Cleaning is the first step in maintaining a firearm to operate reliably

Traditional bore solvent, in name, is an aggressive material that will dissolve or at least remove powder fouling and hard fouling like copper residue from gunmetal. Sometimes, active shooters will refer to this phenomenon as burn or crud that can potentially freeze up critical gun parts, derived from a combination of carbon fouling, solvent residue and heat, and accentuated by accumulation over time.

A copper solvent, usually featuring ammonia as a key ingredient, will tackle hard buildup. Other kinds of solvents will perform similarly but more so for removing powder fouling in the bore. Sometimes that comes in an aerosol form.

The chemistry of solvents, as it relates interactions with different lubricant formulas if not cross contamination with other solvents applied to the same surfaces, can create unknown results – usually malevolent towards your guns – and contributing to slowing down if not completely preventing the action of the gun parts. Seems logical, right?

If you can stick to one family of products, and clean effectively and follow that up with a quality gun lube, you should be in good shape. Better still, using a low-residue cleaner would make more sense if it works. Certainly, gunmetal will perform better with minimal interference. Finely-precisioned gunmetal parts work optimally if the surfaces are pre-lubricated with gun oil, gun grease or CLP formulas if used properly.

Many gun owners don’t practice as prescribed above, and usually get aggravated when they discover bad results, such as:

• The gun freezes
• The gun jams
• The firearm in not operating smoothly
• Buildup is a consistent problem
• Functionality is unreliable
• The gun is “dirty” and never seems to get clean
• There is visibly peppered rust
• There is gunmetal scarring
• There is visible gunmetal discoloring
• Your friends who know better make fun of you

The above is often true, especially among long gun users, but this applies to all firearms – shotguns, rifles, handguns – and it can improve quickly if your gun care practices change.

This is all about what I for a long time have called maintain a gun in fire-ready condition. It is important to ensure your satisfaction, if not your safety.

Tetra Gun offers a variety of gun cleaner / bore solvent choices, including the Copper Solvent, Action Blaster cleaner degreaser aerosol, Carbon Cleaner formula and finally the water-based cleaner degreaser for light duty, low residue scenarios which is ideal for well maintained pistols.

There are choices and it can be a little complicated but implementing a good cleaning regiment combined with and followed-up with a quality bore conditioning with the Tetra Gun family of fluoropolymer lubricants will get you where you want to be. Tetra’s 40 years of success is proof enough.

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