Lubrication?

[bsg]

i use break free clp and tetra grease for the slide rails.

[Barabas]

Just because your AR gets carbon fouling doesn't mean you have to add it to all of your other firearms!

I've used graphite by itself on my Marlin .22, but that was because I couldn't find anything else that wouldn't freeze up in -10F weather.

For California weather, the Mobil 1 should be fine all by itself year round. It gets worse treatment in your motor than it ever will in a firearm that's properly lubricated with it.

TBH, I grease sliding parts with high temp U-joint grease and only spot oil rotating parts like pins and locking lugs. I also usually wipe it all off until there is only the slightest sheen, a little dab'l do ya. ATF will do too, if the oil in your motor is too dirty, but it definitely has a funky smell to it.

I'd be lying however if I told you I don't use anything else ever. I'll try the latest wonder lube if someone offers a dab, but I always come back to Mobil 1 for lube.

One part graphite mixed with ten parts Mobil 1 works for me.

[checkenbach]

I use Mobil 1 for oil, and Slide Glide(light and regular) for grease applications.

[nmerced]

Just because your AR gets carbon fouling doesn't mean you have to add it to all of your other firearms!

LOL!

[fishhoppa]

Am using CLP based on a recommendation from a firearms instructor...so far so good!

[rojocorsa]

Try some SLIPSTREAM by Crusader Weaponry.

Here is a random 3rd party review I pulled off Google.

Here is another review:

I use a new product called Slipstream.

Full Disclosure: Slipstream is a new product, less than a year old at this point. I'm a staff member at WeTheArmed.com - Index, which is owned by the owners of Crusader Weaponry, the makers of Slipstream. I was one of the first users of the lube. I am not an employee of Crusader, nor do I get any compensation for my reviews of the product. I've paid for my Slipstream.

Ok, now that all the fine print is out of the way, I strongly recommend Slipstream for any gun, including AR's. The kit costs $20 and includes an oil and a heavier grease. I originally put the grease on my bolt carrier group and charging handle. The effect was quite noticeable. I had been using Hoppes oil and Rem oil, and this stuff is so much better. And a little goes a long way. I have lubed all of my guns, some multiple times, and haven't put a dent in the kit. The oil is good for small parts, like trigger groups. It works its way into the springs and pins and actually improves triggers, in my opinion. The grease is good for surfaces like slide rails, and the friction surfaces on bolt carriers- parts that get hard use and where you want the lube to really stay put. A combo works well in some cases (I grease the frame rails on my Sig P226, and oil the slide rails. It's smooth as silk)

I really can't say enough good things about Slipstream, but I also don't want to look like the new member here who is just spamming the board. I promise, I'm not. I'm just suggesting a product that I've had very good experience with.

http://www.texasguntalk.com/forums/rifles-sponsored-copes-distributing/14377-ar-lube-grease.html

(M. Sage is part of that forum too, coincidentially.)


And here is the great gun forum that the owners of Sliptstream run--it links to the Crusader company subform:

http://wethearmed.com/index.php/board,76.0.html

For the normal forum:

http://wethearmed.com/index.php

[maxwellca21]

Use the search button, this has been beat to death!

Bottom line
oil, use it
pretty much any will do

you could have post a link or something helpful.