[The Virginian]

For clean up for everything but the bore if I have been shooting copper jacketed bullets, I use Ed's Red. Generally I use Automatic Transmission Fluid as a lubricant if I am not going to store the gun for any long time period over a year. The best protectant and lubricant I have found that is not too thick, but protects extremely well against wear, not to mention rust is CorrosionX. I wipe the guns I have in storage once a year with it and put a drop or two of it here and there with a lightly CorrosionX'ed patch down the bore and I have yet to have one fleck of rust anywhere on my guns.