Well as for me and my firearms I'll stick with what Clandestine recommended
Me, too. On one hand, we have Chad, who has dedicated his life to the pursuit of AR excellence, and probably knows more than anybody else we've heard from on the matter. Many of us use his methods and AFAIK NONE of us have experienced anything except good results. Not to say that his way is the only way, but it makes sense and it works. I will admit that at first it was an uphill battle to use that much lube. Can't argue with the results, though. It just works!
On the other hand there are lots of cleaners/lubricants/preservatives offering a spectrum of results. Most will probably work well enough if used appropriately. Somebody mentioned Hoppes... I bet most of us older guys started out with that and had (what we thought were) good results.
It's amazing that we continually dig this old horse out of its grave, beat it some more just to be sure it's good and dead, and in some cases jump on the OP for merely posting info and/or asking a question. How about we all just use what we like and move on?
The smell brings back lots of great memories, though...
