CLP gun oil impregnated disposable wipes are nothing new. Otis has had them for a few years. But CL1P is introducing a new disposable wipe packet that promises to be the highest quality wipes on the market due to its proprietary fabric material.
CL1P claims that a single wipe packet can clean an entire rifle. Its long fiber material has variable geometry fibers that pick up fowling particles and traps them in the material, allowing less contamination to remain on your firearm.
Moreover, it will leave your firearm foul-free and leave a thin coating of dry lubricant and protectant. Its cleaning and lubricanting solvent has very little odor and is less irritating to the skin.
ZKT makes a variety of firearms gear and supplies, best known for making deluxe armored firearms display cases and gun safes. This year they came out with individual gun cleaning wet wipes. These single-use packets contain a cloth wipe impregnated with proprietary cleaning, lubricating, and protectant solvents.
I cleaned a dirty bolt carrier group (BCG) with a single wipe. I didn’t have to use any brushes or additional CLP. All I used was a single half-sheet of paper towel to dry it off and catch any leftover fowling and was surprised at how little was left. The wipe’s fibers really did a great job capturing the dirt, dust, and carbon.
I gave it a final wipe-down to leave a light coat of lube on the metal. When I picked up the BCG a few minutes later to put it back into my rifle, I discovered it was completely dry but I could feel a light dry coat had been left on the metal.
I set to test the rifle at the range and along the way, I got a message from the marketing director of ZKT. By sheer coincidence, he was in San Francisco to attend a 3-gun match. I met up with him in person at my local range and got had a chat with him about this new product. He told me he could clean a complete rifle with just one wipe.
He also supplied me with extra sample packs of the wipes. I’m going to give them away to folks who join the chat during my TMI Livestream show on Wednesdays 6pm EST / 3pm PST during the month of June.
Otis Technology is known for making full featured pull-through cleaning kits. Their kits are the standard AR cleaning kits issued to to grunts in the US Army which should attest to their ruggedness and dependability. At their booth at SHOT Show 2023, they showcased their first rigid rod systems. Caliber specific sectional rod kits and solid rods in brass and coated stainless stee.
I asked them why they didn’t also offer carbon fiber rods and their answer was for rigidity. If you have to tap out a slug or blockage, you don’t want the flexibility of carbon fiber; and if you want lightness of carbon fiber, you should just use their pull-through cables. Makes sense.
Their multi-caliber sectional rod kit is available through my Amazon Affiliates link: https://amzn.to/3FksDSW
I needed to get a new cleaning rod after I bent my 25 year old Hoppes aluminum cleaning rod. I opted to get a brass rod and I wanted a segmented rod that I pack away more easily than a 1-piece rod. I found the Baby Bore Rod Kit.
I was honestly surprised at how small the envelope was. And when I first took it out, I still couldn’t believe it could form a +30″ cleaning rod. But it turned out to be the perfect packable cleaning tool. I’ve since bought a second kit to put in my range bag in case I need to clear a squib or to clean my bore between ammo tests.
I recently discovered that if you rub an aluminum gun cleaning rod with a cleaning patch, it leaves “faux” fouling marks on the patch. Why? I assume it’s the metal rubbing off on the cloth but far less staining when rubbing a brass cleaning rod.
It begs the question, have we mistakenly thought our guns were dirtier than they really were? I honestly don’t know. I’ve switched to all brass rods from now on.
