Category: gun care
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Handguns are Leading the Firearms Industry – Gun Care POV on Lube and Cleaning Product Demand Nationwide
I have been involved with firearm maintenance for almost three decades, and I can clearly see the trend, which is consistent and unwavering – handgun demand provides the foundation for business in the gun business right now, while long gun markets wain. The AR craze has receded, hunting with firearms continues its slow and steady…
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Triple Action CLP Oil for Treating Firearms Gunmetal
The acronym for Mil-Spec CLP stands for Cleans, Lubes and Protects. Formally known in the military as MIL-L-63460, CLP is an oil-based cleaner, lubricant and protectant for firearms that is supposed to be an all-in-one product, and for the most part it is. Beginning with the original formula issued by the U.S. Army in the…
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Applying Grease to a Glock or other Semiauto Handguns
There are different successful ways to apply gun grease to gunmetal. In this case, semiauto handgun rails. Below is a picture of a tapered tip cotton swab, which is shaped perfectly to place grease deep into the rail groove. If you don’t have Tetra Gun tapered-tipped swabs, you can use regular round tipped swabs, cotton…
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The worst Gun Care Myths spread by Snake Oil Salesmen on the Internet
Assume everyone on an internet message board has an agenda, especially those who write articles with direct links to Amazon web stores. Myth #1: PTFE lubricants turn to deadly toxic fumes The most impactful falsehood that got around well over a decade ago was that PTFE in Mil-Spec CLP caused toxic fumes that killed people,…
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Carbon Cleaner Foaming Bore Spray for Gunmetal
Tetra Gun’s Carbon Cleaner foaming bore aerosol is made to attack carbon fouling embedded under gunmetal surfaces. Just apply with a brush if cotton patches aren’t enough. Spray and let sit for a while, and then clean off. You should be able to lift powder residue right off. This category of product has been used…
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Tetra Gun care Lubricant products for all of your Firearm Maintenance needs
All of the TetraR Gun care lubricant-themed products feature the company’s famous fluoropolymer additive technology, based on the original 1985 synthetic gun lubricant patent, whether it be the well-known white grease, lubricant oil, Triple ActionTM CLP liquid, lubricating wipes or gun spray. Action BlasterTM is the cleaner degreaser aerosol formula that provides the cleaning ability…
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Basic Handgun Care Tips
Clean. Use either a liquid or aerosol type cleaner degreaser to remove carbon fouling and pre-existing solvent residue and lubricant. Polish into gunmetal parts. If you lubricate the bore well, buildup will be much less prevalent, and it can clean out with cotton wipes and alike much easier than if you allow for cleaner residue…
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