Lubricants

[cjtraining]

I use Mobile One for cleaning and lubrication. On the bore, I put the oil on the bore brush. On the frame, oil on a nylon brush. On the cylinder, I use a brass brush. The scorching, powder residue and fowling comes off very easily. I use Mobile One for lubing the rails of my semi-autos and any metal to metal contact on any gun.

 

[arroyoshark]

The article from the Grant Cunningham website may offer some useful information.

GrantCunningham.com - Library

 

[dmar]

Have you given your froglubed guns a good testing by chance?

I have a M&P9 with about 1300 rounds through it. No cleaning after the initial Froglubing. It does NOT...reapeat...NOT feel like it looks. The action is incredibly smooth. No gritty feel at all. I am impressed.

Edit -- I should point out that MOST of that 1300 rounds was Wolf. Probably the first 800 or so. The rest was Aquila.

You're going to spoil that gun...!

 

[venomballistics]

I used different lubes in different areas ... trigger group gets a silicone lube as it seems to avoid gumming up rather well, Slides and rails I'll grease with a a moly grease. all non wear points get a wipe down with any machine oil on hand.

 

[GregG]

I've found many good lubes. The main thing is to use them. I have friends that very seldom lube the slide on their semi-auto and it will fail to extract and when I checked them the frame and slide were dry. A lot of lubes just dry out over time.

 

[Animal_Mother556]

You're going to spoil that gun...!

Nah. It's just a tool to me.

 

[Ogandydancer]

Strange this thread should appear just now since I just bought a tube of the Pro Gold. Main concensus here seems to be Mobil 1. I may try this also. What weight do you guys use. I also have rem oil but it seems to dry out rather quickly.

 

[A2 Stippling]

Gun butter...use sparingly...the bottle will last forever and your gun will thank you.

 

[NE450No2]

If I could have only one lube it would be BreakFree.

In high dust conditions Prolix is great stuff.

In highly wet conditions, Ballistol works great, it has been around since the early 1900's. The German Army used it in WWI, and WWII.

If you need a grease, then Prolix Xtra-T Lube, or Tetra Gun Grease is worth using.

 

[rkmdogs]

I've found many good lubes. The main thing is to use them. I have friends that very seldom lube the slide on their semi-auto and it will fail to extract and when I checked them the frame and slide were dry. A lot of lubes just dry out over time.

All this talk about wet lubes! Nobody has even mentioned dry lubes! I use a type of molydunum disulfide(sp?) powder called "Moly-Lube" Discovered it years ago when having industrial lubrication failures on machinery. It works great at all temps!

 

[Mainsail]

The "best" is going to be DuPont Krytox, an aerospace grease. It costs considerably more than most people are willing to pay.

Read Why use only DuPont Teflon Bearing Grease?.

Anything with the word 'gun' or 'firearm' on the label is just some already available grease or oil (or some combination) repackaged and marked up.

 

[Wise_A]

What product you use doesn't matter. Marketing nonsense aside, half of this stuff is the same. What matters is that you inspect, clean, and lubricate regularly, according to the design and method of carry you use.

I.E.--a gun in an ankle holster will get filthy quickly, a pistol with an exposed hammer carried cocked will accumulate dust and lint in the firing pin hole, etc. Same with local climate.

 

[patrickd]

CLP ie the Breakfree I used back in the day while in the Army when used on rifles is only effective with a chrome lined bore who's super smooth surface doesn't really collect copper from the jackets. ATF works as good as anything out there for cleaning powder residue. For lube ATF containes high pressure additives. If it's good enough to keep a manual trans or 4X4 transfer cases running smoothly it is good enough for a pistol slide. a qt bottle will last you the rest of your life.

 

[richardw]

Call me old fashioned, but I'm still using Rem Oil for most of my gun lubricating needs. The guns I use the most are used/torn down/cleaned/lubed so often, that I've just never seen the need for anything more. Most firearms require so little lubricant anyway, that nearly any quality lube will provide perfectly adequate lubricity to bearing surfaces and other moving parts.

I also use Rem oil on my two semis: Ruger Lc9s and M&P Compact 22. I perform routine maintenance on the guns once a week. Both guns need very little oil to keep them in shaper. Pretty much just a tiny drop each time. I also use R.E.M. Bore cleaner and it works good too.

 

[Jessie]

I clean with Hoppes, lube internals with Militec-1 and wipe the externals with G96.
The Hoppes is from 50+ years of habit and it works plus I'm addicted to the smell!
That G96 smells pretty good, too plus it's an easy to use spray that really protects the metal.
The Militec is supposed to permeate the metal the faster and hotter it operates, so it's good for semi autos.
It works fine on revolvers, also.

 

[Jessie]

All this talk about wet lubes! Nobody has even mentioned dry lubes! I use a type of molydunum disulfide(sp?) powder called "Moly-Lube" Discovered it years ago when having industrial lubrication failures on machinery. It works great at all temps!

I'm using a S&W dry lube I recently got for mags and so far, it's worked well with no build-up.
It comes in a small pump spray bottle. Says it's
Made with ' Cerflon'.

 

[Donn]

Big fan of Ballistol, but Mrs. doesn't like the smell. So, we're back to Rem Oil and Rig grease.

 

[haywood]

I use Ballistol.

 

[6eighty6]

I clean the bore with Hoppes #9 solvent, clean the whole gun with Break Free CLP, oil parts that swivel/rotate w/hoppes oil, grease pets that slide with Miltec, and oil internal parts with Remoil then wipe with a silicone rag before storage.

 

[HCH]

Here's a lube article that might help you.
Lubrication 101: Gun oil, snake oil, and how to tell the difference. - www.GrantCunningham.com www.GrantCunningham.com