I cleaned my VZ24 yesterday, and decided I should clean the action, and the bolt itself. I looked online for most of that stuff, and I'm pretty sure I did it properly. I used a nylon brush on the actual bolt mechanism, and hardly any Hoppes with it. However, I'm wondering if the bolt needs to be better lubricated. I have some oil, but I imagine that's not what I'd want to use. I imagine the best thing would be to put a little grease on it, but I'm not sure what type to use. I know there's the grease the army uses for AR parts, but I'm not sure if it would be good to use on a VZ 24. At the same time, I want to make sure there's not a lot of friction and wear going on between the surfaces.

 

Anyway, thanks for the suggestions.

Unless you lubricate it with lapping compound, you will not wear out the bolt. Grease is not needed, a light film of oil is all that is needed at the very most more so for corrosion protection than anything else.

 

Its a milsurp bolt action, it can be abused more than anything else.

Unless you lubricate it with lapping compound, you will not wear out the bolt. Grease is not needed, a light film of oil is all that is needed at the very most more so for corrosion protection than anything else.

 

Its a milsurp bolt action, it can be abused more than anything else.

 

Yeah, that's how I feel. I shot corrosive out of it back in December or January, did a quick clean on it, but I dont think it was truly suffecient, as I only had .22 patches. Gave it something more thorough yesterday, and worried I'd see pitting or rust. It still looked brand new. The old milsurp rifles can sure as hell take some abuse haha.

 

Part of it was just that it didn't feel like it was as smooth operating as before I cleaned it. The oil I used is usually used for black powder weapons. I stopped up at Bob's Little yesterday to pick up more Hoppes, and figured I'd rub a little oil on the metal to prevent rust. They didn't seem to have too much in the way of il, but the clerk recommended this stuff for black powder made from Tallow. Seems to have worked alright.

Shooting corrosive ammo and black powder are two completely different ballgames. Use regular gun oil and traditional cleaning methods. A tallow based BP lube on a bolt action rifle... eek!

Shooting corrosive ammo and black powder are two completely different ballgames. Use regular gun oil and traditional cleaning methods. A tallow based BP lube on a bolt action rifle... eek!

 

It was what was recomended by Bob's Little Sport shop.... I mentioned it was a bolt action, I just wasn't sure what would be the best thing out of what they had there...