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Posted: 10/20/2024 11:31:06 AM EDT
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I'll share with you my lube pro tip that I've used for close to 20 years. When it comes to oil, I bought a quart of mobile 1 10w/30. I'm still on the same quart. If I need grease, I mix some oil with a tube of Moly grease I bought at Fleet Farm years ago. I mix it in a Paint spray can cover with a Qtip. I will use this inside the BCG where the bolt cam pin is, and along the BCG rails and inside the receiver. The consistency is slick, its not a gel, more like a thick oil that stays put. I've lubed ARs this way and shot 2-3 day carbine courses where I shoot 1200-1400 rds of Wolf Ammo and not one malfuction.....  Now you don't have to keep buying all the fancy oils and greases marketed for firearms with catchy names like "gun butter" or "Frog lube" It's never been what you use...It's always been where and how often. |
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You about to get roasted by the flat bill hat, salt life non fishers, and Yeti cooler crew. If your not using whatever flavor of the month “Sex Frog Lube 9000” then your going to die due to a malfunction. Hoppes 9, Mobil 1, CLP, and Ezeox have done very well by me. Renaissance wax also for those deep blue guns too. |
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Originally Posted By Disco_Stu_TX: You about to get roasted by the flat bill hat, salt life non fishers, and Yeti cooler crew. If your not using whatever flavor of the month “Sex Frog Lube 9000” then your going to die due to a malfunction. Hoppes 9, Mobil 1, CLP, and Ezeox have done very well by me. Renaissance wax also for those deep blue guns too. Your items are about the same as mine. #9 for cleaning and oil for lube. Curious though, what role does the Eezox play for you? I tend to use it to prevent on small parts to prevent corrosion. |
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Originally Posted By Harv24: I'll share with you my lube pro tip that I've used for close to 20 years. When it comes to oil, I bought a quart of mobile 1 10w/30. I'm still on the same quart. If I need grease, I mix some oil with a tube of Moly grease I bought at Fleet Farm years ago. I mix it in a Paint spray can cover with a Qtip. I will use this inside the BCG where the bolt cam pin is, and along the BCG rails and inside the receiver. The consistency is slick, its not a gel, more like a thick oil that stays put. I've lubed ARs this way and shot 2-3 day carbine courses where I shoot 1200-1400 rds of Wolf Ammo and not one malfuction..... Now you don't have to keep buying all the fancy oils and greases marketed for firearms with catchy names like "gun butter" or "Frog lube" It's never been what you use...It's always been where and how often. Since I live in Ohio, I've always been sort of iffy on mixing grease with oil since grease can thicken easier than oil in colder temps. Is there a better grease than Red N Tacky for this purpose? |
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Originally Posted By Harv24: https://i.imgur.com/O5FBAuw.jpg https://i.imgur.com/U2NwMWv.jpg Any greases works, I've been using the same tube for years. Mix it with oil until you get a viscosity that is a thick, oil like viscosity that stays where you put it. If it was red, it'd be what our millwrights called "bubblegum grease". |
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Been using it since the 1980's, on everything from 10/22's to M109A3 Howitzers. Attached File |
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"Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot. . ."
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Originally Posted By Harv24: I'll share with you my lube pro tip that I've used for close to 20 years. When it comes to oil, I bought a quart of mobile 1 10w/30. I'm still on the same quart. If I need grease, I mix some oil with a tube of Moly grease I bought at Fleet Farm years ago. I mix it in a Paint spray can cover with a Qtip. I will use this inside the BCG where the bolt cam pin is, and along the BCG rails and inside the receiver. The consistency is slick, its not a gel, more like a thick oil that stays put. I've lubed ARs this way and shot 2-3 day carbine courses where I shoot 1200-1400 rds of Wolf Ammo and not one malfuction..... Now you don't have to keep buying all the fancy oils and greases marketed for firearms with catchy names like "gun butter" or "Frog lube" It's never been what you use...It's always been where and how often. Oil's oil, man. I've several friends who are in the business use Mobil1 exclusively. A quart lasts a looooonnnnnng time. Never had much use for CLP. Didn't like the way it separated. RemOil. I use it on silicone reel cloths for wiping firearms down before they go into the safe and such. RemOil also works great on carbon. Slip 2000. Carbon cutter does. EWL does. Their regular stuff does too. MPro7. Water-based cleaner. Works. Even on shotgun plastico crap fouling. Oil up after. I'm still working on a needle oiler with MPro7 oil...from the 90's. And I clean a LOT of guns all the time. Their oil's as good as Mobil1. Don't see a need to waste it LOL. Oh. I like the trick with the lithium grease/Mobil1 mix. gonna hafta try that. |
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The only problem I have with motor products is that many of them have carcinogens when it mixes with burnt carbon. They’re perfectly fine and no carcinogens when they are from the bottle itself but once it mixes with carbon it is extremely hazardous. I don’t think there’s a widespread study on it as most mechanics will dispose of it without touching it and while fixing cars they often don’t touch the contaminated areas. With that said on shooting guns you’re touching it even with gloves on. You’re also inhaling it each time you shoot it. I’m not sure of the long term effects but my advice is if you can use gun related products, especially if cancer runs in the family, you should avoid any sort of known carcinogens if you can. Most people don’t shoot that often so some exposure might be okay but if you shoot regularly or frequently it might be a good idea to use solid products. But on guns there’s no long term study with motor oil and the only known potential gun related cleaning carcinogens would be Teflon but only it it burns at certain temperatures which happens in the barrel but generally you’re not inhaling it enough to have ill effects. |
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