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Posted: 5/6/2021 6:25:36 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Tranquility]
I know a lot of people don't like lubing their bolt at all but I find mine runs much smoother when it is freshly oiled. I have found grease gets tacky and after a while and while I usually use a very light coat of oil (G96) it picks up dust after extended shooting periods and eventually causes the bolt to stick and chatter worse than no oil.
Is there a better product out there or a preferred application technique? |
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Posted: 5/6/2021 6:39:10 PM EDT
[#1]
I put Cherry Balmz on mine.
I put Cherry Balmz on everything. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/6/2021 6:59:29 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Reorx]
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Posted: 5/6/2021 7:07:38 PM EDT
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I spray the whole bolt with Hornady One Shot Gun Cleaner and then use a Q-Tip and put some grease on the back of the lugs. Any basic grease will work.
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Posted: 5/6/2021 7:12:41 PM EDT
[#4]
Geissele ultra thin grease.
Staynicity. It’s what guns crave. 
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Posted: 5/6/2021 7:29:36 PM EDT
[#5]
Mobil 1. It just works.
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Posted: 5/6/2021 8:41:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DVCER: Mobil 1. It just works. This, very light coating. Love the smell as it burns off |
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Posted: 5/6/2021 8:47:45 PM EDT
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Guess it would help if the OP gives more detail if he is talking about a bolt action bolt or a semi auto bolt.
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Posted: 5/6/2021 9:01:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fortydelta: I put Cherry Balmz on mine. I put Cherry Balmz on everything. . |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/6/2021 9:22:46 PM EDT
[#9]
Slip 2000 EWL 30
And they have a great grease syringe |
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Posted: 5/6/2021 10:03:45 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fortydelta: I put Cherry Balmz on mine. I put Cherry Balmz on everything. This is the correct answer. |
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SC, USA
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Posted: 5/6/2021 11:32:01 PM EDT
[#11]
I’m currently using Amsoil gun lube, and have been very happy with it so far.
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Posted: 5/6/2021 11:48:07 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Skg_Mre_Lght]
[#12]
I put a light coat of Lucas grease on the back of my bolt lugs, and spray the bolt down with Otis dry lube.
Oil is doodoo on PR bolts, and you'll hate yourself by the middle of the match when the dust starts sticking to the oil and you're fighting the bolt. For my precision gas guns, I use Lucas gun oil. |
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Posted: 5/6/2021 11:58:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Tranquility]
[#13]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: Guess it would help if the OP gives more detail if he is talking about a bolt action bolt or a semi auto bolt. Oh sorry, bolt action rifle. I guess it's more exposed to the elements than an AR bolt with a dust cover. |
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Posted: 5/7/2021 12:10:17 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Tranquility]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Skg_Mre_Lght: I put a light coat of Lucas grease on the back of my bolt lugs, and spray the bolt down with Otis dry lube. Oil is doodoo on PR bolts, and you'll hate yourself by the middle of the match when the dust starts sticking to the oil and you're fighting the bolt. For my precision gas guns, I use Lucas gun oil. Thanks, I just ordered some Otis dry lube. Never used it before. |
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Posted: 5/7/2021 12:47:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Roddy556: Thanks, I just ordered some Otis dry lube. Never used it before. |
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Posted: 5/7/2021 8:28:10 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Rob01]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Roddy556: Oh sorry, bolt action rifle. I guess it's more exposed to the elements than an AR bolt with a dust cover. I posted my bolt gun above. Never an issue with dirt or dust. I always clean and relube after the first day of a match also. A dry lube or a lube that isn’t super wet and sticky is the thing to use. |
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UT, USA
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Posted: 5/8/2021 12:06:07 AM EDT
[#17]
I’ve been using Mobile 1 full synthetic for more than ten years without any problems. While it’s not cheap (about $10 per quart) it’s a whole lot cheaper than others lubes out there. I’m still using the quart that I bought more than 10 years ago. Why pay upwards of $20 for a couple oz?
