LUCAS GUN OIL

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What prompted you to use MOBIL ONE?

A lot of guys at local USPSA matches suggested it years ago, and like Frank's hot sauce, I use that s**t on everything. Works as good as anything else, and a $7 quart will probably last the rest of my natural life. I've always looked at it like this: What's an internal combustion engine do? It's hot reciprocating metal containing little explosions. What's a firearm do? Hot reciprocating metal containing little explosions.

Froglube? Bought it, tried it. Smells great. Guess it works, but if you don't remove every trace of petroleum oil, it turns sticky. I've heard it will get sticky over time on it's own, but I quickly went back to engine oil.

One of the most popular oils in turbine engines (besides 2380) is Mobil Jet 2. While it is great in extreme heat (cooling air in a jet engine is over 300 degrees), I hope your gun will never be near that temp, and Jet 2 may not like wood, certain plastics and rubbers, and finishes. Probably not the best choice.

 

[DW6395]

I have one friend (gun owner) that loves the stuff but he never sticks with one oil for very long so all I can assume is that is works as well as any of the major brands that have been around for a long time.

I have at least 40 different oils, greases and dry lubes that I've tried and collected over the years and truthfully while some do work a little better than others, I can't think of any that won't get the job done. Some work better in the cold, some better in the heat and still some work better on EDC guns where you don't want oil or grease migrating onto your holsters and clothing - but at the end if the day I've never had one fail and create a rust situation or a problem with a gun malfunctioning because it was not lubricated properly.

On carry guns I use Rig #2 Oil or Remoil because the carrier evaporates leaving protection and lubrication behind and will not ruin holsters and clothing.

On Range only guns I like Breakfree CLP - just a great all round product!

On the rare occasion I use a light grease, I use Rig +P Grease.

To store guns long term I use Rig Universal Grease - never found anything better for anti rust properties.

IMHO Lucas Gun Oil probably falls into the category of the Breakfree CLP. Nothing wrong with trying it - but don't expect it to be a "miracle product"!

Ditto, the only lube that I have used that my guns did not like at all was Frog Lube and yes I followed all of the directions. My guess is that there are 7 to 10 different lubes in my tray. Break free is the one I grab most often. I did get some Lucas products as a prize at a 3 gun and it seems to work very well. Probably sounds crazy but .....