Best gun lube?

[KnuckleHD]

I’ve had good luck with Breakfree CLP and Gun Butter. Interested in trying some ballistol though. I’ve also seen a lot of ads for shooter lube. Anyone ever try that?

[tbc]

[LoadedM333]

lucas marine grease is the same thing as their extreme gun grease

I am still using this 14oz tube that I bought from Lowes over 15 years ago. This and my used synthetic 10-60 motor oil from my BMW M3. They work great.


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[Ki6vsm]

I am still using this 14oz tube that I bought from Lowes over 15 years ago. This and my used synthetic 10-60 motor oil from my BMW M3. They work great.

You guys are showing ingenuity. I use Lucas Heavy Duty grease (the green stuff) for the u-joints on my truck's driveshafts, etc. Best stuff I've ever found for that---only grease that doesn't drip oil out of the grease-gun constantly. I should try it in my buffer tubes at least. And I always have a little 10w-60 left in a bottle after changing the oil in my Moto Guzzi 1100.

[FeuerFrei]

I'd been wondering this myself, after reading through all the posts. It might be just as important to know which lubes are or are not compatible chemically with one another, since most of us probably don't have a parts-cleaner bath to strip off old substances.

For example, out of curiosity I read up on the ALG Go Juice, which is "biosynthetic" and "non-toxic". I'm sure it must work, but is it okay to slap it on over a thin film of older CLP, EWL, etc?

I haven't tested oils/grease for some time but I found soap and water removes bio lubes pretty well and a true solvent is needed on oil based lubes/greases.

The alcohol works on both and that's what I use all the time to remove oils/dirt/grease.

I remember coconut/corn oil work OK if you preheat the metal beforehand. Sound familiar?
The more porous the metal the better.
Good tenifer/melonite/nib coating just don't/can't absorb it as far as I can tell.
Good bluing won't absorb it either.

That's about the same with other cooking oils or lard/tallow. Clean it, heat it, apply and reheat it and let it set and wipe off the excess. Just like our grannies did with their cast iron pans.

CLP removes the bio oils pretty well. Then you have to remove the CLP. Doh!

I tried safflower oil and it works really well and has a high smoke point@500 deg+ IIRC.
That is beyond the CLP @500 degree flash point.

I encourage anybody to do some testing beyond YT videos.

There are too many options out there and most work pretty well if you apply it correctly and stay within temperature limits.

*Companies need to patent their gun lube formula of the ingredients, so they can sell it and make money. Just like nitro carburizing precesses needs to be tweaked to a slightly different amount so there's no patent infringements. It all ends up being the same, but just different enough. Then there's the quality differences.

[rmnc3r]

No mention of "Ed's Red" ? I mixed up a modified batch (Mobil 1 0W-20 instead of lanolin and no acetone) years ago and am still using it - more for cleaning and final wipedown, than 'lube' tho'.

I shoot MLs mostly and like Wonderlube 1000 - Frog Lube smells similar, but I've never used FL. After a trip to the range, I clean with (distilled water) diluted Oil Eater and finish lube with WL1000 - Lock, Stock and Barrel. No problems with after rust.

[DrjonesUSA]

Would you and do you use gun oil in your car's engine?

If not; why not?

[Ki6vsm]

The alcohol works on both and that's what I use all the time to remove oils/dirt/grease.

I remember coconut/corn oil work OK if you preheat the metal beforehand. Sound familiar?
The more porous the metal the better.
Good tenifer/melonite/nib coating just don't/can't absorb it as far as I can tell.
Good bluing won't absorb it either.

That's about the same with other cooking oils or lard/tallow. Clean it, heat it, apply and reheat it and let it set and wipe off the excess. Just like our grannies did with their cast iron pans.

CLP removes the bio oils pretty well. Then you have to remove the CLP. Doh!

I tried safflower oil and it works really well and has a high smoke point@500 deg+ IIRC.
That is beyond the CLP @500 degree flash point.

I encourage anybody to do some testing beyond YT videos.

There are too many options out there and most work pretty well if you apply it correctly and stay within temperature limits.

I had to smile when I read your comment about alcohol. Made me think of how impossible it was to find six months ago. Every store was out of the little bottles of 70%. And my local Marshall's HW (industrial HW) shop, which normally would have maybe 50 gallon-cans of the stronger Isopropyl was completely out of cans of it for a long time. Empty shelves. I think even their denatured cans were unobtainable.

Personally I have not tried anything too unusual as a gun lube. Truth is, I have a couple of things I'm happy with for certain jobs. Been using EWL the last couple of years. I like my gun oils to smell like a gun oils I guess. I've used Rem Oil for a few things that require penetration, like on wheelgun hinges etc. But I got a new little bottle of Rem Oil recently. It's a thicker oil than previous bottles I've purchased. And the label no longer says "Same Great Formula Since 1923". So it seems they finally ditched that formula and went with something of slight higher viscosity.

The motor oil idea makes sense. I'm sure it has to do an excellent job. But if I run a gun to hot at the rain while lubed in Maxima motorcycle oil, I might get confused and decide to throw my leg over it and try to ride it around. LOL

[17+1]

Break free CLP for most semi autos.

Grease for M1, M1A, Mauser, other bolt actions.

[tbc]

Would you and do you use gun oil in your car's engine?

If not; why not?

Are you really a dr? Asking this type of question I doubt it.


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[C.G.]

I have a couple ounces of whale oil.
I am not wasting it on guns.
I am saving it for my precision measuring instruments.

Hubble space telescope?

[Mr. Blue]

Interesting comments on lube when temps are freezing. Freezing temps always harden the grease/lubes or least run the risk of doing so. Best to use nothing and go au naturel. Leave it as dry as possible.

IF your rifle freezes you thaw it out with alcohol. It's the fastest way I know. A Bic lighter used (sans alcohol of course) to heat up the metal until it comes loose works too.

The FL hate still cracks me up. Carry on.

Having watched TFB TV shoot an AR fully frozen by nitrogen, I think my 60degree safe will be ok.

[Mr. Blue]

Are you really a dr? Asking this type of question I doubt it.


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[Romeo_alpha01]

Would you and do you use gun oil in your car's engine?

If not; why not?

How many cycles of reciprocation and triple digit heat does your firearm see in one minute?

How many cycles of reciprocation and triple digit heat does your engine see in one minute?

Engine oil operates in a closed system, with many miles where the user is not intervening to add oil or relubricate anything.

[edgerly779]

Marvel red oil