Posted: 12/16/2007 2:56:24 PM EDT
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What greases are highly thought of for lubing the rails of pistols? I don't want to start a pissing war over minute differences...just get a couple of brand names of overall good stuff and possibly where to find them. Thanks 
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| I like and use Brian Enos' Slide Glide. You can get it from Top Gun Supply. |
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Good choice on switching from oil to grease. Significantly reduces seepage and evaporation. I use a very thin layer of Bel-Ray waterproof grease for lubing all my firearms; both handguns and rifles. On a few pistols, I might still use a few drops of oil for those super tight and hard to reach nooks and cranies. |
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Truth is ANY high grade, heat and water resistant grease will do fine. The old M1 issue Lubriplate grease works well, and you can buy it as Lithium grease in any hardware store. I know National Match shooters that buy tubes of Wal-mart "Super-Tech" Moly-Lithium grease for their M1-A's. It's a black grease. Personally, I use the above mentioned Super-Lube which is a clear-white synthetic stiff grease with Teflon. Their oil is what I used to lube customer DA revolvers and is great on CCW guns because it won't evaporate, or run off. The oil is a "thick oil-thin grease" substance that stays put like grease but lubes like oil. As with ALL gun lubricants, WHAT you use is not important in the least. It's that you DO lubricate. People on the internet will argue endlessly over what's the "best" lube". There ISN'T any "best lube". Just try some and pick your favorite. Then you too can argue endlessly on the internet about it. |
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One thing to watch is that grease can be too thick if it's cold out. Not so much an issue for carry pistols that get body heat, but a competition/duty pistol exposed to the elements is going to get to ambient temp pretty quickly. I have used Swiss rifle grease, hi-tack water proof grease (sticks like bubble gum), or plastilube (old GI rifle grease) with good results. Look for these qualities: extreme-pressure, waterproof, and anti-corrosion. http://www.mcmaster.com/ (search 'grease') has more types of grease than I knew existed, and they will sell you 1 tube, no minimum ordering BS. BSW |
+1! I use it on all my semi autos and it seems to work quite well. I still use oil on the little inside parts like the sear and all, tho. Bill |
I agree |
Why would you think copper anti-seize is abrasive? BSW |
Because it is full of copper particles?!? |
SkagSig40, Gamma762, The copper particulates present in Loctite C5A anti-seize are actually very small flakes of copper and actually have lubricative properties themselves. I'll give you an example. Ever notice how steel jacketed ammo (like the Wolf/Russian AK 7.62x39 or S&B Range-Safe economy line of ammunition) has a coating of copper flash over it? It (the copper flash coat) is present to reduce the friction between the bore and the mild steel that composes the jacket of the bullet as it is propelled down the bore by the propellant gasses. It is a "paper thin" coating of copper, but that is all that is needed. Because it is much softer than mild steel it tends to "flow" under the extreme pressures generated by the bullet's bearing surface against the bore and leaves small traces of copper behind as a result. That is why, after shooting such ammunition, you will find that it leaves behind fouling that requires the use of copper removing products to get rid of the fouling. Different situations, same mechanism. The copper impregnated C5A anti-seize is not abrasive in the least, it's just an "errornet" fallacy. I truly doubt that Glock would put anything on their products that would have such a deleterious effect. As for using it to lube your guns, you can certainly use it, but it is messy, messy stuff that is all but impossible to remove from your hands and clothing if you get it on them. Using any of the myriad gun-oils would serve you better, but YMMV. I have been served well by using Mobil 1 20W50 Synthetic on all of my firearms, but that is just my preference. All the best, TK 
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