tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post3502504175015630829..comments2024-03-28T21:12:06.521-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : "FireClean is Vegetable Oil"- the Streisand EffectComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-60284048601731885022016-04-02T23:16:49.074-04:002016-04-02T23:16:49.074-04:00I would hope that you wouldn't leave the gun l...I would hope that you wouldn't leave the gun loaded while you were cleaning it. ;)<br /><br />But yeah, that's the other problem with the stoddard solvent. It's a pretty potent solvent and will carry the oil pretty much everywhere, including into your primers if you load the weapon before the solvent all evaporates. One reason why I stepped up a step to your standard RemOil-class gun oil rather than using WD-40.BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-20931183182139186582016-04-02T23:13:05.226-04:002016-04-02T23:13:05.226-04:00A jug of synthetic motor oil will last a lifetime....A jug of synthetic motor oil will last a lifetime.<br /><br />WD-40 does a good job of killing primers, if you leave the gun loaded.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-20207352919205591882016-04-02T23:01:03.764-04:002016-04-02T23:01:03.764-04:00I buy literally the cheapest gun oil at the sporti...I buy literally the cheapest gun oil at the sporting goods store. Way I figure it, cleaning your weapon after every use is far more important than the oil you use while doing so. WD-40 would probably work just fine, for that matter, though it evaporates a bit faster than I'd like. People say "WD-40 is anti-rust, not an oil!" but it is, in fact, light machine oil, mixed with Stoddard solvent, and that's what most of our weapons were designed to be lubricated with in the first place. The Stoddard solvent serves merely as a transport mechanism (and cleanser, of course).<br /><br />Anybody hawking a high-fallutin' gun oil for literally four times the price of your standard RemOil (and ten times the price of WD-40) is hawking snake oil in the first place IMHO. Finding out that their snake oil is in fact cooking oil? Priceless!<br />BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.com