Tag: firearm maintenance
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Compare Gun Cleaning Products to get Better Results
Competitors are not equal. Performance matters just like the hardware. I hear countless times how “I tried this,” or “I used that,” but in the end, the gun owner was let down by a not so wonderful product. So, think differently if “pretty good” or “it was ok I guess” isn’t want you want. On…
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Gun Care Bag Wishlist
Thinking about range bags that include or are focused on being inclusive of gun care products, what the sport shooter wants is what counts. The question is, how significant are firearm maintenance products. You certainly don’t want to take up too much room. In a gun range bag, you have your eyes and ears (eye…
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Gun Care Guide Checklist
Lubricants are categorized under grease, oil, semi-fluid, clp (cleaner, lubricant protectant) and sometimes given special niche identifiers like anti-seize lubricant. In an aerosol format, gun lube is often referred to as gun spray. Cleaners are available as water-based cleaners including for use in ultrasonic cleaner machines and alike, or under more traditional names like copper…
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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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Grease vs. Oil etc.
Right off the bat, you have to understand that grease is not grease, and oil is not oil. Too often, people categorize and make assumptions, as if it can all be substituted without consequence. To some extent, everything works to some degree, but for those seeking a real performance difference, a $3.99 tube of grease…
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Gun Care the right way
Beginning with the invention of the firearm industry’s first synthetic lubricant and gun grease formulas in the 1980s, Tetra Gun has been at the forefront of the industry based on its technical expertise and scientific know-how. And, unlike many of the brands that you might know and use today, very few are actually engineered or…
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