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Originally Posted By RABIDFOX50:
Bless your heart.  Originally Posted By RABIDFOX50:
Originally Posted By ArmedFerret:
Originally Posted By RABIDFOX50:
Why is the GD mindset oozing into the Tech forums?  Likewise the "needs hand held every step" mindset?  Bless your heart. The fact remains, grease is grease, and you're overthinking it. If you take offense to that, perhaps your heart needs the blessing. 
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Originally Posted By ArmedFerret:
all these fancy-schmancy greases.....i just use plain old red wheel bearing grease. $5 for a big-assed tub at wal-mart.  This. I have been using some random tub of conventional automotive grease I found five years ago in the shed. Still have about 9/10 of the tub left and no issues. |
| I use RIG grease painted on in a thin coat with a small brush. Never noticed any problems with separation of the ingredients either on the rifle or in the container. I have noticed the higher the ambient temperature the thinner the grease becomes, though it stays where you put it on the rifle. Used to use LSA-T but noticed that after a time it seemed to dry out to a wax-like consistency, so switched to RIG and haven't had any problems in over 5 yrs. |
| Regular grease, NLGI #2, is too heavy for weapons use and could be a real drag in cold weather. TWB25 is excellent and so is Militech1 grease. I haven't tried Weapon Shield grease but I would bet it's good. Mr. Fennel knows the lubrication business. Actually I haven't been using grease lately in favor of Hornady 'One-Shot' cleaner/lube that dries to a waxy coating. |
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Originally Posted By Newtopewpew:
What's wrong with just oil if you are only putting about 200 rounds down range per session? Nothing at all, provided it's the right kind of oil, i.e. It's not so light it's going to spray or burn off after 60 rounds or so nasty that it's going to gum up. Luckily most kinds of gun oil won't do either of those things. |
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Originally Posted By superbeast1098:
I used regular white lithium grease in my AK. Works like a charm, and its alot cheaper than products marketed towards gun owners. Yup. Until my tub ran out. Using some Super Tech hi pressure/hi temp (red) stuff right now. Working just as well. |
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Originally Posted By ESPOMAN:
So I took the recommendation from several people here and used grease for the first time on my AK. Wow what a difference. I could tell right away that everything was a lot smoother. Just felt like the BCG was riding on butter. I used Tetra gun grease. Highly recommend it. Yeah, I found grease to be much better suited for nearly every gun out there. If you can grease the rails or rotating items, grease works wonder. I'm unclear why people would use oil. You could buy an huge 16oz jug and it'll last you a life time for just 1 firearm. Just a small dab will work wonder for 1000s of rounds. With oil, a 16oz bottle would last you maybe a year or two if you're really careful and you can only shoot a few hundreds before having to relube. |
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I use TW25b almost exclusively in all of my weapons. WI conditions. -30 to 100F. Never an issue. It's the ONLY lube on my hunting and defensive weapons. I previously used Lubriplate and White lithium on my M1, M1A, and AKs. Found the TW25b to be MUCH better in weather below 0 degrees, and on my ARs in any weather. |
Robski has a video on cleaning and lubrication of the AK. How to lubricate your AKM (AK47) and AK74 rifles. |
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Not entirely sure what it is but I started using this stuff. I just noticed it expired this year but it's been stored with the lid closed. Maybe I need to start giving it away to friends haha. Attached File Attached File |
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Originally Posted By aimatdeer: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/418716/Screenshot_20221117-192852_Chrome_jpg-2606743.JPG This ^^^ |
| Any plain old cheap wheel bearing grease works good. A tub of grease will likely last most Kalash shooters a lifetime. I mean, let's face it: most AKs in Africa are lubricated from the pulled dipstick of a diesel pickup. |
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Wow, 10 year old thread is 10 years old.  Well heck, why not? I posted in this thread 10 years ago that I used Lubriplate SFL-0, a decade later i'm still using it, in fact the 14 oz. can I bought 15 years ago or so, is still half-full. Awesome stuff, 10 bucks for a lifetime supply basically. |
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Originally Posted By Newtopewpew: What's wrong with just oil if you are only putting about 200 rounds down range per session? Nothing at all. I will agree a Clp out of a bottle is thicker than a the can type Clp . I oil them sometimes. I light grease them sometimes. I have greased the rails lightly and then put a drop or two Clp on it. Slick slick slick. But oil is fine. Wardawg |
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Originally Posted By superbeast1098: I used regular white lithium grease in my AK. Works like a charm, and its alot cheaper than products marketed towards gun owners. Same,bought several big squeeze tubes from a place going out of business 20 years ago ,gave one to my son and still have a lifetime supply left. |
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Don't have an AK but I use marine grade bearing grease on my SIG 556R. It stays so clean back in the receiver the grease gets 3 or 4 range trips before it starts to discolor and I clean it off and apply new grease. The SIG and the M1/M1A is the only other type of rifles I use grease on. No grease on any of the handguns. They get dirt quick (EDC) so they get cleaned fairly often. Whether dirty, or just rained on heavily. |
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Originally Posted By GF3: In general, if it spins then oil it, if it slides, grease it. Any grease seems to work equally well on an AK. No one should take that seriously as it's not based on anything sound. Oil if it's a closed and filtered system [as in your vehicle]; grease if the application leaves the parts open to the environment (i.e. any spot on a firearm). I can see the sense in an exception to the rule and using oil in extreme cold. However, pick your grease well and one can do the same. I use the same grease from -20 to 110*. |
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