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Posted: 5/8/2021 12:11:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Grumpy5: I've been using Mobile 1 full synthetic for more than ten years without any problems. While it's not cheap (about $10 per quart) it's a whole lot cheaper than others lubes out there. I'm still using the quart that I bought more than 10 years ago. Why pay upwards of $20 for a couple oz? |
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Posted: 5/8/2021 9:06:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Tranquility]
[#19]
Quick follow up question for bolt guns, how many bolt cycles or rounds fired or how much time spent in dusty environments do these lubes hold up for? Is a day at a match pretty typical?
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Posted: 5/8/2021 9:09:05 AM EDT
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I use mystic 10% moledium grease cycle the bolt several times and then wipe it off. Then I apply dry graphite. It’s messy but you will not have a dust problem. If you are in the rain lithium grease is hard to beat or the mystic with Molybdenum. But the grease is a little messy. Do not apply mobile one to the firing spring. It will build a static charge and collect dust and gum. If you’re not gonna be in a really dusty environment frog lube is a pretty good choice as well as TC bore butter. They both will kinda break down carbon and smell really good. As for hunting I think the TC bore butter is hard to beat. I wiped some on a licking branch to see how deer would react because my buddy said that the smell was to powerful. The game camera was full of pictures of deer rubbing and licking and chewing the branch off. So I use bore butter on my lever action riffles. Plus it beads water really well. Another buddy swears by microlon. But I have never played with it.
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Posted: 5/8/2021 9:21:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Roddy556: Quick follow up question for bolt guns, how many bolt cycles or rounds fired or how much time spent in dusty environments do these lubes hold up for? Is a day at a match pretty typical? I can’t really answer this question because I carry an AR as the ranch riffle. But it rides in a buggy and tractors and probably see’s more dust than a rifle other than in a desert military environment. And I clean the bolt group once a year whether it needs it or not. I usually run through about sixty to seventy rounds. Now for the bolt Guns I don’t reapply till I feel like they need it and that can be years with the molly and graphite. The lever action rifles get reapplied bore butter once a year. I think you’re answer would really vary with how wet the firearms get and then how dusty. The graphite and molly can get somewhat washed away. But the water should act as a lubricant until the action totally dries. But a drop of any type of oil should give adequate lubricant until you could do a good cleaning and reapply the molly grease and graphite. |
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Posted: 5/8/2021 9:34:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Roddy556: Quick follow up question for bolt guns, how many bolt cycles or rounds fired or how much time spent in dusty environments do these lubes hold up for? Is a day at a match pretty typical? Yes it will work fine for a day at a match. I usually hit the bolt again after the first day at a two day match but sometimes I don't/can't and it runs fine the next day too. |
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Posted: 5/8/2021 10:35:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rob01: Yes it will work fine for a day at a match. I usually hit the bolt again after the first day at a two day match but sometimes I don't/can't and it runs fine the next day too. Good to know. Thanks! |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 5/8/2021 11:48:38 AM EDT
[#24]
I use Amsoil gun oil and then use Lucas gun grease on the lugs, both of which are synthetic. I also like Amsoil gun cleaner as well.
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Posted: 5/12/2021 10:26:26 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Tranquility]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Skg_Mre_Lght: It smells good too. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Skg_Mre_Lght: Originally Posted By Roddy556: Thanks, I just ordered some Otis dry lube. Never used it before. The bolt is running like poop through a goose and my rifle smells like Southern Comfort or something. This forum is really a great source of knowledge. Also I guess I didn't get Otis Dry Lube, I got Otis Special Forces Dry Lube so you know it's good. 
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Posted: 5/13/2021 12:38:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Roddy556: The bolt is running like poop through a goose and my rifle smells like Southern Comfort or something. This forum is really a great source of knowledge. Also I guess I didn't get Otis Dry Lube, I got Otis Special Forces Dry Lube so you know it's good. |
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NC, USA
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Posted: 5/29/2021 12:09:07 AM EDT
[#27]
Mobil 1
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Posted: 7/5/2021 10:36:44 AM EDT
[#28]
Mobil 1 10w/30W mixed with bearing grease until its a jelly consistency. A lifetime supply for around $8.
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Posted: 7/11/2021 11:57:30 PM EDT
[#29]
Robert Whitely recommends a bicycle chain lube that he likes for AR-15's.
