As many of my students can tell you I am a real stickler for keeping your weapons lubricated. This in fact remains the biggest problem I see from class to class, regardless if the students are Mil, LE or civilian.
Over the years I have used a variety of lubes; some good, some bad, some mediocre. I now use one that actually exceeds the advertisers claims- Fireclean. It in fact gets the LAV seal of approval. Fireclean bonds with the metal in your firearm, filling in the pores of the metal to keep carbon from bonding and making the gun easier to clean. Most importantly to me it still reduces friction during firing even when all visible lubricant is gone. This is another by product of Fireclean bonding with the moving parts in your weapon.
Finally we have a lube that is very forgiving and actually has positive attributes beyond just reducing friction when applied in abundance. Try it as per the instructions on the bottle and my guess is you will be convinced of its advantages also.
-Larry Vickers
Vickers Tactical Inc.
Host of TacTV
Larry Vickers of Vickers Tactical in a retired US Army 1st SFOD-Delta combat veteran with years of experience in the firearms industry as a combat marksmanship instructor and industry consultant. In recent years he has hosted tactical firearms related TV shows on the Sportsman Channel with the latest being TacTV of which Bravo Company is a presenting sponsor.Larry Vickers special operations background is one of the most unique in the industry today; he has been directly or indirectly involved in the some of the most significant special operations missions of the last quarter century. During Operation Just Cause he participated in Operation Acid Gambit – the rescue of Kurt Muse from Modelo Prison in Panama City, Panama. As a tactics and marksmanship instructor on active duty he helped train special operations personnel that later captured Saddam Hussein and eliminated his sons Uday and Qusay Hussein. In addition he was directly involved in the design and development of the HK416 for Tier One SOF use which was used by Naval Special Warfare personnel to kill Osama Bin Laden. Larry Vickers has developed various small arms accessories with the most notable being his signature sling manufactured by Blue Force Gear and Glock accessories made by Tangodown. In addition he has maintained strong relationships with premium companies within the tactical firearms industry such as BCM, Aimpoint, Black Hills Ammunition, Wilson Combat and Schmidt & Bender.
Larry Vickers travels the country conducting combat marksmanship classes for law abiding civilians, law enforcement and military and has partnered with Alias Training to coordinate classes to best meet the needs of the students attending the class.
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I first started messing with different weapon lubes because of one of your articles Larry. Too bad fireclean isnt one of them because I cant justify going out and buying when I have so many others that meet my needs still sitting around. To this day, I have instructors from my agency telling me I have too much lube on my gun. I always tell them about Larry Vickers says a gun will run dirty and wet before it will run dirty and dry. They just say its too much and go about their business. I have since tried frog lube on my agency guns since it seems to be similar to how you describe fireclean. Perhaps it will shut them up about too much lube.
Bman
Email me at my website email address so we can discuss
Be safe
LAV