CLP stands for Cleaner, Lubricant and Preservative. It refers to a liquid substance that’s designed to be the “one gun fluid to rule them all,” something you can use to clean the gun and then leave in place to keep it from rusting and make sure everything slides around properly. Most CLP formulas result in a watery and runny fluid that quickly evaporates or disappears after a few days in the gun safe. Rand CLP, on the other hand, is not “most formulas” . . .
The Rand CLP fluid is without a doubt the most viscous CLP I’ve ever tried, but despite looking for all the world like a glop of glue it is slippery as all heck. Squeeze a little out onto a cloth cleaning rag and it forms a bubble on the surface instead of soaking into the cloth, and then as you apply the fluid to the gun you can feel how slick it makes the surfaces.
That viscosity is a double edged sword, though.
On the positive side, it sticks around. Normally when I clean my less often used guns, the CLP evaporates or leaks down into the stock within hours of setting it in the gun safe. But with the Rand CLP, it stays lubed for ages. I last cleaned this 5.56 upper about two months ago and then popped it in the safe, and the shiny surface of the bolt carrier proves that the CLP is still present and ready to keep the gun lubed.
For guns that don’t get a lot of use but still need to be lubricated (like concealed carry guns) this might be a great product to use. White lithium grease used to be my default recommendation, but the ease with which you can use the Rand CLP and clean it off afterwards edges out the WLG option. Plus, since the stuff is made from vegetable oil it’s eco-friendly and you can happily throw the used rags in the trash without worrying about killing the environment.
On the negative side, the viscosity of the CLP leads to some reliability issues.
I had used the Rand CLP on my competition rifle this year, and in general it worked really well. The exception was when I went to a competition that was particularly dusty, like the Fallen Brethren match in Texas at the end of the year (which I still need to write up, lazy me). It was dirty and dusty and windy, and the Rand CLP I had applied lightly to the bolt carrier of my SCAR turned it into a Chia Pet, adding some drag to the cycling of the action and eventually causing a double feed (well, failure to eject followed by double feed) during a stage.
That viscosity also makes cleaning a bit strange. Normally, the standard CLP acts like a solvent on the carbon build-up on the various parts and the texture of the cleaning rags I use lifts the dissolved carbon straight off. But since the Rand CLP is so viscous and slippery, it was harder to wipe off the carbon when I applied some of the CLP to the rag beforehand. Then again, there was usually enough of the stuff left on the surfaces of the gun even after a hard day of use that I could get away with using a dry rag and just wiping the carbon off without any added fluid.
That said, you really can’t deny that the fluid is excellent at its intended job. When applied liberally to the bolt of a SCAR, it keeps the whole thing perfectly lubricated for hundreds of rounds. Same thing for the slide of a FNS-9 handgun, and it doesn’t disappear as fast as the other CLP offerings I’ve tried. So for me, I’ll keep using it on my competition guns — I just need to make sure to replace the fluid after every day of competition to get rid of the accumulated dirt.
Rand CLP
Available Volumes: 2 oz., 4 oz.
MSRP: $14.95 / 4 oz.
Overall Rating: * * * *
It’s a viscous yet slippery concoction that works great for keeping things lubed over long periods of time, but the viscosity also means that it’s a dirt magnet.
It seems good but I don’t think I will stray from frog lube paste
Doesn’t Froglube attract dirt in windy dirt environment ? Ie. Hunting in a ranch ?
Nick,
Do you also use this instead of WLG to lube your Sig P226, or is some other fluid better for that application?
“Gun Control” was once billed as Crime Control but has finally come out as what it actually is, the prelude to the Progressive War To Physically Destroy Americans In Detail:
Disarm
Rob
Impoverish
Starve
Enfeeble
Murder
For lubrication alone, white lithium grease still cannot be beat. It even lubes well when it’s dirty.
If WLG can handle all the friction, muck and grime that a bicycle chain has to face, it can handle the soot from a gun.
BREAKFREE CLP….it’s around, it’s good, used it since I got introduced to it in the MARINES…
still using it.
END OF LINE
Sane and reasonable gun regulations?
Military intelligence?
Jumbo shrimp?
Watch your language, we’re in a No Oxymorons Zone…
Let’s look at the places where registration has resulted in confiscation: Turkey (ask the Armenians), Germany, Russia, China, Cambodia, Britain, Australia, New Zealand, California, New York, Illinois …
And how many of those ended up with mass murders of their citizens by the government? Turkey, Russia, Germany, China, Cambodia… so far.
Gee, a wonderful case for trusting your government.
“… applied lightly …”
My policy is that if I need to be shooting a lot of rounds, such as in combat, then I want to have a whole lot of lubricant on that weapon. Light applications are for a perfectly clean weapon that you stick in the safe, or that you carry every day and only expect to shoot one, maybe two magazines in extremis. The practical matter of keeping your clothes clean is important for concealment and for etiquette.
There’s a limit to how much oil should be used. I haven’t reached that limit yet. If I were in a shooting competition involving a lot of rounds with little opportunity for a thorough cleaning, then no light applications need apply.
These kinds of products remind me of the black-and-white, “before” parts of infomercials or as-seen-on-TV product commercials. You know, the part where they show someone pulling their hair out trying to cook eggs or clean their floor “the old fashioned way”, and it’s just impossible! There’s got to be a better way!
Is it really so complicated and difficult to use a separate cleaner and lube? Sure, lithium grease isn’t “nano” like this stuff, but it sure lubricates well, and boy, do I like the smell of Hoppe’s No. 9…
In my small circle of young people, yes. But I don’t know if it counts in Idaho.
