unfortunately this is yet another lube thread

[G-forceJunkie]

People seem to forget that meeting your weapons minimum lubrications needs can be done with just about any lube on the market. For me, the other factors are more important: toxicity, smell, ease of use, etc. Also, I''m not running through gallons of any cleaner lube, so the price point is pretty moot, $4 or 20, it really does not matter when I'm spending thousands a year on guns and ammo.

[ivanimal]

I like Kroil.

I have used everything over the ages, I have a bunch of guns and coat them often. The secret is to look at them once in a while and coat them. I got a can of lube from a buddy that worked in a power plant when I was young. It has been 30 years and i still use it for slide grease. It is impervious to extreme cold. Nothing worse than a frozen bolt when you have missed the first shot from shivering. I got this stuff in a tiny bucket and it now sits in a spray paint can lid. When its gone there will be a decision to make.

Please read the first post accurately. There is a valid point. I have some very expensive and collectible guns. I have never been picky about lubes. I just keep them covered. That is the gist of his post. I am sure the people selling expensive lubes like the free publicity, it doesnt necessarily make them better.

[elSquid]

Thought this was a good read...

http://www.grantcunningham.com/lubricants101.html

...using oils and greases intended for food service machinery seems like a reasonable idea. Besides, isn't there extra peace of mind knowing that your lube is both halal and kosher?

-- Michael

[Red Devil]

What does NASA use it for????????????????

De-icing booster tanks...

...Which is almost like machine part lubrication... seein' as the lubricating value of WD-40 lasts a whole Twenty (20 min.) minutes before it evaporates and is gone.

Engineering and Design - Lubricants and Hydraulic Fluids (EM 1110-2-1424 USA-CE)

[Lead Waster]

OK, to turn this thread around on people arguing the BEST oils, how about this question;

What's wrong with something like Hoppes gun oil or rem-oil? I mean specifically, that oil "works" in that it's slippery and will make parts oily. What else do we want?


And I'm talking about your average weekly or monthly range going paper puncher. Realistically not any crazy special ops stuff (who I'm assuming could afford any thing they wanted anyway).

[Red Devil]

OK, to turn this thread around on people arguing the BEST oils, how about this question;

What's wrong with something like Hoppes gun oil or rem-oil? I mean specifically, that oil "works" in that it's slippery and will make parts oily. What else do we want?


And I'm talking about your average weekly or monthly range going paper puncher. Realistically not any crazy special ops stuff (who I'm assuming could afford any thing they wanted anyway).

Nothin'... they're good lube.

Started usin' CLP Break-Free about... Oh, Thirty years ago... When a Drill Instructor handed me an M-16A1 and a bottle of the stuff and then yelled at me really loud several times a day to use it to clean the rifle w/...

...kinda stuck.

[ptroxx]

here is a nice little write up from american handgun

http://fmgpublications.ipaperus.com/FMGPublications/AmericanHandgunner/AHJA11/?page=50