Firearms Maintenance expertise and recommendations for the firearms user community, from step-by-step directions to just sharing years of experience.

Presented by Tetra Gun care, global experts on firearm maintenance technology as the original inventors of synthetic fluoropolymer lubricant protectant products in the 1980s which has grown to the shooting industry’s largest portfolio of gun cleaning, firearm lubricant and metal treatment products for all types of guns and accessories: handguns, rifles & shotguns.


  • Cleaning and Lube Tips for Maintaining an AR15 Carbine

    Field strip the AR-15 especially the bolt carrier assembly. Use an effective carbon cleaner and soak if needed, followed up by using a bronze brush to scrub the accumulated powder off the gunmetal surfaces. NOTE: Make sure these AR parts are on your cleaning checklist: NEXT: Clean out the chamber with the specifically designed chamber…

  • Avoid Military Surplus Grease for regular Firearm Maintenance use

    I have been seeing posts and other promotions strangely appearing on the internet as if Ai knows best when it comes to gun care if not firearm storage. Cosmoline and other mothballing greases used in WWI, WWII and the Korean War are somehow a good idea. They are not. They existed during your granddad’s era…

  • Bio-Based Gun Lube and Gun Cleaner Products

    Tetra Gun offers the firearm industry’s most comprehensive portfolio of gun cleaning chemicals as the company looks forward to contributing to the trend of gun owners transitioning to more environmentally safe lube and solvent materials if wherever possible. Here are some of those options: Suppressor cleaner 7 oz. spray for all silencers. Industry best formula.…

  • Firearm Accessories, including …

    Mag extension. Custom buttstock. New sling design. Optics innovation, low light or otherwise. A new twist in frangible ammo. And a handgun maker that just came up with a hot new pimped-out finish. All of that is nice but don’t overlook the most fundamentally essential firearm accessory. Firearm lube and gun cleaning products are like…

  • Understanding the difference between Gun Lube vs. CLP

    For those who care to learn, it really is about understanding the Science. The difference between a gun lube (LP) and a cleaner, lubricant and protectant (CLP) comes down to chemical engineering design. LP vs. CLP gun oil applied to gun metal offers two ways to arrive at similar results. Grease type lubricant is usually…

  • Firearm Maintenance Thoughts

    Revolvers need carbon cleared from chambers among other surfaces, of course. Semi-automatic pistols have many lubrication points after cleaning, including specifically applying grease on rails, slide, connector and barrel hood. Cleaning and lubing springs is an often-overlooked good idea. It should be obvious that a semi-auto handgun is more complex and intricate than the revolver…

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