Cleaning / Lubricating Desert Eagel .50AE

maguirre · April 6, 2011, 12:40 PM

Hi all,

What do you guys recommend to use on my DE to clean and lubricate. I understand that the gun needs to be oiled after being cleaned from time to time.
My DE is in brushed chrome finish.

Thanks,

maguirre

precision_shooter · April 6, 2011, 12:53 PM

I always just used Hoppes for cleaning the barrel, then CLP for other cleaning and lubrication. My DE in .357 Magnum worked perfectly every time as a result...

engineermike · April 6, 2011, 06:42 PM

I find Eezox and Royal Purple work well as lubes and both seem to keep my gun cleaner longer. Hoppes will clean anything.

seed · April 6, 2011, 07:55 PM

Weapons Shield. Whatever you use, run your DE wet...and then clean it well afterwards. Reliability of the DE often depends on you doing these things.

ClydeFrog · April 7, 2011, 12:05 AM

This topic pops up often on firearm forums.

In short, I'd read over the Desert Eagle/Kahr owner's manual.
I like using a high quality CLP(clean lube protect) product like Gunzilla, Eezox, Weaponshield, or Mpro7/LPX.
The German cleaner/gun oil Ballistol is very useful too.
A bore cleaning agent like good ole Hoppes #9, Sweets, Butch's Bore Solvent, 7.62 is good for barrels.
See www.Brownells.com www.Eezox.com www.Gunzilla.us www.mpro7.com www.Midway-USA.com .

Birchwood-Casey's excellent Synthetic Gun Cleaner may help also.

ClydeFrog

April 6, 2011, 12:40 PM	#1
maguirre Junior Member Join Date: April 6, 2011 Location: New York City Posts: 1	Cleaning / Lubricating Desert Eagel .50AE Hi all, What do you guys recommend to use on my DE to clean and lubricate. I understand that the gun needs to be oiled after being cleaned from time to time. My DE is in brushed chrome finish. Thanks, maguirre

April 7, 2011, 12:05 AM	#5
ClydeFrog Junior member Join Date: May 1, 2010 Posts: 5,797	My 2 bits... This topic pops up often on firearm forums. In short, I'd read over the Desert Eagle/Kahr owner's manual. I like using a high quality CLP(clean lube protect) product like Gunzilla, Eezox, Weaponshield, or Mpro7/LPX. The German cleaner/gun oil Ballistol is very useful too. A bore cleaning agent like good ole Hoppes #9, Sweets, Butch's Bore Solvent, 7.62 is good for barrels. See www.Brownells.com www.Eezox.com www.Gunzilla.us www.mpro7.com www.Midway-USA.com . Birchwood-Casey's excellent Synthetic Gun Cleaner may help also. ClydeFrog

April 6, 2011, 12:53 PM	#2
precision_shooter Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: DFW, Texas Posts: 2,475	I always just used Hoppes for cleaning the barrel, then CLP for other cleaning and lubrication. My DE in .357 Magnum worked perfectly every time as a result...

April 6, 2011, 06:42 PM	#3
engineermike Junior member Join Date: March 14, 2010 Location: Oklahaoma City Posts: 538	I find Eezox and Royal Purple work well as lubes and both seem to keep my gun cleaner longer. Hoppes will clean anything.

April 6, 2011, 07:55 PM	#4
seed Senior Member Join Date: September 9, 2004 Posts: 411	Weapons Shield. Whatever you use, run your DE wet...and then clean it well afterwards. Reliability of the DE often depends on you doing these things.