Gun Oils
Posted: 20 May 2014 17:09
Well I know a lot of folks who just love some variation of CLP.
A whole bunch of others use some variation of lithium grease.
I personally USED to use Gnslick for wear surfaces when I stared out.
I have used RemOil for the exterior of the gun when I just want to give it a very light oiling.
I used Tetra for years for semi auto slide rails to avoid the black marks Gunslick might leave on clothing.
And for an interior oil on moving parts I did not wish to grease I tended to use Kleen Bore's 3 in 1 although I also liked Tri-Flow's bicycle chain lubricant (wet).
M-Pro put out LPX that was supposed to be an improved version of CLP. I can't really tell you there is a lot of difference.
Most recently I've been shifting most of my gun lubrication to SLIP 2000.
My bud who owns one of the local shops has tested a number of lubricants especially on ARs. The SLIP 2000 seems to run the longest without tacking up from the dirt and carbon fouling. It does not seem to get as sluggish in cold weather but is still good with high desert temps. He supplied some to his BiL's Marine unit and the report back was that their weapons stoppages pretty much went away. He sent them a large care package of the stuff and they ended up sharing it with other units in the area including some allies who reported the same results.
I have a large bottle of their EWL sitting nearby. I've been pretty happy with it.
I used it on the 92s during the breaking in process and they noticeably smoothed out.
My bud with a 16" .357 after trying my guns immediately slathered his 92 down with EWL.
They also make a heavy weight EWL 30, a lighter gun oil and a grease as well as some cleaning solvents.
I've given a couple bottles and a couple of their 'extreme' combo Carbon Cutter, Degreaser, EWL packs away to local buds and the response has been pretty positive. http://www.slip2000.com/
Now for bicycle chain lubricant I usually end up with Finish Line Dry Lube and last year picked up a rather large bottle of it that I've used to recharge several smaller bottles. Riding Mountain Bikes mostly in dry conditions a wet lubricant is counter indicated and the Finish Line stuff seems to do about as well as any I've tried so far. I DO have to admit I like the GNAR Lube marketing campaign but haven't ponied up the bucks to try their product. http://www.gnarlube.com/videos/ For bicycle grease I'm not picky but I did pick up a container of Buzzy's quite a while back. It is pretty good stuff for general use but might be a little thicker for use on the cranks. Most of the bottom brackets and a lot of the wheel hubs are cartridge units now days so packing them with grease like we used to do isn't as common.
A whole bunch of others use some variation of lithium grease.
I personally USED to use Gnslick for wear surfaces when I stared out.
I have used RemOil for the exterior of the gun when I just want to give it a very light oiling.
I used Tetra for years for semi auto slide rails to avoid the black marks Gunslick might leave on clothing.
And for an interior oil on moving parts I did not wish to grease I tended to use Kleen Bore's 3 in 1 although I also liked Tri-Flow's bicycle chain lubricant (wet).
M-Pro put out LPX that was supposed to be an improved version of CLP. I can't really tell you there is a lot of difference.
Most recently I've been shifting most of my gun lubrication to SLIP 2000.
My bud who owns one of the local shops has tested a number of lubricants especially on ARs. The SLIP 2000 seems to run the longest without tacking up from the dirt and carbon fouling. It does not seem to get as sluggish in cold weather but is still good with high desert temps. He supplied some to his BiL's Marine unit and the report back was that their weapons stoppages pretty much went away. He sent them a large care package of the stuff and they ended up sharing it with other units in the area including some allies who reported the same results.
I have a large bottle of their EWL sitting nearby. I've been pretty happy with it.
I used it on the 92s during the breaking in process and they noticeably smoothed out.
My bud with a 16" .357 after trying my guns immediately slathered his 92 down with EWL.
They also make a heavy weight EWL 30, a lighter gun oil and a grease as well as some cleaning solvents.
I've given a couple bottles and a couple of their 'extreme' combo Carbon Cutter, Degreaser, EWL packs away to local buds and the response has been pretty positive. http://www.slip2000.com/
Now for bicycle chain lubricant I usually end up with Finish Line Dry Lube and last year picked up a rather large bottle of it that I've used to recharge several smaller bottles. Riding Mountain Bikes mostly in dry conditions a wet lubricant is counter indicated and the Finish Line stuff seems to do about as well as any I've tried so far. I DO have to admit I like the GNAR Lube marketing campaign but haven't ponied up the bucks to try their product. http://www.gnarlube.com/videos/ For bicycle grease I'm not picky but I did pick up a container of Buzzy's quite a while back. It is pretty good stuff for general use but might be a little thicker for use on the cranks. Most of the bottom brackets and a lot of the wheel hubs are cartridge units now days so packing them with grease like we used to do isn't as common.