Frog lube
- Thread starter Whiskey Gulf
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I run Lucas High Temp Wheel Bearing Grease on my carrier and bolt with Mobil1 on top. It's by far the best combination I've come up with so far. I run it on my pistols too.
Youngfreshtoodeath
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blaxsun
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That video ended up in one of my threads.. at least twice. We counted it.
LMFAO. I figured you were guys were joking, but apparently Frog lube works for non-firearm applications as well.
I'm still waiting for someone to tell me what it tastes like...
Anyone as ever try the Sentinel Canada Mil-T-46000, its a white greasy lube (we call it elephant sp*rm). As of right now, in warm weather its work great, two of the HK instructor said its was perfect for sand condition. I have yet to test it in exttreme cold condition but as of right now its pretty good
Amazingkg3
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- St. John's, NL
Im still on the prowl for a good lubricant that can function in the cold. Seems the only right way to do it is to keep a minimum on the key parts.
Fired 300 .223 in -15 weather today, mud and snow included on my carrier! not one hiccup. Lucas high temp bearing grease and Mobil1 Synthetic 5w20. Thousands of rounds downrange with this lube setup in all weather conditions and I have yet to have any sort of stoppage.
Since there hasn't been much talk on this, I figured I would revive this thread.
I gave the frog lube a try here last week. I have been on the regular CLP train for lube a long time. I know in cold weather, you are supposed to use a LIGHT amount of oil sparingly. I can see where Mobil1 would excel here. I still haven't given this a try, and I haven't snubbed this off either. I will do it someday. Anyways, I keep hearing jibber jabber about this froglube, and nobody knows if it "works" in cold weather. To some people cold is -10, to others it is -40. I want to give this a go in some real nasty weather, but inshallah, the weather was not co-operating with this greasy half-ginger bearded caveman.
I put a generous amount of frog lube on the buffer spring, buffer, bolt carrier, bolt, cam pin, and locking lugs, ensuring I kept the face of the bolt clean. I cycled the action of my Bushmaster (Yes, Bushmaster. I don't own a DD or KAC, but I can still shoot folks. Let the hating begin.) to get the froglube all over the place. Mind you I did a good detailed cleaning, and made sure I got rid of as much of the old carbon and dirty carcinogen CLP that I could. I locked her up as per, and placed her for 24hrs inside my unheated garage. Range day came. It was only -16, but ice was forming on the old 'stouche, and the hands that have been frost-bitten so many times hurt like hell. Thats a good sign I suppose. I hit the outdoor range and didn't do any real planned drills, just confirmation of zero, some work at 100m, then snap shooting at 50m and closer on multiple targets, mag changes, transitions to secondary, Moving and shooting, etc. Before I started shooting, I slowly racked the action trying to feel if anything was freezing up, but old shrubby was still slicky smooth. I was surprised. I am pretty skeptical about new fandangled things. Shooting went well, I didn't pound 1k rounds through or anything, but the only stoppages I had were the expected empty mags. I did about 200 rounds tops, but can't complain about how the froglube performed.
Cleaning afterwards, wipedown was easy, carbon came off with the same amount of scrubbing, It doesn't appear to "cut" the carbon any better/worse than CLP, but for cleaning your bore, I would stick to your usual cleaning solvents, the tried, tested, true stuff. When things start to get REAL nasty and cold, I will give this a go again, and see what happens. I want to see if it will fail in the -30 to -40 celcius range.
Hope this was a little educational for folks.
I gave the frog lube a try here last week. I have been on the regular CLP train for lube a long time. I know in cold weather, you are supposed to use a LIGHT amount of oil sparingly. I can see where Mobil1 would excel here. I still haven't given this a try, and I haven't snubbed this off either. I will do it someday. Anyways, I keep hearing jibber jabber about this froglube, and nobody knows if it "works" in cold weather. To some people cold is -10, to others it is -40. I want to give this a go in some real nasty weather, but inshallah, the weather was not co-operating with this greasy half-ginger bearded caveman.
I put a generous amount of frog lube on the buffer spring, buffer, bolt carrier, bolt, cam pin, and locking lugs, ensuring I kept the face of the bolt clean. I cycled the action of my Bushmaster (Yes, Bushmaster. I don't own a DD or KAC, but I can still shoot folks. Let the hating begin.) to get the froglube all over the place. Mind you I did a good detailed cleaning, and made sure I got rid of as much of the old carbon and dirty carcinogen CLP that I could. I locked her up as per, and placed her for 24hrs inside my unheated garage. Range day came. It was only -16, but ice was forming on the old 'stouche, and the hands that have been frost-bitten so many times hurt like hell. Thats a good sign I suppose. I hit the outdoor range and didn't do any real planned drills, just confirmation of zero, some work at 100m, then snap shooting at 50m and closer on multiple targets, mag changes, transitions to secondary, Moving and shooting, etc. Before I started shooting, I slowly racked the action trying to feel if anything was freezing up, but old shrubby was still slicky smooth. I was surprised. I am pretty skeptical about new fandangled things. Shooting went well, I didn't pound 1k rounds through or anything, but the only stoppages I had were the expected empty mags. I did about 200 rounds tops, but can't complain about how the froglube performed.
Cleaning afterwards, wipedown was easy, carbon came off with the same amount of scrubbing, It doesn't appear to "cut" the carbon any better/worse than CLP, but for cleaning your bore, I would stick to your usual cleaning solvents, the tried, tested, true stuff. When things start to get REAL nasty and cold, I will give this a go again, and see what happens. I want to see if it will fail in the -30 to -40 celcius range.
Hope this was a little educational for folks.
Thanks for the info Mac. I took the plunge and tried it out too. I did one AR and one pistol (Norc and 226) to try it out. 1200 rnds later for the Norc and 400 for the 226 and I'm sold. I just finished the rest of the cabinet today. Detail cleaned, heat treatment and frog lube for all. I think clean up is bit faster and so far functionality is perfect. Plus I really like the smell and it doesn't get me in trouble with the wife LOL
I swear by the stuff. Played in a wet blizzard for about 2 hours today with all kinds of giant melting snowflakes getting in the action, and no problems whatsoever.
They have a FrogLube compatible solvent now for use on your bore that you might want to try out.
They have a FrogLube compatible solvent now for use on your bore that you might want to try out.
Thanks for the mention! Just FYI...the solvent should be in by mid week as well as the other formats currently out of stock.
-Frank
