OIL !!!!

[Ruger11 4]

What do you guy's use to oil up your guns? Do you spend $8-9 dollars for ''gun lube"" from the local gun store or is wd-40 type spray oil just as good? Thanks

[71ragtopgoat 23]

WD-40 is a metal eater you can use Gun lubes or regular motor oil.

[Shane45 807]

Easox for protection, militec for lube........

[crackaloon 15]

WD-40 is a metal eater you can use Gun lubes or regular motor oil.

 

Yeah, I was upset when I sprayed down many of my tools in the garage a few years ago, only to find exactly what I was trying to prevent happening to everything that wasn't chromed.

[bry@n 195]

I used Militec also. Great stuff. I have been switching my sig's over to use slide glide on the rails.

 

I like the grease better.

[Urban Grunt 44]

Good old Rem oil

[JonF 79]

+1 for the Eezox as a protectant lube. I use it on all my milsurps that shoot corrosive after a cleaning.

 

I also follow the general rule that if it slides, use grease and if it rotates (or the space is too tight to apply grease), use oil. Your choice of actual product is up to you but i think that while there are some differences in products and some are measurably better than others, as long as you are fairly regular with your cleaning and lubrication, you needn't get too caught up with the "battle of the brands".

 

As an aside, to all those old coots that swear they dab a little Hoppe's behind the ears and hang Hoppe's soaked air fresheners in thier cars, they have clearly not had a whiff the the 21st century called Eezox!

[Shane45 807]

Whats that old saying? Something like oil for lube grease for pressure?

[vozella 2]

TriFlow. Outstanding lube used by bicycle racers. Does not attract dirt and lasts .

[bmanrkg3 3]

Breakfree CLP for me.

[robot_hell 72]

I clean all parts with Breakfree CLP which also acts as a light lube, and use Birchwood-Casey SNO grease on slide rails and bolts.

[tbtrout 141]

I like Tetra products.

[Tactical Monkey 51]

I've tried a fair amount of different products... lately I've been on a slip 2000 kick, and it seems to work pretty well.

[fliks 20]

alright, now the next logical step in this thread:

where do yo guys buy this stuff? recommendations?

[Maksim 1,504]

hoppes gun oil that came with the starter kit.

[average joe 5]

Yikes! Never use WD40 on your guns....Unless you don't like them....(it turns to a nice brown varnish)

 

Use gun oil, or something made for guns, like Militec or Breakfree CLP

[S@ndman 0]

Militec for lube.

[GRIZ 3,369]

Whats that old saying? Something like oil for lube grease for pressure?

 

I've used Breakfree for nearly 30 years. If you can't find it or want to pay less just get any general purpose lubricant with PTFE. If you clean your gun and put it away its still ready to go 6 months later. The PTFE is still there only the vehicle used to suspend it has evaporated.

 

It has become popular to use grease in many applications but the only thing I use it on is M1s as they were designed to run on grease. I use Mobil 1 grease for that because:

 

1. It doesn't wash off if the rifle gets wet just like lithium grease.

2. Its red so I know if its powder residue or grease on a part.

 

WD40 does have a place with guns but that's only if your gun got soaked, nothing displaces water better. A liberal spray of WD40 on a wet gun, followed by a good bath in Gunscrubber or Brake Kleen, followed by normal lubrication works.

[Pew Pew Plates 358]

Militec-1 and tetra gun grease.

 

For pistols, I grease the rails and put a very very light coating of oil on the barrels outside.

 

Thats it

Less is more

[sirsloop 1]

Less is more

 

more or less

[Mauser88 0]

What do you guy's use to oil up your guns? Do you spend $8-9 dollars for ''gun lube"" from the local gun store or is wd-40 type spray oil just as good? Thanks

 

Nothing is better then PLC.

 

I've been using it for the last 20+ years.

[coldsolderjoint 84]

Mobil 1 Synthetic Motor Oil

[fliks 20]

Mobil 1 Synthetic Motor Oil

 

seriously? for pistols? I'm gonna go buy a quart of it, that's CHEAP!

[coldsolderjoint 84]

Mobil 1 Synthetic Motor Oil

 

seriously? for pistols? I'm gonna go buy a quart of it, that's CHEAP!

 

I clean with rem-oil and lube with Mobil 1. A little goes a Loooong way. $5 for a quart! I've been using this for probably 2 or 3 years now, and I haven't even gotten through a few ounces. I went to harmon and got one of those little empty 99 cent hair styling bottles with the pointy tip. I figure if its good enough for an engine with rotating parts at a few thousand RPM's and a few hundred degrees.. how could it be bad for a gun? Others might disagree.. but I picked this tip up from a guy who cleans his glock with hot water.. and he's been doing just fine.

[fliks 20]

good advice for a cheap j*w like me!!! thanks!

what about the "cleaner" what do you use for that?

[coldsolderjoint 84]

http://www.remington.com/products/acces ... m-oil.aspx

 

Usually Rem-Oil.. or Hoppes

[brizbane 1]

I should be a member of Gun Lube of the Month Club. I have tried a lot of the 'em and have settled on the following:

 

Weapon Shield Oil for internals

TW 25 grease or Weapon Shield grease for the rails of my 1911s

Then all guns get a wipe down with EEzox.

 

Weapon Shield Oil is a little on the thick side and seems to lubricate very well.

 

TW 25 and WS grease are both very slick and stay where they are put. I use either of 'em, depending on my mood.

 

The Eezox goes on wet and then dries totally and leaves no film, but protects like crazy.

[Shane45 807]

GRIZ quite right. I use WD40 on my guns. I use it as Griz pointed out or as a flushing agent. I buy it by the gallon and put it in a squirt bottle.