1911 grease or oil
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I use oil, but a very light coat of grease might be ok. not too good if its super thick, or its very cold because the action will become gummy. oil is the way
Great youtube video on lubing a 1911
I follow this video. The guy gives good advice and a demo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eUacqOIAaU
I follow this video. The guy gives good advice and a demo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eUacqOIAaU
Yeah gun zeit works awsome
For those asking what it is:
Its a 100 % Double-Ester based lubricant brewed for us in France.
The mollecule is not separable by shear or pressure. To make an analogy, if you were to use this oil in your engine, you would never wear a bearing @ all, unless your oil pump would stop working...
A few mods use it and like it a lot.
Its not commercially available, BUT:
Free samples of oil and grease to the first 5 PM I get !
For those asking what it is:
Its a 100 % Double-Ester based lubricant brewed for us in France.
The mollecule is not separable by shear or pressure. To make an analogy, if you were to use this oil in your engine, you would never wear a bearing @ all, unless your oil pump would stop working...
A few mods use it and like it a lot.
Its not commercially available, BUT:
Free samples of oil and grease to the first 5 PM I get !
Pm Sent
Why is it not available commercially? Is it an industrial lubricant sold by the barrel?
No its brewed for us to our own specs.
I have 100 gallons of it in storage, but i must finish other projects before i head into this one...
KPA
White Lithium Grease
I've started useing White Lithium Grease, bought a 225g tube from Napa Auto Parts for around $8 bucks. Should last me for years. Recomended to me by a top IPSC shooter in Production Div. I use in my Glock and STI 40 , both guns work great.
The neat thing about the White Lithium Grease is, on a really hot day in BC, shooting a 200 round/day match I never needed to reapply oil. The STI ran smooth first and second day without cleaning in between.
Also had a chance to shoot my STI at -20 C last month. Had the gun laying on the range table for about 15min to make sure it was really cold, I sat in my car with a coffee. As I was thinking the grease may become too thick cold, and prevent the slide from movng freely. It worked fine, no problems except my cold hands.
I've started useing White Lithium Grease, bought a 225g tube from Napa Auto Parts for around $8 bucks. Should last me for years. Recomended to me by a top IPSC shooter in Production Div. I use in my Glock and STI 40 , both guns work great.
The neat thing about the White Lithium Grease is, on a really hot day in BC, shooting a 200 round/day match I never needed to reapply oil. The STI ran smooth first and second day without cleaning in between.
Also had a chance to shoot my STI at -20 C last month. Had the gun laying on the range table for about 15min to make sure it was really cold, I sat in my car with a coffee. As I was thinking the grease may become too thick cold, and prevent the slide from movng freely. It worked fine, no problems except my cold hands.
I do not agreed with grease on the rail. Oil on the rail, some in the slide and barrel lugs, oil on the link pin and a bit of grease on the slide stop pin. A light smear of oil inside the bushing is all it take. I use Aircraft turbine oil which is the best oil you can find but any other oil will do.
Grease is generally a much better lubricant than oil. Not only does it have better viscosity, but unlike oil, it stays in place and does not leak out. You can easily sense the difference between oil and grease on terms of how smoothly the slide glides on the rails.
Personally, I use Mobil-1 synthetic grease (NLGI grade 2, -40 to 150C operating temperature) on most contact points in my semi-autos. The only parts that I lube with oil are trigger group components.
Personally, I use Mobil-1 synthetic grease (NLGI grade 2, -40 to 150C operating temperature) on most contact points in my semi-autos. The only parts that I lube with oil are trigger group components.
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I too use White Lithiumm Grease.
I first started using it in high end Paintball markers when I was in high school. Theese were high end pneumatic, electronic markers that retail for $3500+.
I've read alot about greases when I started cleaning and reassemballing semi's (not the trucks). WLG will not burn, or break down over time. (maybe over decades but definatly not over 2yrs, Ive tested that!) I have put 5k+ through my 10/22 (over a summer)before cleaning and all of the grease was still there.
I also use it in my Buckmark, M&P9 and my Llama .45. I've never ever had a problem with cold, heat or gumming since I started using WLG in my pistols. I highly reccommend it for all your semi automatic firearms.
Cheers
I first started using it in high end Paintball markers when I was in high school. Theese were high end pneumatic, electronic markers that retail for $3500+.
I've read alot about greases when I started cleaning and reassemballing semi's (not the trucks). WLG will not burn, or break down over time. (maybe over decades but definatly not over 2yrs, Ive tested that!) I have put 5k+ through my 10/22 (over a summer)before cleaning and all of the grease was still there.
I also use it in my Buckmark, M&P9 and my Llama .45. I've never ever had a problem with cold, heat or gumming since I started using WLG in my pistols. I highly reccommend it for all your semi automatic firearms.
Cheers
I used WLG on my battery terminals as was suggested by a lot of people. After a couple months I had the hood up and the pos. terminal was horribly corroded. I don't know why it didn't work for me, but I stopped using WLG for warmer than normal temperature applications, as I assumed it had melted away. I looked it up, and it's melting point is 200 Celsius. I'm sure it didn't get that hot, so I don't know what happened to it, but I don't trust it.
