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Originally Posted by gagners
I am the BN S4, currently - stop laughing..., and was approached (called) by a retired SGM who's selling a new high-speed weapon cleaning compound. It's called "FP-10" and he says that it's being used and endorsed overseas by "Navy Seals, Green Berets, Army Special Rangers"... I gotta admit, the last one cracked me up, even if he meant otherwise...
Has anyone heard of this stuff? He says it's being called "firepower" in theater. He also says that it's being issued to deploying soldiers who are leaving from FT Stewart - and they happen to have a surplus at a great price...Is this stuff much better? Worth $70/gal. If it is, I'd like to buy some. Thanks.
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gagners:
As I see this, you are asking about a 'cleaning' compound and not a lube.
So, what is wrong with the cleaning fluid you Green Mountain Boys are using right now? CLP cleans as well as a service grade weapon needs to be clean. So far I haven't heard any disaster stories from guys who have cleaned their weapons daily using any of a number of substances. Carb cleaner, Top Engine Cleaner, Simple Green, Windex with Ammonia D, shaving cream of various types, --- even what is issued and which units seem to get by the fiftyfive gallon drum -- good old CLP. As long as a guy cleans the rifle / carbine daily if it was in the field and his magazines once a week -- any failure to function will be more a result of a failure to lubricate than carbon build up.
Cleaners only as your post asked about cleaners and not lubricants.
Anyone who calls the Rangers, "Army Special Rangers", is someone whose background I would question. Any vendor who says his stuff is great yet has a surplus instead of his product being in demand is so stupid that he would say "Army Special Rangers".
If his shit was so great -- why hasn't he sold his inventory? Want to know why? Because it ain't any better than stuff that costs $10.00 a gallon.
Let me guess -- said vendor claims to be Army Special Forces too.
Gene