Grease vs Oil

^^ Great tip. The "White Lithium" grease at Canadian Tire is actually called Motomaster White Grease. The 450gr. pail is a lot of grease for one rifle, but I think it was $5.
 
Grease is the way to go. I just use the even cheaper bearing grease. Buy a tube and put it in the grease gun when you're done. Just make sure what you buy can handle our cold canadian winters without getting too hard.
 
So grease it is. The guy at the gun shop (will remain unnamed) was fairly useless when it came down to giving me an advice. He was very adamant about using oil and was dismissive when I mentioned a Norinco. NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!
 
I see the M-14 Doc is holding a clinic out your way , you should really try and attend if possible.I went to one of Hungry,s clinics and they are a wealth of knowledge.I bought 3 of these off of Hungry (work great for greasing the toys up):ar15::ar15::)

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chalkriver said:
I see the M-14 Doc is holding a clinic out your way , you should really try and attend if possible.I went to one of Hungry,s clinics and they are a wealth of knowledge.I bought 3 of these off of Hungry (work great for greasing the toys up):ar15::ar15::)

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You can get them at
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How do you get the grease out of the tip? (i.e. clean them)
 
anonovic.aleksandar said:
So grease it is. The guy at the gun shop (will remain unnamed) was fairly useless when it came down to giving me an advice. He was very adamant about using oil and was dismissive when I mentioned a Norinco. NO SOUP FOR YOU!!!
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Did you go to IO on douglas? I've bought a lot of stuff from Al and Lucky there.

Have you been to Pullen's yet? That's another great place, but bring cash, it's hard to not buy stuff at John's shop.
 
chalkriver said:
I see the M-14 Doc is holding a clinic out your way , you should really try and attend if possible.I went to one of Hungry,s clinics and they are a wealth of knowledge.I bought 3 of these off of Hungry (work great for greasing the toys up):ar15::ar15::)

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Yep, I believe I was the person who actually got the thread going in regards to the clinic.

I shall be there.
 
Someone else with more authoritay should chime in here, but I never take off all the grease during a cleaning session. I think you need to do a full strip of the stuff and re apply it when it gets nasty or gritty, like every 200-500 rounds.

I bet the guys in Vietnam weren't redoing their entire grease every time they shot the gun, especially not out in the field.
 
anonovic.aleksandar said:
Also, do I have to completely wipe it and re grease after every use?
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The M14 is basically a "dry" gun, unlike its successor, the M16, which is "wet" (ie. soaked in oil). When it comes to grease, you just have to make sure it exists. You don't see people bleeding/wiping down and re-greasing their machinery or automobiles daily, and there's good reason, there's nothing wrong with the grease.

The only non-barrel maintenance that I do is to re-apply grease on the moving parts, and that only happens once a year. I've never cleaned grease off an M14, unless it was figuratively caked in sand or mud (it can happen during deer season). Then obviously a full wipe down of the action and re-greasing is warranted.
 
You must be using something else because i use the brake clean on my car parts / maintenance all the time , and ive never had my skin come off.. lol.

As for me i use the small tube of Moly grease from canadian tire . i usually take this off when i clean then reapply , its not as thick as bearing grease so it tends to bunch up / gel up around the locking lugs and op rod track .

Its been just over a year and i still have grease left in the small tube .
 
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