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After reading the replies to this thread I saw none that duplicate this answer so here's the input from your friendly neighborhood firearms instructor as to why you should NEVER use WD-40:
It is a penetrant. Which is to say that contact with the chemical to your AMMO may result in faulty primers so that you experience misfires and you can't tell by looking at them if the ammo has been contaminated! How bad a tragedy would it be if you were using the gun in a self defense situation and your ammo failed because of your choice of cleaning materials? My advice is to stay with products designed by and for use in the firearms maintenance arena.
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Former Infantry Captain; 20 yrs as an NRA Certified Instructor; Avid practitioner of the martial art: KLIK-PAO. 
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