Break Free LCP

Do you still use Break Free CLP?

I have a little bottle but have never used it.

Only chemicals I have used for years is
100% Synthetic Motor Oil any brand, Hoppe's
grease, and Hoppe's Foam Bore cleaner.

My cleaning patches are the Round Eye Make-
up remover cotton rounds.

That's it.

Yep …. That and Hoppe's No. 9 is all I use.

I thought the OP had removed the muzzle brake from his LCP.

Sorry, carry on.

After using it for close to 40 years in and with the Army, I firmly believe that there are better products for each of the three functions - clean, lube, preserve. I use 5W-30 synthetic motor oil to lube most of my guns with. If that is inadequate or inappropriate, they get TW-25B.

Yes, I still use Break Free, I have a small bottle of it, someplace.
And I have a small can of 3 in 1 as my back up.

No I use MMO and MMO mixed 50/50 with Hoppes No. 9 and Sweets 7.62 for bad copper fouling..

I use Break Free on AR-pattern rifles, and prefer it over any of the other CLPs on the market. Ballistol is my "CLP" for black powder firearms...moose milk (8:1 ratio of water:Ballistol) for cleaning, and straight for lube and corrosion protection. My other smokeless firearms get a separate cleaner and lube. Preservatives aren't needed on some due to the high-tech finishes, but the blued guns get a generous wipe-down with straight Ballistol.

I was one of about 10 people that was tasked to clean up the motor pool at Camp Shelby before we went home. The previous unit had left several gallons of the GOOD Breakfree that smelled like bananas. 3 gallons went home with me. Still have 2 jugs left, and this was in the early 80's.

black1970 said:

I was one of about 10 people that was tasked to clean up the motor pool at Camp Shelby before we went home. The previous unit had left several gallons of the GOOD Breakfree that smelled like bananas. 3 gallons went home with me. Still have 2 jugs left, and this was in the early 80's.

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Good work.

I've been using Breakfree CLP for the past 10-15 years and will continue to use it until someone convinces me that there is a better product on the market. As they say "it works for me''.

Bayou Boy said:

Do you still use Break Free CLP?

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Yes, I do. On everything but the bore on my precision rifle. Don't need anything else.

I've been using Break Free for many years, I had always fell for all the " new improved whiz bang cleaner " that they'll come out with but after using it for a bit and seeing their faults would always come back to Break Free.
I've learned my lesson and a few years ago I bought a large jug of it so now I don't have a reason to look elsewhere.
edit to say; I still keep some Hoppe's around to clean the lead out of my .22s.

Marvel Mystery oil for wiping down and lubing. Been using it for 40 plus years.

After watching this, I got some SLIP, but still use Mobil 1 and CLP. CLP actually scored quite high in almost all categories.

While folks always discuss what they like and what they've used for however long, it was interesting to see actual data on these products.



Larry

Hoppe's for the bore and Break-Free CLP for everything else. I have plenty of both. Although I'll keep the synthetic 5W-30 in mind as an alternative, if one is needed.

Breakfree CLP and often Hoppes for the bore. Often squirt a Boresnake for the shotgun barrels.

Bayou Boy said:

Do you still use Break Free CLP?

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Do I still?

I remember a time, we used LSA to lube and protect all our Army hardware. I never knew if it worked. It was the only choice we had. I left the service for 7 years, and when I came back, LSA was ancient history, and we were now using Break-Free CLP. One thing I did notice, is using either product on parkerized finishes, they both 'wetted' the surfaces significantly. That would lead me to believe that oil or solvent was finding its way into every possible pore.

Prior to this, all I l'd have used at home is Outers or Hoppes conventional gun oils.

I figured by now, if Break-Free was good enough for the Army, it must be pretty good stuff. I switched to Break-Free, and I had two significant rust episodes on blued guns.

Was it because of the Break-Free, or was it just a coincidence and the guns would have rusted regardless of what they were wiped with?

Went back to conventional gun oil and Hoppe's #9. I do however, use Break-Free or similar combo-snake-oils when doing a quickie cleaning of my mostly stainless firearms. Ain't one rusted.