I build about 2 ARs per month from scratch. No matter what the parts are I clean EVERY part with Hopps #9 Semi-Auto solvent and then I apply Miltec1. The instructions for new weapons are to apply, heat, re-apply and re-heat. I use a torpedo heater in the garage and it usually takes about 5 minutes each heating to get it up to temperature. It takes me about 4 hours total to go from a box of parts to a complete rifle. I have a rifle that i refuse to clean until it fails and I have about 1200 malfunction free rounds through it without adding a drop of oil. I also use this lube on all of my other guns. I don't believe in a quick cleaning because I like my guns looking brand new as long as they can and I am also very hard on some of my pistols and I can't afford to be replacing parts. I have been using Miltec1 since 2001 when they handed it out in my NRA instructor school. It sat in my cleaning kit until I ran out of Break Free and I never looked back. You can wipe a dirty weapon clean in the middle of a class and it will run like you just cleaned it! No lie!
ETA: I apply it to our department shotguns and no matter how much I apply it, because of the heat, cold and moisture in the vehicles, I still get a little surface rust on the parkerized parts. The inside stays top notch.
Last edited by CoryCop25; 10-16-09 at 15:27.
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