I’m passing this along NOT because of all the pix of hot young ladies (well, maybe a little bit), but because of all the scary black implements of mass destruction. I believe it provides interesting insight into our culture. TheChive.com is ranked #865 in the world in Web traffic according to Alexa and they obviously find such a photo spread more than acceptable, because their readership find it more than acceptable.
http://thechive.com/2013/12/05/i-love-a-lady-im-a-little-bit-afraid-of-32-photos-2/
Perhaps there is reason for optimism…
Beware confirmation bias. Gun people often run with gun people. Antis run with antis. They likely feel they’re winning, too. Feinstein’s staffers aren’t watching Noir’s rants; if they are, it’s to analyze them to dissect them. I don’t know what the metric would be.
With what’s happened here in Colorado, I’d say that the antis made some advances and then the gunfolk made some advances back. Yet the laws still stand. If, this next election, I see a (D) campaigning on repeal of 1224, for example, then i’ll go “hmm, maybe”.
If there’s another mass shooting (I really hope not) and they focus on the guy, his history and his problems and not immediately (and almost solely) on the implement, then I’ll go “hmm, maybe.”
Antis would like to say that “Newtown” brought out a bunch of on-the-fence moderates (from both parties) into the gun fold. I’d like to say, no, thanks, it was the REACTION to Newtown, that being “BAN! BAN! BAN!” which is what brought people off the fence and into the “Well I don’t like that B word one bit” side.
But the “crisis” caused both sides to gain, so I think that’s a draw.
Maybe we should be glad they didn’t move to China. Boycotting manufacturers because of where they locate, in the USA no less, seems like a counterproductive strategy. I mean they are making guns right? We like guns right? Who would be happy if they went out of business? Oh yeah, MDA and Bloomberg.
Boycotts are lame and usually fail unless market forces are leaning in that direction anyway. But regardless why would anyone on the pro-gun side advocate punishing a gun manufacturer because of the State they are in?
Always good to have accurate knowledge on the firearms laws and processes of other nations rather than just internet hearsay. It wasn’t until recently that most Americans knew about just how restrictive Israel’s firearms laws were and many times nations like the Czech Republic get lumped into the same group as Britain when one talks about European Gun Control/Laws. Thank you.
No. Here in CA, we are losing. Not only is it repulsive to go to a place like SF and observe the limp-wristed biomass that passes for youth these days, but their mainstream views of gun rights are very simple: ban them all. Why does it need to be so complex?
The constitution to them is an anachronism. Social justice dominates all other concerns. When they voted for hope and change, they really meant it, and they still mean it. Perhaps more so. Their disappointment with the current political system is that it isn’t nearly progressive enough, not that it overreached its authorities.
When you tell them that no, we can’t just ban guns because we have individual rights protected by our central social contract, they just roll their eyes. They’ve never had to protect their individual rights, and thus they mean nothing for them– they only know the narrative of victimhood as expressed by groups.
Celebrate all you want the small victories, but this is the ascendant generation that infests the largest population centers in the nation.
“And most of all, appreciate just how good you all really have it – even those of you in comparatively restricted locales such as California.”
This statement makes my skin crawl. Appreciation nothing, we demanded our rights then took them by force through blood, sweat, and tears. It is an awful shame to see what has happened to our well earned rights over the course of time, and softening of the general public. I refuse to take on the mentality that begs for scraps and is thankful for what we can get. I don’t appreciate how good we all really have it, I want our 2A back – all of it!
“It’s convoluted, overly-bureaucratic and not necessarily fit for the purpose that it was originally intended – that of protecting the public.”
Adam, regardless of what the official story is, that was never the purpose of such laws. Just like in every other country, the purpose of gun control is to increase government power.
I heard K-mart has a good deal on underpants.
Hey, just like “The Incredibles”!
The Glock holster is the best OWB I’ve tried for the G26. It rides high and tight at a good angle for strong side hip (3:00) placement. The flexible tabs pull the gun in nicely, but the holster is rigid enough that it does not collapse and re-holsters well. If I were to nit-pick, the draw is a little sticky compared to Kydex. I have a Raven Concealment Phantom and a couple other holsters, but overall, I prefer this holster, and it’s a bargain!
Hmmmm… There shouldn’t have to been an app for that.
I want gun reform for the children. I want my kids and now my grandkids to have the right to constitutional carry. No waiting periods. No GFZ’s. That’s reform for the kids I can get behind.
When seconds count, the cops are only minutes away.
And when they get there, they might look for perps in obvious places. Or maybe not.
Another reason that the people need to be armed.
I am a little offended that my fellow gun owners are minimalizing the death of ANY children. That is cold, heartless, and sad. The point is, and should always be, that no gun ever killed a child. Some monster of a human did or some tragic accident from some moron who left their guns unsecured.
When it jams at the range you can brag to the guys with Glocks that yours is made of superiour steel not cheap polymer.
The ACLU helped defeat CT law in Summer 2012 that would have helped Nancy Lanza lock up Adam Lanza.
Here’s the original document I refer to in this post: https://guardamerican.com/images/stories/blog_pics/aclu_connecticut_protest.pdf
That’s right: Nancy Lanza wanted to institutionalize her son, but the ACLU helped ensure that no “72-hour Hold, AOT” laws existed in CT.
In this anniversary this week of Newtown CT, don’t forget the critical way the ACLU helped make that terrible thing happen.
Wow scary thought, not really that surprising how easy it would be to get into some schools however. Prob some of NBCs best reporting ha
“but awkward reloads are part of the territory when you choose a
small-framed snubby anyway.antiquated, antique firearm design that no one should ever make ever again ever.”Someone has to stir the pot of pointless flaming debates… :-p
Ok, that carnik con video was the best yet.
Holy crap.
Like Rand CLP have had no issues with it, what I seen in videos, people are using way to much of it in their firearms, try using less!
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