Moly Lubricant.

[LMWIS]

Interested in something to lube the slides/guides on a semi auto. Would like the material to bind to the surface (if that's possible) to compliment the usual oil I use.

The reason I'm interested is I had some fairly accelerated wear show up un the guides of a Glock 22. A search of the web shows that this is a fairly common occurrence, and Glocks answer is lube it and shoot on.

Any suggestions?

(Y'know when I ran this on Google, the first thing to pop up was an ad some sex jelly. For high pressure applications from -18 to 750 degrees. Not sure what these people are doing, but it doesn't sound very comfortable...,).

 

[MichiganScott]

Lube it with lube of your choice and shoot on.

I use just a drop of high temp moly wheel bearing grease on the back surface of rifle bolts, but don't use it on pistol slides because the manufacturers all seem to recommend a drop of oil.

What some may consider accelerated wear may well be simple finish wear. There is absolutely nothing that can be done with finish wear on the slide rails. A 1911 dust cover will occasionally even leave wear lines on the lower front of the slide.

If you insist on using some form of moly, Honda sells a 60% moly based grease. That's the highest percent moly that know of unless you wish to use expensive pure moly paste.

 

[OS-Wiz]

I use Lithium based, high temp grease. Stays put.

 

[dfariswheel]

Or as a compromise, Walmart sells a Lithium-Moly grease in cartridges, cheap.
The cartridge I bought some years ago was Super Tech brand.

Lithium has been used as weapons lube as far back as pre-WWII for the M1 Garand rifle.

 

[TraderJack]

Most of my Semi-Autos like to be run 'wet'... So when I'm at the range or shooting a match, I juice them pretty good... Experiment to find what your pistol likes...

 

[GrantA]

I haven't tried it but check this out Brian Enos's Slide-Glide Firearm Lubricant & Gun Grease

 

[RMC1]

I use Loctite copper based Anti Seize

 

[Hapworth]

I think it's member BigBill who's a huge fan of moly, and a particular brand for judicious use on select parts of revolvers and semiautos. Run a search, I know he's posted recently on this.

Alternately, PM him and maybe he'll post in this thread, too...

 

[chief38]

After I read Big Bills post lauding the performance of TS Moly 70% I ordered a tube of it and gave it a whirl. I find that it does work very well as a lubricant on sliding parts. My problem with it is that when put on the slide of let's say a 1911 it soon gets on holsters, hands, and does make a bit of a mess. Now maybe I did use too much of it - although I really tried to use it sparingly. The TS is a black color and it will stain anything it comes in contact with like leather or clothing so I have stopped using it on external gun parts and went back to my Rig #2 Oil

That said, I do occasionally use it on inside parts that are not exposed and will be contained inside the gun. As Bill stated, a little bit on a sear will make it instantly smoother with no GS work - and for that purpose it works quite well.

TS Moly 70% does work as Big Bill always touts, I just personally dislike the messy traits it has. I also went back to my Rig#2 Oil on slides and rails because any grease will attract unburned powder, wax lube, crud, etc. which can turn into a cutting abrasive in short order. Th eRig #2 Oil gets the job done quite well and does NOT attract all the dirt.

So there is my opinion for what it's worth, but I can see why Bill is always amazed by the product. Now I wish the could make it clear instead of black in color - a lot less negatives IMHO.

 

[dfariswheel]

For a less messy grease, I used Super Lube grease and oil on my own and customer guns for years.
I've opened up guns I'd serviced as long as 10 years previous and the Super Lube was still there and working.

Super Lube is a clear-white Teflon bearing synthetic grease good from -45 to +450.
The grease is a stiff grease that stays put.

The oil is a thicker "thin grease-thick oil" consistency that also stays where it's put and won't run off, wick off, sling off, or evaporate or dry out.

You can buy small tubes of the grease and small oilers of the oil from Midway to try.
If you like it, buy larger cans of the grease, and 4 ounce bottles of the oil direct from Synco:

Grease | Oil | Synthetic Lubricants

 

[Hapworth]

For a less messy grease, I used Super Lube grease and oil on my own and customer guns for years.
I've opened up guns I'd serviced as long as 10 years previous and the Super Lube was still there and working.

Super Lube is a clear-white Teflon bearing synthetic grease good from -45 to +450.
The grease is a stiff grease that stays put.

The oil is a thicker "thin grease-thick oil" consistency that also stays where it's put and won't run off, wick off, sling off, or evaporate or dry out.

You can buy small tubes of the grease and small oilers of the oil from Midway to try.
If you like it, buy larger cans of the grease, and 4 ounce bottles of the oil direct from Synco:

Grease | Oil | Synthetic Lubricants

Great suggestion, dfariswheel -- thank you.

Do you use the standard Synthetic Multi-Purpose Grease, or one of the other specialty greases Super Lube makes? And the oil -- with PTFE or without?

No issues with this grease trapping burnt powder and crudding up?

 

[mexicanjoe]

I prefer Lubriplate!

I have used Lubriplate, the white lithium grease in a squeeze tube, with great results!! Used sparingly, it protects metal surfaces; but in dusty areas it can attract dirt quite badly. Shoot, clean and lube and you're good to go! Anyone else use this product??

 

[chief38]

The IMPORTANT THING HERE is that most of the members here do use SOMETHING! I have seen guys down at my Club that never even clean their guns! All the suggestions and products here will for the most part work just fine. We all tend to over think these things (myself included) and some of the lubes we use were actually originally designed for space craft and air craft operating at extreme temperatures and conditions and our use on guns is almost a joke to some of these products. So again, the important thing here is to clean the gun and use something. Like I've said many time before, MOST of the GUN products that have survived over the years will work just fine. If they were truly terrible they would not still be on the market. Still, we all do have out favorites.............

 

[H Richard]

I have a little tube of Gunslick. It's been around forever, and often used on fishing reels also. It is basically a moly in grease base. A teeny bit goes a long way. I normally only use it on sears and a few sliding parts internal. I do not use on slide rails.

 

[TucsonMTB]

I have a little tube of Gunslick. It's been around forever, and often used on fishing reels also. It is basically a moly in grease base. A teeny bit goes a long way. I normally only use it on sears and a few sliding parts internal. I do not use on slide rails.

I have been looking for an inexpensive moly grease to try.

I don't see this product on their website. It maybe my poor powers of observation . . .

Their Foaming Bore Cleaner is one of my favorite rifle cleaning products and gets used every week at least once.