Hello!

Just got my first CZ, a SP-01.  This is also my first my all metal pistol. My question is about lubrication.  I use Caseys synthetic in everything else I own.  I have heard that some use a grease on the rails. Any info would help.

I use Slip2000 EWG grease on all the metal to metal surfaces, including the rails.

Mobil 1 syn bearing grease.

I just put a couple of drops of Mobil 1 on each end of each rail in the frame.  Not the slide, the frame.  If you put a drop in each end of the slide rails and then install the slide most of the lube stays at the front.

Tears of your enemies?

I use grease lightly on the rails and anywhere metal impacts metal, most notably the lugs on the barrel and inside the slide. Most everything else just gets a light coat of oil.

Whatever free synthetic lube I get at matches in the goody bags. Right now it's RAND CLP.

Thanks for the info.  Got her all greased and oiled up.  Heading to the range for our first date tonight!!!

The lubrication properties required for a handgun are very easily met.  A car's engine has 50X more strain on a lubricant than a handgun will ever need even under the most arduous of circumstances.  So simple motor oil (and NO it doesn't have to be synthetic) is easily 10X more high tech of a lubricant than you'll ever need for a handgun.  Pretty much ANY motor oil will do the job more than adequately.  Many of the gun specific products are just re-packaged automotive or hydraulic oils.  Then they simply put the product in a 4oz bottle, and charge 30x more for the re-packaged product.  4oz bottles of firearm lubricant can run as much as $12.00 which is appalling considering it is likely a re-packaged motor oil that's typically $5.00 per QUART.  

One of the main reasons we use oil rather than grease in most firearms applications is because oil will not only lubricate, but it will also transport debris out of the areas where there are working/mating surfaces.  

So what that means is, oil is supposed to run off; it's not supposed to be applied to parts and remain there always.  Something users of dry lube or grease are trying to achieve when they choose such lubricants.  When you choose a dry lube or grease, you're giving up one of the two elements that make oil so great as a firearm lubricant.

I've been using the little container of Moly grease I got for free from CZ custom shop. It was specifically for my ss 75B but, they all get it. Feels like ball bearings after you rack them a few times. Good stuff.