Grease for pistols

[pirate604]

I have been using Hoppes CLP and Tuff Glide for years but I find that the oil never stays where you put it on the rails. I remember reading a post by Clobbersarus (what ever happend to that guy?) on the Beretta forum where he mentioned using Red n Tacky on his 96D and had good success. I would like to get some grease to play around with and I'm not too sure where to start. A friend mentioned that he uses machine gun grease he has from the CF on his 226 and is very happy with it.
What are your thoughts and experience? Is there a soild brand that would work well in pistols? Different stuff for all metal guns vs polymer / metal?

 

[Brettzky]

Can’t you just rub all the parts all over yourself after applying Banana Boat

 

[nitroxace]

On my P226 and Jericho 941F I use Lucas Extreme Duty Grease on the rails. In my opinion it works great.

 

[pirate604]

Can’t you just rub all the parts all over yourself after applying Banana Boat

Sun screen is for pussies... I use butter.

 

[strider007]

M-Pro 7 synthetic grease for the rails

 

[pirate604]

On my P226 and Jericho 941F I use Lucas Extreme Duty Grease on the rails. In my opinion it works great.

I have been looking at the Lucas Grease on amazon. Is it a lithium grease? Would any lithum grease do?

 

[trebor2880]

Sun screen is for pussies... I use butter.

Bear in mind what happened to Kramer!

 

[pirate604]

Bear in mind what happened to Kramer!

What? The closest shave possible?

 

[Brettzky]

Sun screen is for pussies... I use butter.

SPF 2 - basically melted coconut oil

 

[Robcoff]

Synthetic grease on the rails and for oil - synthetic automatic transmission fluid. Been using that for years with excellent results.

 

[M&P 40]

Some people like using Slide Glide for rails

If all else fails you could always use Astro Glide

 

[Butcherbill]

I have been using high temp wheel bearing grease that I have in the shop, works well.

Maybe trudouche will send you some of his blackface grease if you ask nicely, I bet that #### would be slicker than anything lol.

 

[Koval]

Mobil 0w40. Good for car engines and guns.

 

[Wendell]

I have been using Hoppes CLP and Tuff Glide for years but I find that the oil never stays where you put it on the rails. I remember reading a post by Clobbersarus (what ever happend to that guy?) on the Beretta forum where he mentioned using Red n Tacky on his 96D and had good success. I would like to get some grease to play around with and I'm not too sure where to start. A friend mentioned that he uses machine gun grease he has from the CF on his 226 and is very happy with it. What are your thoughts and experience? Is there a soild brand that would work well in pistols? Different stuff for all metal guns vs polymer/metal?

I've used Brian Enos' Slide Glide, on 1911s mostly, and it worked fine. I've used some other greases as well, including Tetra, and they all worked fine for carry (where you aren't planning to shoot anyway), but Slide Glide works great for classes and matches as well. The main thing that I like about grease (compared to oil) is that it stays put, so, summer or winter, whether the pistol is being carried around in a holster or is being stored in a safe (perhaps for months at a time), it's already lubricated and it's ready (to go), always, and at the drop of a hat. I can't carry every day, but if I could carry every day I would, and for that gun - I think - I'd likely be using a grease (such as Slide Glide, or Tetra) over an oil. The main thing I like about a liquid CLP (compared to grease), is that it doesn't stay put, so it doesn't hold dust and grit either. And living where we live (in Canada), where 'carry' is very rare and highly scheduled (in America) and where range time always starts with a visit to a 'safe area', applying last-minute CLP (before you shoot) is easy to do. I'm a real sloth when it comes to cleaning guns, so for me a liquid CLP makes it easier for me to do less work (cleaning).

<https://brianenos.com/product-category/slide-glide/>

 

[Meroh]

I use "Die Makers" grease; it is white lithium and formulated to stick and stay put on sliding surfaces. A slide will cycle from a few to a few hundred times each range trip. Dies can cycle 10s of thousands of times between scheduled maintenance. You can't get anything better; it is clean and designed not to hold dirt. Readily available on line. Likely any white lithium grease would work almost as well.

 

[Focus909]

I use Krytox, expensive but well worth it.

 

[Janeau]

Slide glide. It stay were you put it. Do not melt and run at gun temp. Very thin layer needed .A tube or a mini jar last a looonnng time.

 

[fire@will]

Been using this stuff on all sliding surfaces of my guns (that I feel, need it) for 50+ years. Not sure how it stacks up with "dedicated" gun grease/lube, but it works fine for me. A little goes a long way.

 

[8ball]

I used Break Free for years and then tried many other lubes over the years and finally came back to Break Free CLP, it will stay on steel. I took out an old shotgun and a rifle from the back of my safe once and there was still plenty of lube on the blued steel even if I didn't touch it for years. I was impressed so from then it fills all my needs. I also use Rig Gun Grease and of course anti seize grease for my screw in chokes.

 

[pirate604]

Wow, lots of replies. Thanks for the input. I think I will grab a few different brands and do some experementing. I always love how they can throw "gun" in the product name and charge double for what it just a regular product.