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I Tested $3 Mineral Oil Against Ballistol, Hoppe's & CLP On Guns A Clear Winner!

Wendell Coffey

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Four bottles, three rounds, thirty-one days on the same bar of steel. A $2.58 bottle of pharmacy mineral oil against Ballistol, Break-Free CLP, and the Hoppe's oil that's been on my bench since 1984.

The cheap bottle lost one round. One of the brands turned out to be the cheap bottle with a label on it. And the one I trusted most is the one I've quit buying.

Dry board, wet board, vertical board, and a gum check. Every label read on camera, off the manufacturer's own sheet. Every price as of this week. I'm a retired Tennessee wildlife officer, thirty years in the field, and nobody sends me anything for free.

The Gun You Think You Know — the storage system, the bench section, and the handing-down ledger

link here: wendellcoffey.com

Tell me what you used for years before you changed your mind, and what replaced it. And tell me what your daddy used, and what that rifle looks like now.

13 Comments

@gizmocarr3093 1 month ago

I used mineral oil when I discovered it works to rejuvenate bone, stag pocketknife covers, and stag handles of fixed blade hunting knives. It also rejuvenates leather handles too you soak them in too.
It is important to know what pure mineral oil does and what it does not do. You can drink mineral oil. Baby oil is mineral oil that is perfumed. Mineral oil is the basic component in many different gun products claimed to work better that use additives to claim it is gun oil. Read the can on 3-in-one oil, just for an example. The main ingredient is Petroleum Distillates, which is mineral oil hidden using a different description of mineral oil. Birchwood Casey is grease that coats steel from rusting and will not remove rust but call a rust inhibiter uses Petroleum Distillates. Most people are easily fooled by only reading the big words on a product and should read the fine print too. Petroleum Jelly is a Petroleum Distillate that forms a natural moisture protection barrier by the way too. 😆😅🤣😂:shelterin: 👍

@juantovar4861 1 month ago

I use very old, meaning back in day, I was not born yet; sewing machine oil. This is what works for us. Anyway, I taught my son what to use and other knowledge that he needs to know. Especially when it's time for me to go.

@5695q 1 month ago (edited)

Grandpa used 30wt motor oil after scrubbing the bore with Hoppes and drying it out. A well-oiled patch in the muzzle and one in the chamber kept the bore clean but the exterior blue was gone before I was born and the rifle lived in the garage, no serious rust, just a light brown on oiled surfaces. I use CLP and Hoppes since the late 70's.

@richardross7219 1 month ago

Very good info and video.

@bayoumike544 1 month ago

Use the old No9 in the bore but used to use 3 in 1 on the outside till it got hard to find in this area. Now using Lucas.

@aldocella4947 2 weeks ago (edited)

number 9 then 3 in one. Best to leave gun muzzle down to keep the oil out of the stock wood.

@user-ht3jh3hm1o 1 month ago

Clenzoil because I like the way it smells

@keysgirl7699 1 month ago

Ballistol for my wood stocks. Kroil for barrel bores. I have Hoppes & never use it. I watched a video about mineral oil. Bought some & never tried it.

@PerryNichols-u1c 1 month ago

I use ballistol

@paladinhill 1 month ago

Grew up in the 1960's with #9; used CLP in the USAF 1977-89; used Shooter's Choice since 1988 at home. Ballistol gummed up; WD-40 gummed up; CLP is OK for the L & P portion, but still like Shooter's Choice for cleaning. Butch's Bore shine for really stubborn copper. Outer's electrolysis rod and solvents system works magic on leading of bore, especially good with graphite covered bullets and zinc bullets.