I use Lubriplate No. 105 commonly available in any automotive store or the auto section of most big box stores. |
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Posted: 7/12/2021 9:11:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By borderpatrol: Robert Whitely recommends a bicycle chain lube that he likes for AR-15's. I use Lubriplate No. 105 commonly available in any automotive store or the auto section of most big box stores. Is it still as messy as it used to be? We used Lubriplate on telescope arms of backhoe’s in the mine. Only thing messier was suretack tub grease that we used to lubricate the wear plate in the tub of the dragline. You could get either on your clothes and it would transfer to everything in the washing machine. We sprayed lubriplate on a D10 dozer blade that was pushing shale. And it shined the blade up to a mirror finish that held its luster for a few weeks while we had the dozer for sale. You could still feel how slick the blade was even when it tried to rust the rust pushed off with your finger. |
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Posted: 7/12/2021 11:10:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sparkyD: Is it still as messy as it used to be? We used Lubriplate on telescope arms of backhoe’s in the mine. Only thing messier was suretack tub grease that we used to lubricate the wear plate in the tub of the dragline. You could get either on your clothes and it would transfer to everything in the washing machine. We sprayed lubriplate on a D10 dozer blade that was pushing shale. And it shined the blade up to a mirror finish that held its luster for a few weeks while we had the dozer for sale. You could still feel how slick the blade was even when it tried to rust the rust pushed off with your finger. Lubriplate makes dozens of different lubricants for a wide variety of applications. Lubriplate No. 105 is a light weight motor assembly grease designed to prevent galling when installing pistons with rings when building engines. |
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Posted: 7/13/2021 9:27:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By borderpatrol: Lubriplate makes dozens of different lubricants for a wide variety of applications. Lubriplate No. 105 is a light weight motor assembly grease designed to prevent galling when installing pistons with rings when building engines. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By borderpatrol: Originally Posted By sparkyD: Is it still as messy as it used to be? We used Lubriplate on telescope arms of backhoe’s in the mine. Only thing messier was suretack tub grease that we used to lubricate the wear plate in the tub of the dragline. You could get either on your clothes and it would transfer to everything in the washing machine. We sprayed lubriplate on a D10 dozer blade that was pushing shale. And it shined the blade up to a mirror finish that held its luster for a few weeks while we had the dozer for sale. You could still feel how slick the blade was even when it tried to rust the rust pushed off with your finger. Lubriplate makes dozens of different lubricants for a wide variety of applications. Lubriplate No. 105 is a light weight motor assembly grease designed to prevent galling when installing pistons with rings when building engines. Gotcha that’s the lighter foamy stuff we used on push rods and cylinders. |
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Posted: 7/15/2021 10:31:01 AM EDT
[#33]
my hmr pro action is already really smooth, used cherry balmz and dont really notice a difference
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Posted: 8/19/2021 10:56:52 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Kuraki]
[#34]
 This came with the use Palma rifle I bought last year and it's fantastic. ETA: Ugh just looked it up. They sell a "gun lube kit" which is a bottle of their fluoro oil and this little tub of grease, $18.95. That's not bad. Only shipping is FedEx ground for $25  I guess I'll make this last. |
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OR, USA
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Posted: 8/20/2021 1:29:42 PM EDT
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Is Frog Lube out of fashion now?
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UT, USA
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Posted: 8/20/2021 3:59:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tatsngats: Is Frog Lube out of fashion now? Frog Lube is fine as long as you apply it super thin. People get carried away and think more is better. I like Break Free CLP for the bolt body and a thin film of Super Lube grease for the lugs. Too much and you will attract dirt. |
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Posted: 8/20/2021 8:22:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By sigman68: Frog Lube is fine as long as you apply it super thin. People get carried away and think more is better. I like Break Free CLP for the bolt body and a thin film of Super Lube grease for the lugs. Too much and you will attract dirt. If I'm hunting in the rain I love Frog lube. Just beads the water right off. But it doesn't take much and it dissolves the carbon so you have to wipe it off and re-apply it a little more often than I like. |
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Posted: 8/21/2021 1:52:18 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tatsngats: Is Frog Lube out of fashion now? |
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