Lube on sliding components

[NikatKimber]

mobil one for lube, remoil as a spraydown, corrosion protectant.

This. I only use Rem oil as a quick application if I've handled a gun and don't have time to thoroughly break it down.

I apply a moly grease on the rails on my 1911 and Sig.

Given the cost vs performance of Mobil1 (free, I use the drippings from the bottles when I change oil in my cars), I haven't seen fit to use any of the exotic lubes.

heh heh... exotic lubes... LOL!

 

[lkothe]

http://www.okshooters.com/showthread.php?179645-LUBE-Your-preference

More than a few opinions in this thread.

DNO

 

[furlong222]

I was taught to grease parts that slide ....

 

[n8thegr8]

I picked up a jar of Slip2000 EWG, we'll see how it goes.

 

[aviator41]

I was taught to grease parts that slide ....

I was taught the same thing. If it slides, great it. If it rotates on pin, oil it. if it does neither, remoil it.

I use gun butter mainly. Good stuff. I've also used motor oil off the end of a dip stick from a vehicle in a tight spot. Bearing packing grease is good. Mollys and exotics have no place in my arsenal until someone can prove that, doing my type of shooting, I will get better performance.

So far, I've had no premature wear, not failures due to galling etc.

Oh, and graphite when I need a dry lube.

 

[p238shooter]

This. I only use Rem oil as a quick application if I've handled a gun and don't have time to thoroughly break it down.

I apply a moly grease on the rails on my 1911 and Sig.

Given the cost vs performance of Mobil1 (free, I use the drippings from the bottles when I change oil in my cars), I haven't seen fit to use any of the exotic lubes.

heh heh... exotic lubes... LOL!

Ditto, except I use AeroShell 30/50 drippings. Hey, if it is good enough to prevent corrosion to keep keep my fan blowing in my plane engine between the times I fly, it's good enough to keep my gun going on my belt between the times I shoot. Still working on my first "empty" container, little goes a long way. Never had a problem in low or high temps. I had access to an old Allergy syringe that I knocked the point off with a sandpaper swipe. Highly recommend something like this. Lets me put a very little exactly only where I want it. Have an old, 20 or so year old can of Isky special molly lube grease for racing camshaft start up lube, now they sell it in a can at the auto parts store to everyone, Molylube, same application method with a syringe which is even better to work with, I can draw very fine line down the slide area, sometimes do not even wipe. So far, this combination seems tougher than I am, I can't shoot enough to show any wear or remove the bluing. If you try to get too hi-tech, you can burn your brain.

My thoughts, Oil is wet, grease is slick, but use common sense. Baby oil or bacon grease might not work, but why overkill with $55/oz stuff. I own a Colt 380 auto that has been around 100yrs, trying to make it look like normal. I have close to 1000 rounds through it in the past 2 years, wonder what was used on it from 1912 till now? Bet is was not Texaco Havoline.

Bottom line, use a reasonably good oil, use a reasonably good grease, and most likely your gun will last as long as you do. If you shoot 2000 rounds a wk, look at the cost of high dollar gun grease vs trashing your pistol and buying an new one, might be cheaper in the long run.

The past two used automobiles I purchased I got very cheap. Drained the synthetic oil, put in regular oil, one went from 800 mile/qt to 3000/qt. Ever heard the thing about "there is no substitute for the real thing"

Just my opinion.

 

[Wolf44]

Don't discount grease in dusty dirty conditions, do your research.

Grease - Slide GLide, WeaponShield, Frog Lube? Mobil1 or Valvoline or Aeroshell

Oils - WeaponShield, AmsOil original, Mobil1, Militec-1 (no so hot for corrosion etc.....)

 

[DFX]

I use Lucas Gun Oil where applicable and white Moly grease an everything else.

 

[Sanford]

Generic hi-temp bearing grease; lithium based, less odor than white lithium grease, and if I see red I know I need to wipe some off.

 

[nemesis]

This is an interesting thread. I mostly use general purpose oil (as in, 3 in 1 oil) on my semiauto handguns. But then again, I don't shoot them much.

My brand new Colt 1911 which I purchased in 1976 has around 3,000 rounds through it.