Tag: gunsmithing
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Gun Maintenance Chemical Product Information Guide
Grease, oil, cleaner, solvent, buildup, residue, fouling, lubrication. These are all terms that come up when considering which way to go in conducting firearm maintenance. It can be confusing so here is a little bit of an education on the basics in understand the different types of gun cleaning products and firearm lubes alike. Preventing…
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Tetra Gun Lube & Cleaner Product Highlight Reels
Action Blaster cleaner degreaser aerosol for all purpose gun cleaning. Tetra Gun Action Blaster aerosol cleaner degreaser for removing carbon fouling. Polymer safe. Tetra Gun Copper Solvent for hard bore fouling made in gel state so it stays on your bronze brush while running it thru the barrel. Tetra Gun Copper Solvent best at removing…
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Adventures in Gun Cleaning
I guess the need to inform and educate people will never end. That’s ok. That’s why we are here. A call comes in asking about what to do, or wondering why something happened. Of course, it all begins with following instructions. Maybe that’s why they shouldn’t have insisted on sitting in the back the classroom…
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Gun Cleaning Instructions
Common sense guidance on how to be smart about how to take care of your firearms to ensure performance and protect your hardware properly No matter what you are using, follow these points of advice: If you leave solvent residue, what happens next is on you. By nature, bore solvent is designed to eat residue,…
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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,…
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Home Gun Care Tips
Find a work area with enough space to do what you have to do, and consider the following: A man cave without a good stable table isn’t enough. Give yourself enough workspace. Come up with a work mat or similar material to protect the table underneath. Even disposable kraft paper is an option. Have a…
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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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Gun Care Trouble Shooting Tips for the Most Stubborn and Proud Gun Owners
Gun care can be an issue for someone whose too proud to admit they made a boo boo …