Best lube/grease for AR

Paulinski said:
You can actually run an AR completely dry - all you need is a Fail Zero upper receiver and bolt / carrier group.

I think this is the final piece of the puzzle for hard use AR.
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Sorry that is not fully true. It will run for abit but will get carboned up and will have stoppages. The boys tried this oversea with very bad results, We found even in the sand more oil is better. alittle oil just attracted the sand and gummed up fast. Lots of oil attracted sand but turned it into a muddy oily mess but it was still better then a dry sandy gun. This is what I found with first hand experance.

I tried powered griphite which failed too
 
Dsiwy said:
Sorry that is not fully true. It will run for abit but will get carboned up and will have stoppages. The boys tried this oversea with very bad results, We found even in the sand more oil is better. alittle oil just attracted the sand and gummed up fast. Lots of oil attracted sand but turned it into a muddy oily mess but it was still better then a dry sandy gun. This is what I found with first hand experance.

I tried powered griphite which failed too
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Did you guys try grease like shown in the tac response video BTW? I switched to that method, mostly to get a cleaner chamber. I only run ARs through ~200 rnd sessions on the range though.
 
carbonrod said:
Did you guys try grease like shown in the tac response video BTW? I switched to that method, mostly to get a cleaner chamber. I only run ARs through ~200 rnd sessions on the range though.
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We have never used grease yet. Are guys will go through thousands of rounds in one gun in a day "during training" But I can say in the sand "Afghanstan not the sand at your range" grease will fail since it wont flush out the sand and dust.

We must remember Range shooting, Police/Swat team shooting and military shooting are not the same and the lube that works for one, may not work for the other.

The best all around lube for anything is still breakfree weather its -20c or +55c if applied properly.

Sure grease is fine for the range but I want to see it tested in a combat zone not by swat at there range.
 
Grease apparently works well enough for D-boys.... can't think of any more combat tested than that. Check out Larry Vickers website, go to the "Tactical Tips" column, then the "Weapon Lubrication" tab.
 
Dsiwy said:
We have never used grease yet. Are guys will go through thousands of rounds in one gun in a day "during training" But I can say in the sand "Afghanstan not the sand at your range" grease will fail since it wont flush out the sand and dust.

We must remember Range shooting, Police/Swat team shooting and military shooting are not the same and the lube that works for one, may not work for the other.

The best all around lube for anything is still breakfree weather its -20c or +55c if applied properly.

Sure grease is fine for the range but I want to see it tested in a combat zone not by swat at there range.
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I think your arguments are unsound, grease will always lubricate better than oil becasue its much less viscous (will stay put longer) A light oil coating will pick up dust/sand and become dry, grease will pick up dust/sand and still lubricate even being a dirty paste.

Most all machinery uses grease for lubing where its exposed to the elements, oil in machines is always in a closed enviroment.
 
A quote from larry vickers web site
There are times where applying a grease lubricant is a pain such as high volume range fire sessions. For those applications as well as general purpose use I have used and like Militec wet lube. From my experience it works well even in temperature extremes and is the right balance between being too thin to do the job and so thick it gums up when cold. Keep in mind it is easy to apply so it is easy to come off also. With wet lubes like Militec you have to lubricate your weapon more frequently than with a grease like TW25B
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So for general use and high volume training he recomends Militec. Not really a reference for the grease is god crowd.
 
Best Cleaner

Hey All
If you want the something great try Gunzilla. It's the best out there IMO, It cleans,lubricates and protects all types of guns. Grit and dust justs falls off,It does'nt freeze,It protects from rust and you don't need to use any oil in your gun. US military is using it and loving it in the desert.
 
Dsiwy said:
I have tried Militec and love it
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I use to use the militec wet lube as well, but found that since clp is readily available in large quantities...I still have my stash of militec wet and grease but haven't touched them since going back to clp.

To the OP, spend your money on the different oils and greases and see which one smells better for you. If you are not doing large volumes of shooting each sesson, and from a relatively sanitzed area, anything will work, given a good maintenance schedule. Unless you are being deployed in oct/sept, I wouldn't worry about which one to use. They are all good.
 
Here is what I use ;)

Militech
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Thank you all for your answers, I appreciate. I think I will try the CLP break free from Marstar. But I wanted something to try right away, so I went to my local gunstore, and the guy (long date gunsmith) sold me KNIGHT BREECH PLUG GREASE... I was like, WTF!? You sure? Im gonna grease the moving parts with that? He said defintely yes. What's your opinion on this?
 
Knight breech plug....that sounds like black powder stuff?

You get better answer at CGN than from gunsmiths - 99% of the gunsmiths in Canada have no clue what-so-ever about ARs.

Know at least one "gunsmith" cut an AR without taking care of the gas port.....
 
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