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    Hoppe No 9, the best perfume for men!

    Oil? Any oil you can find. As long as you regularly lubricate the pistol, it should be fine. Gunbutter used to be a very good oil, but I am not sure you can find it these days.
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    I use CLP as a cleaner, and then run the solvent out with Birchwood Casey Gun Scrubber. I use a toothbrush and Q-Tips to get inside tight spaces. I then lube with Mobil 1 motor oil. I relube every two weeks or so to keep the weapon well lubricated. Cleaning takes maybe 20 minutes, re-oiling is a 3 minute procedure at best.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John View Post
    Hoppe No 9, the best perfume for men!

    Oil? Any oil you can find. As long as you regularly lubricate the pistol, it should be fine. Gunbutter used to be a very good oil, but I am not sure you can find it these days.
    Except of course "peanut oil". I said this because we had a customer at the range I used to work part time his Walther PPK .380 keeps malfunctioning. We asked, because it's way too gummed up, what oil he used. He said peanut oil.

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    I use hoppe's elite cleaner. I still use hoppe's #9 and or CLP to clean the barrel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ric4509 View Post
    Except of course "peanut oil". I said this because we had a customer at the range I used to work part time his Walther PPK .380 keeps malfunctioning. We asked, because it's way too gummed up, what oil he used. He said peanut oil.


    I should have clarified that, I guess. Let me rephrase: any kind of gun oil, motor oil but not food oil !!! Olive oil is fine for your salad or food, but I am not sure how good it is for your guns! LoRL
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