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


  • Gun Parts and Addressing Carbon Fouling on Firearms

    When it comes to handguns, powder residue can be found, to some degree, all over the gunmetal surfaces as well as on polymer and other firearm materials. To ensure for a properly operating piece of hardware, you need to keep key friction points and sliding surfaces as free of debris as possible. Cleaning is fine,…

  • Black Powder Hunters and Bore Cleaning Effectively

    Tetra Gun care offers tried and true cleaners and lubricants for shooters Thompson Center T17 black powder cleaning products, from the bore solvent and pre-saturated patches to the foaming bore solvent aerosol have been around for decades, but they might be off the market now. The Tetra Gun Carbon Cleaner series is the nearly identical…

  • Essential Gun Care Products

    Basic advice for newbies, novices or gun owners who have procrastinated until very recently. Either way, welcome aboard. Before I forget, remember to keep personal safety in mind. Take some Hands-On Lead Removal Wipes to the range so that you can remove powder fouling from your hands before leaving, and definitely before eating. After action…

  • Firearm Maintenance Checklist for Essentials

    Products that are universally used by Handgun, Rifle and Shotgun users Gun Lubricant – gun grease, gun lube or CLP oil, and don’t forget gun spray Gun Cleaner – bore solvent, cleaner degreaser, aerosol spray, copper solvent Gunmetal Finishing Products – cold bluing, blue and rust remover Gun Cleaning Rod – portable / sectional, or…

  • Choosing Best Gun Solvent

    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…

  • NSN Grade Gun Lube Spray

    Really, something better than NSN grade, and superior to military grade Tetra Gun has always been proud of its original Tetra Gun Spray that has been on the market for over 30 years, but with the changes in government regulations and the need for something gentler, a synthetic safe formula was developed. More recently, a…