Ballistol USA Products: Perfect for Firearm Maintenance

Hey guys, this is Kevin Dixie with No Other Choice Firearms Training. I got to be a part of the first PDN Showcase Live where I got to be introduced to a lot of new products. One of those products that I got a chance to work with was Ballistol. Let's go check this clip out. And he's at slide lock.

Oh yeah, I'm at slide lock. I see that it's at clear, you can bring it back up here. So we're gonna work, like I said, Kevin's one of our new guys so I know he can shoot faster than that. We're gonna work on the whole balance of speed and precision thing 'cause that's a little bit embarrassingly tight group for PDN but that's okay. This is one of your Truth pistols right?

Yes, sir. So. Let's talk about it, show this off. Let's make sure we get the closeup of this. Talk to us about No Other, because you are one of our newest guys at PDN.

You just wrote a great article, your first article was published at PDN I don't know, two weeks ago. Got great feedback, great reviews on that. Tell us a little bit about what you do and No Other Choice Training in the personal defense world. All right, so great. So I'm Kevin Dixie once again.

I am, I focus on making sure that the everyday person, now we work with military, law enforcement and that's great but we understand that there's more support we can give to that division of units. So people that get out there and fight but also to the civilian market we need to make sure that Bob, the plumber, the lady that works in the office, also have the same tools and abilities and access to training as everyone else. So I really put a big emphasis on that and No Other Choice means just this, not only being safe but we have to make sure we're let's just say grounded morally, if you will. So No Other Choice means never cause a negative impact to another human life unless you're at the point of no other choice. So make sure you're extending God's grace and mercy to others, as you would want it extended to you, as long as you don't allow yourself or another innocent person to be harmed in the process.

So that's who we are and that's what I stand for and that's what I represent. So we want to be safe but we want to make sure we're good stewards of society as well. All right. And you had obviously a hand in the design and development of this Truth pistol, kind of the way it's configured, the way it looks. I did a video, I don't know, it was probably three, three years ago, GRPC, maybe two years ago where I went in depth with you on this.

We're gonna let people go check that out but I wanted you to show it off. Now it's dirty. It is dirty. So talk to me about Ballistol. Ballistol is a company that I've seen their products all over the place for years.

Don't have a lot of personal firsthand experience with it. I'm about to get more. I did clean up a gun the other day, seemed to work great. But talk to me, you've studied the product. Talk to me about the product and the company.

All right, so good. So I got my hands on a Ballistol and there's a couple of things, I'm gonna look for. Because again, we have the tool to defend ourselves but what good it is if we don't keep it in working condition? So we have to remember that. So we're gonna look, when it comes to our firearm, we're gonna look for something that's going to A, penetrate the metals.

That's the first thing I'm looking for. And the reason for that is we want something that penetrates into the metals have the gun to make sure it extracts any of the gunk we don't want there. So that's why we're looking for things that penetrate. So it does that well. We also want something that lubricates, something that provides lubrication because when we draw all that oil out, it's kind of like drawing the oil out of your skin.

You're gonna leave the opportunity for dryness to sink in and with metals, that's a bad thing. So we want to make sure they're getting conditioned. Think about when you wash your hair, then you put conditioner in your hair. Same kind of concept. We want that kind of feel to it.

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Oh you, yeah, yeah. This is what happens when you don't wash your hair and keep it conditioned. That's what happens. So we want to make sure that we're looking for something that has those properties.

So one thing I do like about it also is the fact that a lot of us, talking about personal defense well we're going to be also think about beyond the range and think about beyond just walking around. What about your pets, your kids, your spouse? So we have something here that's not gonna put a lot of toxic chemicals into the air. So when you're at home, you don't have to worry about, hey I'm gonna go clean my gun and I'm also going to make everybody in the house choke. We don't want that uncomfortable experience for our family or ourselves.

So that's what it is. So what I've noticed though, also outside of the firearm, not only does it give us all those properties, extracting that bad gunk, conditioning the metal, keeping a gun in fighting condition. They're also going to allow this stuff, this stuff is also conditioned, I'm sorry, to work on other things around your home, which is a bonus. So now we're talking about it works on wood. This also works on your car.

So you got leather seats in your car, this conditions your leather. So it's a good way to tell the spouse, hey, I'm not only buying this to keep this gun in control or in working order, I'm also gonna take this out to the boat, the car, in the workshop, the tools, the kids' toys or whatever the case may be. The tools in your garage. So it has multi-functions which I really like. And also we have this handy little thing here called the FlexClean, it's the bore cleaning rope.

