Your welcome.
Last edited:
Frog Lubed my Shield tonight
- Thread starter 2tango2
- Start date
Your welcome.
alde
Member
I was thinking that Gun Butter might be a similar thing. It seems to have the same properties including the smell. I use Gun Butter as a sizing lube to size rifle cases too. Works great.
EDIT : I think I meant Bore Butter. It's a black powder lube that seems to have the same properties ar Frog Lube.
Last edited:
OP
2tango2
US Veteran
I bought the liquid form at the Sig Sauer Academy Pro Shop (about 1/2 hour from me) I bought the paste on Ebay and got it in a few days. I got the bigger tub and it was 19 bucks I think.
It isn't cheap compared to Hoppes but I think it is well worth the cost
Rastoff
US Veteran
I have 980 rounds through my M&P 45 and have used Frog Lube since day one. If I remember, I'll take pics tonight and post them here. You can then judge for yourself. If you want, I'll put another 100 rounds through it before I take the pics just to be sure I'm over 1,000 rounds.
Purely for scientific research.
While I haven't used any other lube, don't think for a moment that the gun doesn't get cared for. I re-apply the Frog Lube when I clean the gun which is usually after a trip to the range. I have also intentionally gone 500 rounds without re-applying lube. This was to help pin point an issue I was having.
My problem wasn't due to the lack of cleaning. The gun worked fine even without cleaning it for 500 rounds. Trust me, it was painful allowing the gun to be dirty all that time. The M&P has proven to be a very robust gun.
Rintimtin
Member
Sounds like the stuff I use on my leather boots.
Does anyone know if it hurts the frogs to extract the lube?
Does anyone know if it hurts the frogs to extract the lube?
Rintimtin
Member
Me thinks I may try this frog lube, but could you just heat up the lube instead of the gun?
Rastoff
US Veteran
No. The object is to expand the metal so the lube can get down into the fine crystalline structure. If you only heat the lube it won't do that.
Having said that, I know a couple of guys that have never heated their guns and use Frog Lube. It seems to be working for them.
Horsehaulin
US Veteran
I have to tell her about the little purchases, it the big ones she never finds out about. She recently asked where a rifle came from, I told her I had it before we met.
OP
2tango2
US Veteran
Just got done at the range. 150 rounds through my Shield 40 with my new 9mm barrel plus all Frog Lubed up. Not a stutter, hiccup or anything. Shot and performed smooth and flawlessly. You could see that the grooves of the slide were well lubricated.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
richeyo2
Member
I have 980 rounds through my M&P 45 and have used Frog Lube since day one. If I remember, I'll take pics tonight and post them here. You can then judge for yourself. If you want, I'll put another 100 rounds through it before I take the pics just to be sure I'm over 1,000 rounds.
While I haven't used any other lube, don't think for a moment that the gun doesn't get cared for. I re-apply the Frog Lube when I clean the gun which is usually after a trip to the range. I have also intentionally gone 500 rounds without re-applying lube. This was to help pin point an issue I was having.
My problem wasn't due to the lack of cleaning. The gun worked fine even without cleaning it for 500 rounds. Trust me, it was painful allowing the gun to be dirty all that time. The M&P has proven to be a very robust gun.
Thanks I'd like to see some pics, we can round the 980 up, close enough! I'll keep checking back. I appreciate it.
Riverkilt
Member
Just got some for the first time yesterday. Frog Lube's a couple of sticky metal zippers on jackets and they "zip" well now. Tonight treated an old Winchester 69A .22 that I bought in Wyoming in 1962...looks great.
I bought the stuff because it's super sandy where I live in the high desert and the reports on how well it handles sand over in the sandbox made it seem like the right thing for around here too. Our local range is all sand and the guns and mags pick it up easy - especially when the sand is wind blown. Maybe get a pistol treated tomorrow and try it at the range.
I bought the stuff because it's super sandy where I live in the high desert and the reports on how well it handles sand over in the sandbox made it seem like the right thing for around here too. Our local range is all sand and the guns and mags pick it up easy - especially when the sand is wind blown. Maybe get a pistol treated tomorrow and try it at the range.
gpetrucci85
Member
Love the stuff. I use it on all of mine and my wife's guns. Works great on our pistols, and rifles and shotguns. My M&P 15 Sport especially loves it.
Bought and used it with great hope b/c the smell was wife friendly. It works week but it seemed my 1911s heated up more after a few hundred rounds in my range sessions. I know my "experiment" isn't scientific but to me increased heat means increased friction si I went back to WS. My 1911s seem to run for longer sessions without the heat buildup.
I'd be interested in hearing about your extended range sessions of at least 300 plus rounds within an hour or so with tighter guns. Heck, I can run my Glocks without lube and they don't seem to care. Perhaps less contact between looser tolerance surfaces??
