What's your favorite gun oil and solvent? They will be used for cleaning and oiling rifles and shotguns. And also how well does

[M.A.T]

What's your favorite gun oil and solvent? They will be used for cleaning and oiling rifles and shotguns. And also how well does CLP work?

[jhjimbo]

MAT, I have said on here before I use a lot of kerosene when cleaning my guns. The initial bore brush is wet with k-1 and does a excellent job of getting rid of powder fouling. I clean the bolt and trigger assembly (if necessary), with clean k-1. It cleans any crud out and leaves a very thin film of light oil. K-1 will also displace any moisture.
Yes, it does have an odor so I leave my guns out until it evaporates and eventually looses any odor. Hoppies 9 is 75% K-1 plus some other stronger solvents and perfume. I don't use CLP.
Tip: if you have an oil soaked stock, K-1 might cut some of that oil without harming the finish. I have done that on a few rifles and some military surplus rifles that were soaked with heavy oil.
RemOil is a favorite of mine, but I recently am trying another friction reducer called MotorKote. It bonds at the molecular level with steel. I am using it on high pressure areas like mating surfaces on locking lugs, etc. If you want to see a demo of it just google MotorKot and watch the demo video. Very impressive. (yes, I am using it in my vehicles, and no, I do not work for MotorKote). Jim

[DakotaMan]

There are many good solvents out there but here are the ones I've gravitated to over the years:

Hoppes #9 - general cleaning the bore. Good for removing powder residue.

Barnes CR-10 - Cleaning copper fouling. Quickest, cleanest and easiest to remove built up copper periodically to make your barrel spotless.

RemOil - for oiling inside and out.

Flitz Polish - for polishing bolts, stainless parts and removing burn stains on revolver cylinders and removing rust spots/polishing old bluing. Usually on a felt pad with a dremel.

Big 45 Frontier Metal Cleaner for removing crud and rust from metal in conjunction with RemOil or Flitz depending on conditions.

[FirstBubba]

RemOil
Hoppe's
Lucas Gun Oil
WD40
I never apply any lubricant directly on a gun. I put it on a clean cotton rag, apply it to the metal and immediately wipe any excess off with another clean, dry rag.
Bore solvents etc are applied to a patch but never directly from a container to the firearm itself.
Rust (when it does occur) removal is accomplished with 0000 steel wool and WD40.

[austincl]

I like mpro-7 and hoppes