Oil Or Grease?
- Thread starter Leo M
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fishslinger
CGN Regular
- Location
- southern ontario
Grease is what is recommended by manufacturers. It’s thicker viscosity holds and lasts longer. Oil is to thin to lubricate for very long. Grease should be cleaned off and replaced when cleaning the gun.
same here
Same with me. I use a good quality synthetic grease “Super Lube “ in the warmer weather and my old stand by “Break -Free CLP “ all other times. My guns are always cleaned after every use so never a build up of grit.
Falconflyer
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Oil just doesn't last long enough to make it through a round of 100 targets. Synthetic grease for me all of the time.
Falconflyer
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
??? Fair enough, I never tried synthetic oil. Grease makes it through the entire day so that's what I go with!
I generally subscribe to the "if it rotates oil it and if it slides then grease it" way of thinking.
I generally subscribe to the "if it rotates oil it and if it slides then grease it" way of thinking.
To clarify gun oil not motor oil
Best I have ever used is this but cannot buy it any more, Down to my last few bottles
- Location
- West Quebec
Seems like a sensible option
Falconflyer
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Are they not making stag anymore, I used to have some of it around but never tried on shotguns.
Londonshooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
On the advice of my gunsmith I switched from using grease on break actions to using a little petroleum jelly applied with a Q-tip. Doesn't migrate into the stocks like oil, and doesn't put pressure on the hook like grease.
I have had numerous guns inspected or serviced by top end gunsmiths/makers. They always come back with top quality grease on hinge pin, forearm iron action joint, locking lug, cocking lever surface and ejector parts. Not necessarily a lot but that is what they use. I will assume they believe you will clean and relubricate on a regular basis when needed and not rely on lubricant not to collect dust and dirt etc.
Londonshooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
What Mr. Makinson actually told me was to use a sparing amount of quality oil, "but if you can't bring yourself to do that then a very light film of vaseline". He's not adamant about it - "after'all, the more that people use grease the more business I get". His rationale is that the thickness of grease in the joint is the distance it will try to force your joint apart. Also cautions about grease trapping grit.
Not saying anyone is wrong here, just relaying his advice as food for thought. For years I used grease as does almost everyone I know.
Not saying anyone is wrong here, just relaying his advice as food for thought. For years I used grease as does almost everyone I know.
Not that stuff. It is blue in color and they took it off the market saying it was too dangerous by today's standards. Imagine
Falconflyer
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Oil and vaseline traps grit too, hence the need to clean and re-lube after every shoot.
There may be some truth to grease being too thick but I've seen greased 682's go over a hundred thousand rounds before needing new over sized trunions and locking pins at a cost of a couple hundred bucks. I do agree that you can get too much grease in the action and have it migrate into the wood but I use grease sparingly so I don't think I'll worry about it too much.
Falconflyer
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
"too dangerous" Makes me wonder if they've seen the pharmaceuticals that people are poisoning themselves with every day, or the chemicals that we all have in our carpets, wood floors and furniture that we're constantly breathing in. Dangerous gun oil seems like the least of our worries!
