I still have a tube of rod and reel grease I got from my father, made by Outers I think. - dan
Gun grease
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I use Lubriplate ,,,,,,, White Litheum Grease . When I worked for the Ontario Catipillar Dealer ( G. W. Crothers)
we used this on rebuilding Cat. Engines. Any sleeve bearing like ; Mains , con. rods etc. It kept
them lubed until oil got circulated. For guns it is not too thick & runns into small places. Mainly I put it on slides
& pivot pins of double shotguns.
we used this on rebuilding Cat. Engines. Any sleeve bearing like ; Mains , con. rods etc. It kept
them lubed until oil got circulated. For guns it is not too thick & runns into small places. Mainly I put it on slides
& pivot pins of double shotguns.
Still have a tube of that in my big side box, from when I was an apprentice at Cat here in AB. Stuff is 45 years old or so, but still works and I have lots for these kind of jobs. - dan
That 11-48 will work best with a light oil, as it was designed to do.
Those are very nice shotguns and were built to handle just about everything thrown at them except excessive "grunge"
Grease has a bad habit of facilitating the accumulation of ''grunge''
If that were my shotgun, I wouldn't be using grease, unless there wasn't a decent grade of light oil available.
Back in the day when I still shot Trap, there was an older fellow, who used a pair of 11-48 shotguns, with modified stocks, as his primary shooters.
He used both of them regularly and took home a lot of meat prizes because of those two shotguns.
Semi-Autos weren't the favorite choice for most Trap shooters as they can be awkward to load, depending on the venue. John didn't have any problems.
He never used grease on them, he used "compressor air-line oil" which is very light and doesn't have any detergents or binding agents.
I remember a couple of other shooters talking about this and John had told them he used the oil because he had lots of it on hand and it very closely matched the oil which came with the "factory kit" supplied with the guns. Apparently, Remington did the offset and cheek riser modifications at their Custom Shop, hence, the kit.
Those shotguns always performed flawlessly, wherever John used them.
He used one with a "full modified choke" barrel for hunting Ducks and Geese on the creek which ran through his land and on the fields in the fall.
Those are very nice shotguns and were built to handle just about everything thrown at them except excessive "grunge"
Grease has a bad habit of facilitating the accumulation of ''grunge''
If that were my shotgun, I wouldn't be using grease, unless there wasn't a decent grade of light oil available.
Back in the day when I still shot Trap, there was an older fellow, who used a pair of 11-48 shotguns, with modified stocks, as his primary shooters.
He used both of them regularly and took home a lot of meat prizes because of those two shotguns.
Semi-Autos weren't the favorite choice for most Trap shooters as they can be awkward to load, depending on the venue. John didn't have any problems.
He never used grease on them, he used "compressor air-line oil" which is very light and doesn't have any detergents or binding agents.
I remember a couple of other shooters talking about this and John had told them he used the oil because he had lots of it on hand and it very closely matched the oil which came with the "factory kit" supplied with the guns. Apparently, Remington did the offset and cheek riser modifications at their Custom Shop, hence, the kit.
Those shotguns always performed flawlessly, wherever John used them.
He used one with a "full modified choke" barrel for hunting Ducks and Geese on the creek which ran through his land and on the fields in the fall.
I use slip 2000 grease on everything
My evil guns locked away for years now I take them out to handle and reminisce once and awhile and they are still beautifully lubed and ready for action as soon as Conservatives overthrow this garbage !
grease does not dry out or migrate unlike oil eventually does and unlike other grease types it does not gunk up or freeze up in the cold
It is on the expensive side but you just need a little model hobby paint brush and apply a thin layer and that is all the lubrication you need its awesome on rails and slide and I cannot be more happy as its non toxic and does not smell
I use the slip 2000 oil to wipe down and clean my stuff and a drop on specific areas but the grease is now what I lube everything with now
Automotive or industrial grease is NOT anywhere near the same thing as a gun grease
My evil guns locked away for years now I take them out to handle and reminisce once and awhile and they are still beautifully lubed and ready for action as soon as Conservatives overthrow this garbage !
grease does not dry out or migrate unlike oil eventually does and unlike other grease types it does not gunk up or freeze up in the cold
It is on the expensive side but you just need a little model hobby paint brush and apply a thin layer and that is all the lubrication you need its awesome on rails and slide and I cannot be more happy as its non toxic and does not smell
I use the slip 2000 oil to wipe down and clean my stuff and a drop on specific areas but the grease is now what I lube everything with now
Automotive or industrial grease is NOT anywhere near the same thing as a gun grease
Birchwood Casey has always been my go to for bolt lugs on target rifles and break-action shotguns. Never really greased anything else on a gun - seems like a magnet for carbon and grime.
Really though, any light grease should do. Fishing stores sell little containers of it for a couple bucks.
Really though, any light grease should do. Fishing stores sell little containers of it for a couple bucks.
I use Lubriplate. I ordered a set of medicine/vet syringe style dispensers (see attached photo for example). The long applicator makes it easy to dispense slowly and only where you want it to go
EDIT: Looking them up again seems they are listed as a "Dental Irrigation Syringe"
EDIT: Looking them up again seems they are listed as a "Dental Irrigation Syringe"
Jonnyofalltrades
Regular
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- North-central Saskatchewan
YES!!!
Real gun grease is packaged in tiny tubes at exorbitant prices, while automotive and industrial greases are (usually) in larger containers at more reasonable prices.
Most, if not all of the greases mentioned here would exceed any requirements for gun use. Grease has very limited applications on guns, except for storage.
Locking lugs, pivot pins, and cocking cams. Not much else.