I'd be interested in hearing about your extended range sessions of at least 300 plus rounds within an hour or so with tighter guns. Heck, I can run my Glocks without lube and they don't seem to care. Perhaps less contact between looser tolerance surfaces??
walkin' trails
Member
- Joined
- Dec 16, 2006
- Messages
- 1,366
- Reaction score
- 807
I started using it about a month or so ago. I treated several guns, including my M&P 45, some revolvers, my kids' 10/22s, and my brand new Rock River Arms LAR-15.
I've only put a little over 100 rounds thru the 45 after FrogLube, but I noticed the feed ramp would wipe clean rather than having to scrub it with a brush. I also noticed today that the stuff does get down into the firing pin channel and looked like it could gum it up down the road.
The 10/22s ran like a charm even though I haven't cleaned them. Haven't fired the revolvers yet (both blue and stainless).
I use a brush and a hair dryer to prep the metal, brush on the paste, let it dry, and wipe it off. I do it twice if the gun has been fired and I need to get the crud off.
Now for the new RRA LAR-15. I degreased and put on the FrogLube as per their directions. I finally got to shoot this carbine yesterday, using factory Federal and Winchester soft point and hollow point ammo in 55, 60, and 62 grain configurations. I had no malfunction, and only one issue with one magazine where it appeared that the bolt did not strip a round from the magazine. It only did it once. I ran almost 300 rounds through this carbine and it never missed a lick. This is the second RRA I've broken in, and the first one was about 99.99999 % reliable and the only issues I'd had with it were caused by worn out magazines or bad factory ammo. I expected the same out of this new one, and thusfar am not disappointed.
The temperature at the range in the morning was around 10 degrees. My carbine was exposed to the cold but did not seem adversly effected. The FrogLube did not seem to stiffin noticably in below freezing temperatures, even when leaving the gun exposed to the cold air while stopping to load mags and change targets. It did cool down pretty fast at the low temp.
For clean-up on the RRA, the stainless steel parts wiped off. The inside of the chrome lined bolt carrier was fairly easy to clean - seemly a little easier than using Hoppes or Shooters Choice. However, the back of the bolt where carbon normally builds up was difficult to clean, and the crud seemed much harder to scrape off. I am probably going to get soaked in Hoppes or something similar (I tried FR7 on the other RRA and found it tended to make the carbon easier to scrape off). The carbon was baked on pretty tough. That is the only thing that I was not impressed with. Other than that, all treated firearms that I have fired have functioned as designed.
I've only put a little over 100 rounds thru the 45 after FrogLube, but I noticed the feed ramp would wipe clean rather than having to scrub it with a brush. I also noticed today that the stuff does get down into the firing pin channel and looked like it could gum it up down the road.
The 10/22s ran like a charm even though I haven't cleaned them. Haven't fired the revolvers yet (both blue and stainless).
I use a brush and a hair dryer to prep the metal, brush on the paste, let it dry, and wipe it off. I do it twice if the gun has been fired and I need to get the crud off.
Now for the new RRA LAR-15. I degreased and put on the FrogLube as per their directions. I finally got to shoot this carbine yesterday, using factory Federal and Winchester soft point and hollow point ammo in 55, 60, and 62 grain configurations. I had no malfunction, and only one issue with one magazine where it appeared that the bolt did not strip a round from the magazine. It only did it once. I ran almost 300 rounds through this carbine and it never missed a lick. This is the second RRA I've broken in, and the first one was about 99.99999 % reliable and the only issues I'd had with it were caused by worn out magazines or bad factory ammo. I expected the same out of this new one, and thusfar am not disappointed.
The temperature at the range in the morning was around 10 degrees. My carbine was exposed to the cold but did not seem adversly effected. The FrogLube did not seem to stiffin noticably in below freezing temperatures, even when leaving the gun exposed to the cold air while stopping to load mags and change targets. It did cool down pretty fast at the low temp.
For clean-up on the RRA, the stainless steel parts wiped off. The inside of the chrome lined bolt carrier was fairly easy to clean - seemly a little easier than using Hoppes or Shooters Choice. However, the back of the bolt where carbon normally builds up was difficult to clean, and the crud seemed much harder to scrape off. I am probably going to get soaked in Hoppes or something similar (I tried FR7 on the other RRA and found it tended to make the carbon easier to scrape off). The carbon was baked on pretty tough. That is the only thing that I was not impressed with. Other than that, all treated firearms that I have fired have functioned as designed.
Last edited:
I got mine from Amazon.com
The biggest mistake most guys make when applying FL, is that they dont let it soak into the metal long enough. The directions I got say to heat weapon (setting it in sun, or hair dryer) then apply & let sit for an hour & then wipe off excess FL. When applied properly there is NOTHING better.
OP
2tango2
US Veteran
The biggest mistake most guys make when applying FL, is that they dont let it soak into the metal long enough. The directions I got say to heat weapon (setting it in sun, or hair dryer) then apply & let sit for an hour & then wipe off excess FL. When applied properly there is NOTHING better.
I probably didn't wait a full hour when I first did it the other night. Do I need to start from scratch as in strip everything off it with rubbing alcohol? Or can I just clean it with the liquid FL and the start over with the heating etc with the paste?
Similar threads
