Question about lubrication for CCP - Page 2

FITASC · October 27, 2016, 02:12 PM

I like Shooter's Choice, among others. I am not a fan of a one thing does it all well, like any CLP. Use a cleaning agent of your choice and the lubricant of your choice afterwards and apply as the manual states. Listen to the folks who made the gun, not all of the experts on the Net.

benEzra · October 27, 2016, 05:48 PM

The Aberdeen dust tests found that heavy lubrication greatly improved the M4's reliability in very dusty conditions (in terms of mean rounds between failures) compared to light lubrication. The M4 isn't a pistol, but that's one data point.

Personally, I'd rather err on the side of lubricating too much than too little; you can always cycle the slide several times and wipe off the excess. I just keep it out of the chamber and magazine well to avoid any concerns about oil and primers.

I have two main beefs with CLP as a lubricant for a carry gun, though. First, it smells strongly, and a CCW heavily lubricated with CLP will make you smell like you used CLP for cologne. Second, CLP is a combination product, designed to simplify military logistics by replacing bore cleaner, lubricant, and preservative with one compromise do-all mixture. The lubrication abilities of CLP are compromised *a little* by the need for it to simultaneously be a low-viscosity cleaner, and I think a straight-up synthetic lubricant is a more effective lubricant than a combination cleaning solvent and lube.

October 27, 2016, 02:12 PM	#26
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	I like Shooter's Choice, among others. I am not a fan of a one thing does it all well, like any CLP. Use a cleaning agent of your choice and the lubricant of your choice afterwards and apply as the manual states. Listen to the folks who made the gun, not all of the experts on the Net. __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

October 27, 2016, 05:48 PM	#27
benEzra Senior Member Join Date: December 24, 2001 Location: Down East in NC Posts: 220	The Aberdeen dust tests found that heavy lubrication greatly improved the M4's reliability in very dusty conditions (in terms of mean rounds between failures) compared to light lubrication. The M4 isn't a pistol, but that's one data point. Personally, I'd rather err on the side of lubricating too much than too little; you can always cycle the slide several times and wipe off the excess. I just keep it out of the chamber and magazine well to avoid any concerns about oil and primers. I have two main beefs with CLP as a lubricant for a carry gun, though. First, it smells strongly, and a CCW heavily lubricated with CLP will make you smell like you used CLP for cologne. Second, CLP is a combination product, designed to simplify military logistics by replacing bore cleaner, lubricant, and preservative with one compromise do-all mixture. The lubrication abilities of CLP are compromised a little by the need for it to simultaneously be a low-viscosity cleaner, and I think a straight-up synthetic lubricant is a more effective lubricant than a combination cleaning solvent and lube. Last edited by benEzra; October 27, 2016 at 05:53 PM.