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Posted: 10/25/2004 3:39:10 PM EDT
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What is the best lubricant for an AK's bolt rails? A good gunoil or what? I have heard of everything from 30 weight oil to wheel bearing grease. What do you use? archer2 |
| I think your just fine use either. I put a thin smear of grease on my reciver rails and bolt carrier.Also a smear on the bolt lugs and bolt stem. But in a pinch I use oil. Tetra grease is good and USGI M14 / Garand grease is good. Lubriplate. But really anything will work. Cheers WarDawg |
Lube? That implies that you will clean it. Everyone knows you don't clean AK's. All you need to do is shoot the hell out of it , drop it in the mud a few times , and you're good to go.  I just use a CLP on mine. The brand name is G96 Gun Treatment. But there are others.Seems to work fine. |
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I have been using USGI surplus CLP(cleaner,lubricant,preservative) for 20 years and it still is current issue. The commerical equilivent is www.break-free.com/ After using it to clean my firearms, I give the inside a coating of it to lubricate the moving parts,and also give the outside a coat of it to preserve/protect it from corrosion(rust). CLP has mircoscopic teflon particles in it that get into the pores of the metal and is a very good lubricant. A added benifit of the teflon in the pores of the metal is fouling doesn't stick as hard to the metal. You know how hard the carbon is to get off the gas piston. It requires lots of scrubbing with a brass or steel brissel brush to remove. Lubed with CLP before firing all that is required to remove the carbon is spaying it with CLP,letting it soak for 10 minuites. Then using a tooth brush with plastic brissels and it doesn't take that much scrubbing to remove the carbon. Try it one time and you won't use anything else. |
Yellow tops, clear bases, size of the end of your finger, brown grease. milsurp Any lube works it seems, but since the rails are far from enclosed, grease stays put better. |
Sure. Get a tub of wheel bearing grease or white "lubra-plate" grease. Either will work fine. |
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Geez...about any grease will work. As some of the guys stated above, they hardly lube the things. I use CLP and add a drop or two every six months whether it needs it or not. Grease will provide better, longer lasting lubrication, but it'll make for more work to clean up. Plus it'll attract dust/dirt more if you live in a dusty enviroment. Heck, I'd bet bacon grease would work. The added benift there might be that it'll attract the coyotes too. |
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