umm wd40 isn't really a lube/protectant its more in the category of stripper type substance.
the armory, we ran experiments, what else do you have to do with 200 m16a4s. gunzilla and militec both outperformed it by a large margin.
history, you ever read about the m16s in vietnam?
Yes--And you trying to link them to using CLP on a 1911 causes me to have doubts that you have. M16's failed because of two reasons--first, the rounds were not loaded with the clean burning powder they were designed for, but a cheaper, dirtier powder. And second, because troops were told that they didn't need to clean the "Gee, Swell, It's by Mattel" rifle. When an agressive training program informing troops that their weapons needed to be kept clean (the source of those classic comics), the problems were alleviated.
In short, the two things are not related.
practicality, an m4 with militec and pmags doesn't seem to ever jam. an m4 with clp and pmags jams once in a while. when were shooting 300 rds a person, and there are 600 of us, we can see the results, my whole company purchased militec and handed it out for this deployment. to quote the armorer 'this is all you need"
An m4 is a different beast than a 1911. Perhaps you are unaware of this.
grease on rails of a 1911 makes a much better gun. mobil 1 works great, militec, slide glide, the wilson combat grease is beyond awesome, personally i like rigs much more affordable, and i use it for a wider variety of things, like bedding rifles so they don't develop rust between the frame and stock, and my grips are bedded with an invisible layer of it as well stopped the ria from rusting the grips. until you try it you really can't knock it.
Again, I didn't say there weren't better things, but your statement of "never use CLP" is erroneous at best. It'll do just fine.
if your in sub freezing temps and oc I might hesitate, but I IWb carry and in -10 haven't had any issues going to outdoor ranges.
Oh yeah the big argument for gunzilla, "the clp that works' is that its 100% natural and is healthy to drink, literally. now clp is a whole other story.
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weve run 240s side by side after cleaning them with either gunzilla or CLP. gunzilla beat out cLP by a huge margin, both in number of malfunctions, and in hours it took to clean it, cut cleaning time by roughly (very unscientific here) 60% we did find pre spraying with gunzilla cut scraping time dramitically CLP had no effect really.
If you read any military manuel it takes 3 days to clean a firearm, because Clp causes the carbon to continue to be pulled out of the metal. Is that a good thing? I can't see how, I think thats an issue of overcleaning. but most other chemicals do not do this at least not to the same extent. Considering most people don't take 3 days to clean their weapons..... to some extent their weapons will be gunked up before the next use, blatantly unnacceptable to me.
Oh one other anecdote sigs are notorious for liking to run wet. well I had CLP on my P6 on a day I shot 200 rds got to about 110 and it jammed. poured clp on it, took it apart soaked it, continued to jam. I put rigs grease on it another time and fired over 300 rds without even noticing the slide slowing down. Grease is blatantly recommended by lots of people for the new nitron slides, you know, the ones that are so hard if they get past their own finish they will gouge the frame.
