I didn't watch the Vickers video all the way through, think the video is a self promoting stunt that ill serves the subject.
We caught guys "lubing" AR BCGs by dunking them in oil cans. Neither appropriate nor needed.
After the CLP products came out, it became common for competitors to simply frequently lube their guns, sometimes instead of cleaning them. End of the year, many would end up at a gunsmiths because "the trigger job needs redone". What was really happening was that combustion residues were combining with the lube to form a grit filled sludge that interfered with part movement. Detail strips and thorough cleaning almost always solved the problem. When I told customers this, many said a detail strip was too much trouble and easier to pay me to do it.
I personally prefer a dry film lube for many moving parts. I admit to using a little dab of high temperature moly chassis grease in high load areas like the cam pin/groove in the AR.
We caught guys "lubing" AR BCGs by dunking them in oil cans. Neither appropriate nor needed.
After the CLP products came out, it became common for competitors to simply frequently lube their guns, sometimes instead of cleaning them. End of the year, many would end up at a gunsmiths because "the trigger job needs redone". What was really happening was that combustion residues were combining with the lube to form a grit filled sludge that interfered with part movement. Detail strips and thorough cleaning almost always solved the problem. When I told customers this, many said a detail strip was too much trouble and easier to pay me to do it.
I personally prefer a dry film lube for many moving parts. I admit to using a little dab of high temperature moly chassis grease in high load areas like the cam pin/groove in the AR.
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