Lets talk bore protectant
 

What is the absolute best bore protectant for an MZ when you put it in the safe for storage?? Lets say more than a couple of months before it will be shot again. Price is not an issue. So what is the best?? How do you apply it?? Tom.

Any good gun oil after it has been cleaned properly...

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If the gun is not properly cleaned nothing is going to properly protect the bore. If my gun is going to be fired within a few weeks or a few months it gets Rem Oil. Those guns that are more or less in permanent storage get Militec 1.

My guns have been left unattended in their safes for longer than two years at a time when i worked overseas. No gun ever rusted.

Cosmoline :D

Barricade or Montana X-treme Gun Oil

http://www.thegunzone.com/rust.html

Borrowed from a different forum and the poster was Nimrodder. Very interesting read.

Personally for many years I used Sheath aka Barricade. I also used Breakfree CLP. Rem Oil was my short term stand by oil (right on the shelf and easy to reach). Now I have been using the Montana X-treme Gun Oil and that seems to work real well. But remember, my rifles are technically never stored. I shoot them all from time to time.

For many years I have used Bore Butter with no problems at all and they were stored for about 10 months. In the last 2 years I have used Montana XTreme Bore Conditioner and Montana XTreme Gun Oil and they have both worked well. Also as mentioned above, no Oil will do it's job if the barrel is'nt completely clean befor applying and storing.

I use three after testing a bunch of them using little plates of steel and burning black powder and 777 on the plates.
I ended up using Barricade for normal or short term, I use Montana X bore protector on the guns that I use Blackhorn in and Birchwood Casey synthetic oil on the rest.

I normally used Rem-oil. But I just ran out. So I thought I might try something new. It seemed like alot of you guy like the Montana X-Treme. So I went to E-bay to order some. I looked at 900 different auctions, and not a sinlgle bottle of Montana X-treme. Can you believe that!! Tom.

I went back to E-Bay to buy some oil. I ended up buying a 4 oz. bottle of Butch's. I use their bore cleaner, so I hope their oil is pretty good. I could not believe the price variances. One guy was selling the Butch's for $22(including shipping). On the last of 18 pages of gun oil I found it for $9.99(including shipping). Can you believe that difference?? Heck one guy wanted $9.99 for a 1 ounce bottle of Rem-Oil. And another $4 to ship it, for a total of $14 for one ounce. But he did say it was VINTAGE!! :confused0024:

I could not find any barricade on E-bay either. Tom.

I like to buy little things like this on E-Bay. Normally if you look hard enough you can find a good deal. And they do not charge you an arm and a leg(unless you let them) for shipping and handling. The same bottle of Butch's from Midway(by itself) would have cost over $20, and I got it for a total of $9.99. Which is Midway's selling price for the oil only(not including their S&H). Tom.

I guess my $3 8oz. spray cans of "Blaster" PB50 All-Purpose Lubricant from Home Depot are just an embarrassment. :sad:

I couldn't tell ya. There are no Home Depot's around here?? Tom.

It's just being thrifty. A few years ago i bought a whole bunch of Rem Oil and Pro-Tec bore cleaner from a Gibson's store that was going out of business. The prices on that stuff are 50 cents for the Rem Oil and 99 cents for the Pro Tec. Got a lifetime supply of both for around $30.

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After reading most of the posts - I will get in late with a couple.

I do not use Rem Oil in the bore as it contains teflon - use it on the outside a lot but I do not want teflon in the bore.

I started using a product called Slip 2000 a couple of years ago - it is really and excellent bore protectant...

http://www.slip2000.com/allconditionslube.html

Might look at this test also...

http://www.slip2000.com/saltwatertest.html

Then I have also started using Montana Xtreme Bore Conditioner. It is also an excellent product.

http://www.montanaxtreme.com/product...oreConditioner


With both of these products a very little bit goes a very long ways...

the montana xtreme does go a long way as it comes with a little dripper so you dont over oil the patch. Ive still got almost a full can of the oil and conditioner, it doesnt take much.

fluid film- for me. non petroleum and non toxic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxEvlPsGvRA

like SABOTLOADER i really like slip 2000 and use it with all of my inlines.
for my sidelocks i've been using ballistol which also has worked fine for me....karl

I'm a bit surprised no one has yet said Eezox. Great stuff for cleaning and protection.

I use slip 2000 also. Especially on my AR's. However Slip2000 is a lubricant. It is not a rust inhibitor. However I will check the package, because I do not remember then advertising as a rust inhibitor. So I could be wrong about that. But I know for sure that it is touted as a high heat lubricant. Tom.

I stand corrected on Slip 2000. You guys are right about what it does. I thought it was only lubricant, but it is also a rust preventor-and moisture displacer. I could have saved some money. I have about 3/4 of a bottle of it. I did a little research and they even make a variety for BP rifles. Tom.

Clenzoil, without a doubt. Never any rusting problems.