46 Different Lubes.......tested!!!

[misanthropist]

I would say that's a pretty good test IF you're putting the lube in a bolt gun that will be used shortly after being lubed.


No heat, no friction, no time to dry out, no contaminants.


What do you figure the big issues for gun lube in semi-autos are?

Hint: they are not salt spray and coefficient of friction immediately after application.

I feel for the guy who did this test. It's very thorough and he's made a serious effort to catalogue the results and the results are even pretty valid IF you limit them to the variables tested.

Unfortunately he's tested variables that don't translate into lube performance very well.

 

[StoneHorse]

Where do you guys pick up ballistol? I've been wanting to get some but I never see it anywhere...

Since you are in Port Moody, head over to Reliable Gun in Vancouver.

 

[BenL]

Do you use G96 in the barrel only?

I use it on all parts - barrels, bolts, assemblies, inside the uppers...you name it, it gets the G96 Triple Action. Synthetic oil drops on the friction points and done.

Misanthropist brought up the suggestion of using air tool oil. Haven't gotten to it yet myself, but the idea is pretty solid I think.

Fireclean I liked until I got back to a rifle I hadn't used for a while and it had left a sticky residue on the parts.

 

[Craig0ry]

I've been using a 15w oil for awhile now, Dont do too much pistol shooting in the winter but if I do I switch to a 5-10w,

 

[Armored Metal]

Very interesting.

Of course it doesn't cover all aspects but still interesting.

And I still want to try Ballistol.

 

[silverfoxdj]

I use it on all parts - barrels, bolts, assemblies, inside the uppers...you name it, it gets the G96 Triple Action. Synthetic oil drops on the friction points and done.

Misanthropist brought up the suggestion of using air tool oil. Haven't gotten to it yet myself, but the idea is pretty solid I think.

Fireclean I liked until I got back to a rifle I hadn't used for a while and it had left a sticky residue on the parts.

Thanks ..

 

[Rocket an]

Thanks for posting, interesting. Funny, I thought breakfree clp always faired well as a rust inhibitor.

RM

 

[Soulfly]

I've been using a 15w oil for awhile now, Dont do too much pistol shooting in the winter but if I do I switch to a 5-10w,

Considering motor oil is designed to be used with very tight tolerances and high heat applications, as well as to capture and clean out impurities... It's not a bad idea to use in the firearm application.
I know when I switched from RemOil to 5w30 oil, It was night and day and I only stopped using oil because I found TW25b grease to stay on the parts a little longer.

 

[Hitzy]

I think the gun plays more of a part in the type of lube/oil/grease/paste you should be using......
Pistol slide rails don't exactly get hot.....do you need high heat and high friction lube on a bolt rifle.....DI or piston autoloader have different requirements.....M14/M1 have been using grease for 70 years....
No one lube is going to cover all those bases. Add in hot or cold ambient temps and that also plays a major factor.

 

[ryan]

That guy went to a lot of trouble and expense, got to give him credit for that, but....His tests are far from relevant, and prove nothing at all, in my opinion.

 

[superlative]

The only relevance is the rust prevention. There are other tests which show that Eezox was the king of rust prevention, and yet it didn't even make the last 4.

 

[Avenida]

I came in here looking for advice on different lubes to find out it was about gun lubes....