Lubing the AK with motor oil or ATF??

[Munny$hot]

ATF works great as a lube and cleaner all in one..

[GunDog]

Use Mobil 1 5w30 or Royal Purple. Works great!!

This ^^ for lube and Ed's Red for cleaning (i.e. equal parts of kerosene, mineral spirits, acetone, and Mobile 1 synthetic ATF).

[Mr. Gillious]

This ^^ for lube and Ed's Red for cleaning (i.e. equal parts of kerosene, mineral spirits, acetone, and Mobile 1 synthetic ATF).

so many choices to choose from.

you know what, i think i'm just gonna lube it with some KY jelly

[CIV Tactical]

I love AK,s for this reason. You can really do what ever you want to it and it will still work. Heck Ive spit shined a couple a mine and boom boom.

[Elwood_Blues]

Real men use bacon grease

[buellster]

I use Kopper Kote anti-seize compound. Nice and sticky.

[Mail Clerk]

I stumbled upon this article explaining different methods of cleaning an AK

http://www.geeks-guide.com/2012/02/08/cleaning-and-maintaining-your-kalashnikov-type-ak-47-rifle/

just curious of other peoples input.

I clean it just like any other of my guns.

CLP, brake cleaner, gun oil, etc

all those things have been discussed before with a certain anount of success. In general they all break down grease and grime and so in the battle field if it cleans then it's good. In our case I just use Hoppe's and grease. Were not in the battle field yet. The AK is very flexible because of the large parts and simplicity.

Mail Clerk

[Richard Erichsen]

I stumbled upon this article explaining different methods of cleaning an AK

http://www.geeks-guide.com/2012/02/08/cleaning-and-maintaining-your-kalashnikov-type-ak-47-rifle/

just curious of other peoples input.

I clean it just like any other of my guns.

CLP, brake cleaner, gun oil, etc

.... or don't lube it at all, it will STILL work. You are treating your AK very well indeed if you actually oil it. Motor oil, 3-in-1, ATF, Ballistol, CLP, etc for the bolt head (lightly, don't overdue it) and trigger group. For sliding surfaces, such as axis pins, rails, etc. White lithium grease or for that matter "any" grease can be used. Keep oil and grease out of the gas system, it will just burn up and turn into black carbon residues.

R

[89 Vision]

I use Mobil 1 on all my guns. Bought a quart a couple years ago and the thing still feels about full. It's probably going top last me another decade.

[MrPlink]

I use mobil1 for everything, ak, ar, scar, handgun whatever. Having said that, atf works even better.

[FiveSeven]

Use Rem oil for rust prevention after cleaning, wipe excess then use Pro Gold grease for moving parts (bolt, rails).
When the world goes to hell in a hand basket I might resort to motor oil but for now I can easily afford products that are made for firearms.

But hey, whatever works for anyone....

[13204u]

I only have a little over a dozen AKs and only clean them if I need/want to work on them. If I do clean one, I use whatever is handy and don't try to overthink it. Do AKs need to be lubed? I've only rubbed mine down with motor oil (sometimes new and sometimes used) after parkerizing them and later for rust prevention.

^^^ This, it's an ak. It has sloppy tolerances for a reason. So long as it functions and has no stoppages who cares...

[Allentu]

Keep in mind that people overseas dont always have the most expensive lube, hell, even bacon grease will do

[cortayack]

I've been using synthetic motor oil (what I have left over from my motorcycle oil replacement) on all my guns....Pistols, rifles, AR15, AK, etc..My 1911's slides rack very easy....I also use mobile 1 grease.....

[Mr. Gillious]

Keep in mind that people overseas dont always have the most expensive lube, hell, even bacon grease will do

that does not sound that bad, bacon grease. i love the smell of bacon, it wakes me up.

while grooming my hair yesterday, i thought... why not pomade???