Here's what I like about it. We've all, in our journey at one point, we went out and we got our personal defense gun and we got this little box that had all these widgets in it. All the widgets. It's like a Lego and you got to put it together and figure out how to clean. That way, now you should buy a shotgun and you should buy a rifle of every caliber.

Yeah, absolutely. And so to get away from that, this technology that Ballistol is providing allows for you, especially if you're on a range and you're doing a quick clean, or hey you just went out and practiced like I did. You just want to get that thing ready, you're gonna go to the store after this, you're gonna go grocery shopping. Just wanting to make sure that guns in working order. So you're gonna go ahead and get out your rope and think about it like a shoe string.

So, when you used to lace your shoes up. We have a weighted end here. This is gonna go inside of the bore of your gun, inside of that chamber and it's gonna feed through. You're gonna make sure that you put your Ballistol solvent and lubricant on it. So what's going to happen is as you pull through, you got a little puff part here.

It's kind of extruded out. And then you have a rubber ball. That's gonna add friction to the barrel, get some of that force in a drag gunk out. So when you drag it through, you're gonna be applying the oil and you're gonna be forcing it out. Then you're gonna come again, have some oil on it, and once again, you're going to soften it.

You're gonna just slowly drag it out. Then the balls are gonna use penetration to force all the gunk out. And it does that movement three different times as you pull it through. All you have to do literally is dropped this thing in your gun, pull it out maybe twice, sometimes three times, that's it. Load your firearm back up.

Please make sure you're being safe while you're taking these actions. Load your firearm back out then you clear out your range bag and all those things. Get ready to go out to the store and go home, whatever you're gonna do. So I like that. Go ahead and strip your gun down.

I saw that it was clear, right? So open that up and we're gonna just kind of do a little before and after. We're gonna let Kevin get to work on cleaning this up while we go talk about something else. Absolutely. 'Cause we need the Truth to be clean and clear.

Yes we do. And it is, if you can't, I mean, it's a mess right now. So just for retrospect, all right, because I knew we were gonna be doing this. Yeah, I was gonna say, it wasn't just the 10 shots, right? Yeah, well, this is, here's the honest truth.

This one actually, because I knew we were going to have this demo today, it's got about 500 rounds through it with no cleaning. So we're gonna go ahead and get this thing in working order and show you the results. All right, so I gave it a quick little field strip, a little clean, and you can see here just to demo that, I'm gonna take this white as best you can see it. And I'm just gonna ive this thing a nice little wipe here and you can see that that's still pretty white. And that was just a field strip.

Now, obviously you can take 30, 45 seconds giving your gun a quick clean or you can spend 30 minutes while watching your favorite show giving your gun a quick clean. Just make sure you have the right product. I'm also gonna add into this, no matter what product you're using, obviously we're hoping you're using Ballistol, but you notice that you see all these components on the table and you will notice the one thing you do not see as a magazine. So I don't have a magazine out on the table with the firearm as I'm cleaning it because I don't want to have the opportunity to make a mistake in the process and accidentally put that gun in the battery and have a booboo at home or on the range or wherever I'm at. So kind of take the magazine and all ammo away from the table before you start that process.

But now the Truth is definitely clean. This thing is glistening. It didn't take long. I let it sit for maybe about 15, 20 seconds just to let the cleaner do its work, kind of penetrate that plastic and those metals. And then I just went to wiping it off.

So it works well. So I'm just gonna reassemble this thing. And to start, my barrel back in. You left me, you made me nervous. No, you were doing great.

So I'm just gonna put the barrel back together. Go up here, lock the gun back down. And I'm not going to let this slide ride forward for safety reasons, but there you go. So if you would've stayed with me, that was like a 45 to maybe a minute and a half process just to get it relatively clean. But once again, you can spend, and make this enjoyable guys, get your Ballistol out, set up your cleaning area.

Make sure once again, there is no magazine. I always tell people, keep the magazine and all ammo anywhere out of the room. Make sure that's not something that can actually accidentally be introduced to the firearm. But to take your time, really enjoy it. Spray the cleaner, let it sit for 15, 20 seconds.

Watch a show. Once your environment is safe, watch a show, make it enjoyable. It doesn't have to be so tactical, enjoy yourself. And one of the things, like you said, this isn't like incredibly noxious, right? It's not A, there's the issues of what the chemicals actually are but then there's just the atmospheric issues.

You could, you would feel comfortable doing this in your common space, just put a towel down. Correct and if you don't like, if you just don't like aerosols for whatever reason, wipes. So we take that element out of it all together. So you can also go to the wipes if you feel more comfortable. But dealer's choice.