Category: gun care
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Using Bore Cleaning Accessories
Apply gun cleaning solvent to metal gun parts, especially inside the bore. Cotton patches are a highly absorbent carrier material for gun cleaner and are most commonly used when loaded onto a brass patch holder for swabbing the inside of a gun barrel with a cleaning rod. Use a phosphor bronze brush to scrub carbon…
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Anatomy of a Universal Gun Cleaning Kit
A photo-by-photo review of common maintenance components found in better gun cleaning kits to make firearm maintenance a succesful venture. Firearm enthusiasts purchase gun cleaning kits every day, but it is almost as common for many of those gun owner to get home and wonder what some of the items inside are for, so we…
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Best Gun Cleaning Mat
Clean and lube firearms in an organized fashion with Tetra Gun care’s new gun cleaning mat. When you disassembly a firearm like a handgun, for example, you don’t want to lose track of any gun parts, not to mention cleaning accessories like lube oil, cleaner, patches, brushes, swabs, bore rope, etc. This gun cleaning mat…
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Best ways to use Bore Rope to Clean and Lube Firearms
The bore snake concept has been around for many decades now, and the basic idea is sound. By applying contact in the bore while carrying gun solvent or gun oil from the breech and out the muzzle end. You don’t want to drive fouling residue back into the action. That would be counterproductive. Since bore…
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Brushes, Mops & Jags
The brass patch holder holds round or square cotton patch fit to the right-sized caliber bore. You know this when there is enough contact inside the barrel when you have enough resistance, which helps you best remove carbon fouling. Lesser patch holders like plastic will not hold up as long. A bronze brush with a…
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Prosmith Cotton Patches for all Firearms Cleaning with Patch Holders and Wiping
Tetra Gun Prosmith Square Cotton Patches in bulk bag quantities in various sizes to cover every caliber you can think of for the professional gunsmith or volume gun collector: 3/4″ is for .17-.22 cal. (1400 ct.) 1″ is for .22-.270 cal. (1400 ct.) 1 1/2″ is for 6mm-30 cal. (1200 ct.) 1 3/4″ is for 7mm/27-38…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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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