Lubrication of S&W's

[Skeeziks]

What is your chioce of lube for your Smiths?
Any particular brand you deem best? And do you use one kind for certain parts of the gun and another kind for other parts?

 

[Gary7]

I use Ballistol. It's a highly polar, non-petroleum based ester that clings to metal. It's the best thing I've ever tried on my guns.

 

[HEADKNOCKER]

I also assume your talking about revolvers, Smith does make auto pistols as well as polymer framed ones too..

I like Rem-Oil inside my revolvers, It just does what I want, It migrates well, is light enough & doesn't cause too much drag on the inerds, & lubricates well..
Gary/Hk

 

[PPCSHOOTER]

MILITEC . JP

 

[hobby-gunsmith]

I use MPRO 7 products on all of my firearms. I have never had a problem with the product. They clean and protect my firearms all year long. They are biodegradable and order free. check it out on their website. The military has been using the product for many years expecially on their 50 cals and other machine guns.
Nick

 

[Charliee]

On the inside of my revolvers I use Hoppe's moly oil. The slides of my autos i use a little Slide Glide. Everywhere else I use either CLP or Ballistiol. Ballistol is fast becoming my favorite gun oil.

 

[tomcatt51]

Another vote for Rem-Oil in revolvers.

 

[AzShooter]

MPro-7 can't be beat.

They sponsored me for a few year and I've seen hundreds of guns cleaned and maintained with their products. It really works.

 

[The Shadow]

Lubrication.................

Skeeziks..................
Ballistol is an excellent choice and has been my choice of cleaner, lubricant & protector for all my firearms for many, many years, with tremendous success. See my post reply w/pix, to a thread by "sonofthebeach" a week ago, under S&W "1980 to Present" dated 6-12 entitled "325PD Cleaning and Lubrication". Good luck.
Shadow SD

 

[Skeeziks]

Well, it looks like I've narrowed it down to either the M-Pro7 Gun Oil LPX or Pro-Shot's "Zero-friction" Oil.

Any thoughts or opinions on my choice of these two?
And any reason why I should choose one over the other?

Thanks.

 

[686 shooter]

I have used the MPro7 oil on a variety of wheelguns and pistols. It has done very well so far. I have not used the Pro Shot product.

You will be like most of us. A lifetimes supply of oil and grease in the basement, and you will be looking at the latest slick 'em up oil/grease. It's part of the fun in experimenting to find exactly what you want.

 

[srgvaz]

I like Rem oil, Ed Red's, bf CLP, Hoppes elite oil. I've been meaning to try Ballistol just haven't found it.

 

[Skeeziks]

I like Rem oil, Ed Red's, bf CLP, Hoppes elite oil. I've been meaning to try Ballistol just haven't found it.

I was in Wal-mart today and I almost foked over a whopping $1.97 for a tiny little bottle of Rem-oil but when I looked thru the clear plastic bottle and shook it, I noticed it was the consistency of water!
I want my oil to have a little more viscosity than that.

- I read a review on Ballistol at Midway Ballistol Sportsman's Gun Oil 16 oz Liquid - MidwayUSA
Read the last review by Joseph Wohl of Essex, CT. It seems that it evaporates away after a couple weeks so is not good as a lubricant or for protecting.
But is pretty good for light cleaning. Read it & see what you think....

 

[daa9mm]

I've been told Ballistol was first developed as an anti-biotic by the West German armed forces.
I'm not kidding.
The guys who told me that think it is the greatest thing since they put pockets on shirts.
Not only do they use to clean and lube their guns, they even use it for a leather preservative on their holsters.
I'm pretty cheap. A can of Mobil 1 synthetic automobile oil and a grease cartridge of Mobil 1 synthetic grease works fine for me in lubing my handguns.
I took a friend's Model 64 apart the other day to put a new hammer in it. He was astonished that I cleaned the inside of the frame with brake cleaner then Mobil 1 on a Q-tip.
It cleaned up really nice and feels really smooth with the Mobil 1 grease on the pins.

 

[srgvaz]

I was in Wal-mart today and I almost foked over a whopping $1.97 for a tiny little bottle of Rem-oil but when I looked thru the clear plastic bottle and shook it, I noticed it was the consistency of water!
I want my oil to have a little more viscosity than that.

- I read a review on Ballistol at Midway Ballistol Sportsman's Gun Oil 16 oz Liquid - MidwayUSA
Read the last review by Joseph Wohl of Essex, CT. It seems that it evaporates away after a couple weeks so is not good as a lubricant or for protecting.
But is pretty good for light cleaning. Read it & see what you think....

Rem oil is a "synthetic oil" with 1% Teflon I've used it for over a decade but it's never been the only thing I use- no water as water and oil don't mix. If you use synthetic oil in your vehicle you'd know the benefits of synthetic oil. Ballistol looks like good stuff but I've never ordered it/used it. If you spend some time on midway check out Larry Potterfields gunsmithing videos he uses rem oil often. .

 

[n4zov]

Any light good quality gun oil is fine for lubricating your S&W revolver. I have used a dozen different ones over 50 years of shooting and can't tell a dimes worth of difference between all of them. Right now I have Hoppe's oil and CLP on my bench and they work great but no better than anything else I have used.

 

[growr]

As already mentioned....Mobile 1 has done VERY well by me. Also use Militech with equal satisfaction. In the grease arena I've been quite pleased with TetraGun grease.
might work for you as well.
Randy

 

[Gary7]

- I read a review on Ballistol at Midway Ballistol Sportsman's Gun Oil 16 oz Liquid - MidwayUSA
Read the last review by Joseph Wohl of Essex, CT. It seems that it evaporates away after a couple weeks so is not good as a lubricant or for protecting.

That's baloney. Ballistol is a natural ester. It's highly polar so it clings to the metal at the molecular level. It leaves a film on the metal that lasts a long, long time.

 

[Skeeziks]

...no water as water and oil don't mix. If you use synthetic oil in your vehicle you'd know the benefits of synthetic oil.

I didn't say that I thought there was water in the Rem-oil...I just said it had the consistency of water.

I have a lot of experience with synthetics, so I do know the benefits. And I'm leaning toward the M-Pro7 LPX or Tetra Gun.

Have you ordered the Ballistol from Midway yet?

 

[Road Rat]

I have been using Hoppe's for 50 years. Never had a problem, an issue, nor RUST......

It is only OIL....