Casey SHeath.

CLP works pretty good as a lube, but then again so does Mobil 1 motor oil and is cheaper to boot.

[Roskoe]

Another thing about using Break Free as a rifle bore cleaner - if you fire the rifle without using some sort of solvent to get rid of all the break free oil in the barrel first, the gun will usually shoot poorly for four or five shots - and may show signs of high pressure as well.

[paddle]

THANKS TO ALL FOR THE INFO! HAPPY HOLLIDAYS!

[A.D.D. BOY]

Use hoppess. I think i spelled it right.

[James B]

I use Breakfree to lube all of my auto pisto;s and have since it came out.

[Deleted User]

[Deleted by Admins]