[drypowder]

On another note, imagine the effect this will have on the gun lube industry as a whole.....

I'd guess, not much.

Some folks will always want to use stuff marketed as gun-specific lube and not simply use motor oil. Take cycling - it is fairly widespread knowledge that most chain lubes are motor oil + mineral spirits, yet people still buy stuff marketed specifically as chain lube. Only a very small % of cyclists are making homebrew chain lube with motor oil and mineral spirits (which, needless to say, is far less expensive).

 

[Wahoo95]

I'd guess, not much.

Some folks will always want to use stuff marketed as gun-specific lube and not simply use motor oil. Take cycling - it is fairly widespread knowledge that most chain lubes are motor oil + mineral spirits, yet people still buy stuff marketed specifically as chain lube. Only a very small % of cyclists are making homebrew chain lube with motor oil and mineral spirits (which, needless to say, is far less expensive).

But I wonder if that has more to do with the fact that most people who participate in many things aren't as informed as others. Those who are informed will save some money while others will continue doing what they always have which is most likely not using Fire Clean.

 

[rantingredneck]

It's also a fabulous personal lubricant. Just sayin.

Yup.....

 

[Butter]

View attachment 116909
Going strong for over 100 years.

And made/imported in NC. I think its owned by a German company(?) but the label says NC. We use it at work extensively. Should have waited to double check the label before posting this. Oh well, its the internet, do your own research.

 

[Guest]

But I wonder if that has more to do with the fact that most people who participate in many things aren't as informed as others. Those who are informed will save some money while others will continue doing what they always have which is most likely not using Fire Clean.

This thread reminds me of this one
http://www.carolinashootersclub.com/threads/mobil-1-lube.199319/

 

[FullBoost21]

I have seen a few posts on this forum questioning oils like mobil one and shell rotella. I have ran rotella in bikes turning over 10,000 rpm, also in 500+ whp turbocharged cars turning 9,500 rpm's, and those turbos get hot. Mobil one is ran in nascar engines, drag cars, many high performance production cars, and tons of daily drivers on the road today with over a quarter million miles, some much more.

Most people wear the guns more by cleaning than actual use.

 

[Tailhunter]

Hey if it works and they came up with it, who cares what it is. Hope they make millions.

 

[Tailhunter]

Most people wear the guns more by cleaning than actual use.

Very true.

 

[GoWolfpack]

Most people wear the guns more by cleaning than actual use.

And yet the internet is still full of people who feel superior because they never put a gun away without cleaning it. Fascinating contradictions.

 

[MikeDawg46L]

I thought it was pretty well known that FireClean was nothing more than natural (read: vegetable) oils with some kind of higher heat tolerance additives. This isn't news.

I picked some up at a gun show when it was not-so-new and have been using it on my ARs and handguns, including one handgun that does not get shot much. It has yet to gum up. I also have some Hoppe's, some Froglube, some other kind of CLP with a number in the name that I can't remember. I shoot quite a lot, and don't mind trying different products. The Fireclean does make cleanup afterwards quick, and so did Froglube, and so did some other CLPs that I tried.

What's the big deal? Anything you buy has tons of markup. Look at contact lenses. They cost THREE EFFING CENTS each to manufacture. But you're paying for research and development (not saying there is tremendous research in gun lubes), advertising, packaging, taxes that the company has to pay, employee salaries, machinery, and oh, let's forget, PROFIT.

Geez, some people sound like whiney liberal biz-nitches. And most of them have their own blog.

 

[Chdamn]

And yet the internet is still full of people who feel superior because they never put a gun away without cleaning it. Fascinating contradictions.

I was raised this way. I blame the Marine Corps. It was further ingrained in me when I was in.

It took significant effort on my part to stop doing it.

 

[Climberman]

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...wsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=2015-09-15&utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletter

The spectral analysis appears to confirm this and shows it is all, or mostly, Canola/Rapeseed

Mmmm rapeseed.......

 

[pinkbunny]

I thought it was pretty well known that FireClean was nothing more than natural (read: vegetable) oils with some kind of higher heat tolerance additives. This isn't news.

I picked some up at a gun show when it was not-so-new and have been using it on my ARs and handguns, including one handgun that does not get shot much. It has yet to gum up. I also have some Hoppe's, some Froglube, some other kind of CLP with a number in the name that I can't remember. I shoot quite a lot, and don't mind trying different products. The Fireclean does make cleanup afterwards quick, and so did Froglube, and so did some other CLPs that I tried.

What's the big deal? Anything you buy has tons of markup. Look at contact lenses. They cost THREE EFFING CENTS each to manufacture. But you're paying for research and development (not saying there is tremendous research in gun lubes), advertising, packaging, taxes that the company has to pay, employee salaries, machinery, and oh, let's forget, PROFIT.

Geez, some people sound like whiney liberal biz-nitches. And most of them have their own blog.

If you've got an issue, here's a tissue. Only person I see whining is you. Most of us find this hilarious.

 

[Tailhunter]

Nah, i see a bunch of bitchy little girls. Jealous cause they didnt think of it.

 

[MikeDawg46L]

If you've got an issue, here's a tissue. Only person I see whining is you. Most of us find this hilarious.

Please enlighten the rest of us here in Internet-Land as to how I am whining.

Please.

I'll wait.

 

[GoWolfpack]

I was raised this way. I blame the Marine Corps. It was further ingrained in me when I was in.

It seems like most people either learned the too-frequent cleaning habit from being in the military or emulating someone who was.
But you're not smug about it. I'm smug about not cleaning my guns. I didn't even clean my pristine model 29-2 except for a quick wipe down to get the fingerprints off.

 

[GoWolfpack]

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...wsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=2015-09-15&utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletter

Mmmm rapeseed.......

-You said rape twice.

-I like rape.

 

[11B CIB]

I was raised this way. I blame the Marine Corps. It was further ingrained in me when I was in.

It took significant effort on my part to stop doing it.

I clean my guns, not necessarily right before I put them away, but soon, because I shoot mostly suppressed and I want to make sure the can doesn't carbon lock onto the brake, no condensation from heating/cooling cycles, etc. I'm not smug about it...it's just how I do it. To each his own, not sure what's wrong with that

 

[cubrock]

I clean my guns, not necessarily right before I put them away, but soon, because I shoot mostly suppressed and I want to make sure the can doesn't carbon lock onto the brake, no condensation from heating/cooling cycles, etc. I'm not smug about it...it's just how I do it. To each his own, not sure what's wrong with that

There are definitely reasons to clean some guns more often than others. Using a suppressor is one of them. I don't think anyone was making fun of that - just the people who have a superiority complex because they clean their guns every time they even think about shooting them, and they let you know it. Often.

I am sometimes just in the mood to clean a gun. However, most of the time I clean them only when they need it. Like you said - to each his own.

 

[Richardb]

I was raised this way. I blame the Marine Corps. It was further ingrained in me when I was in.

It took significant effort on my part to stop doing it.

We all have different results from our military experience. You need to really threaten me to get me to put polish on my shoes. But I am still pretty good about cleaning my guns same day of shooting except for my Glocks, where i might delay for up to a week.