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Essential Gun Lubrication Tips for Handgun Owners
For any semi-automatic pistol, whether it be as straight forward as a Glock or more parts intensive as a Sig Sauer and alike, you still have to take care of the gunmetal, inside and out. None of what I am about to share should be new to an experienced handgun owner, but I know there are many opinions. For grease applications, specifically, the rails are treatment surface number one. After that, the exterior of the barrel, on top and towards the front where the most friction o
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Jul 164 min read


Shotguns Need
Over/under or side-by-side. Pump action or semi-auto. Any caliber. Any barrel length. Any age or condition. All shotgun owners should take care of their guns by cleaning and lubricating with tender loving care. Clay, skeet and trap shooters, along with hunters in the field take notice. Your shotguns deserve proper firearm maintenance. It's a worth investment of time. Any caliber. Even if they remain in long term storage in your safe. Shotgun maintenance products like carbon c
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May 51 min read
Gun Care Basics for all Firearms
With 40 years in firearm maintenance , Tetra Gun provides good advice, and their products deliver even better results for sport shooters, whether it be for handguns, rifles or shotguns. On a handgun , you want to clean and lubricate the most critical gunmetal surfaces first and foremost, namely: slide, rails, inside and outside the barrel but especially an oil treatment in the bore, and grease for those other parts. For a rifle , rimfire or centerfire, hunting rifle or a comp
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Dec 18, 20252 min read


Gun Solvent Residue equals Trouble
Gun Solvents and Gun Lubes don't mix, so be careful how you use them When your gun jams, or if there's a failure to eject spent rounds, or it just feels sticky, the culprit is usually solvent residue. Don't blame it on the lube (usually) when it comes to accumulation within the bolt assembly, in the trigger or the slide, recoil surfaces and the rails - the obviously critical moving parts. Do not generalize gun cleaner, gun greases and gun oils - they aren't even close to bein
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Dec 5, 20253 min read
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