Lube advise for M14s

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Hey Guys,

I'm sure this has been talked about before, but I need some lube advise for my NorcM14s. I bought some good quality de-greaser and intend to get all the crap off of it this weekend. I plan on using it on everything other then the bore - is this a good or bad idea? Also, the springfield manual talks about using a high quality oil (CLP?) for all moving metal parts but I have seen multiple posts that swear by using a grease instead. What to do??? :confused:
 
lube advice? Shouldnt this be in off topic???? Damn!






I use CLP... some others use other stuff.
 
Read the FAQ stickies on the M-14...go with a good quality synthetic bearing grease from Cdn Tire. It'll last you forever. The M-14 was meant to be used with grease, not oil as the lubricant of choice for many of its critical parts.
 
Grease as per the manuals.
I recently bought black lithium based 'cold temperature' grease from CDN tire... black tube with a snowmobile on it... others have said they have used this with no issues.
Others have also said that if you're not shy to spend the xtra money Militec is the best. Note, there is militec conditioner and lube...
 
Black goo

...so I did my field strip and pull'd the cleaning kit out to clean the bore and then I found this little black container with some sort of black goo in it...what the heck is this stuff???
 
that's your grease if it's in the oiler- the usgi has a split oiler, one end for grease, the other for oil, if memory serves, the norc uses a little plastic container in it's buttstock kit- seems to me it was just a container with a screw top, but no applicator- anyway, if you put a ratchet usgi chamber brush in there like it's supposed to be, you have no room for the oiler- they didn't drill the hole deep enough- but the whole kit is for emergency only, keep your cleaning tools somewhere else, as the rod will damage your bore ( it's a steel sectional)
my advise- get a dewey one piece for real cleaning,get a second combo tool ( that thing has more uses than you can shake a stick at) a ratchet chamber brush, a section of 8/32 rod( any rod will do as long as it has an 8/32 thread so you can ratchet the brush) and a little dauber for the grease- i use a bit of popsicle stick, but there are better applicators- some guys use a big hypo
 
...man that is some funky stuff they put in there. Anyway, thanks for the info. Now that she's all clean and greased up I'm can't wait to put some rounds down range. I don't have a membership at a club yet so I will have to wait until Monday so I can rent a lane at Targetsports. I don't think I'll sleep till them!
 
Welcome to the addiction.

Now if you can locate a Lee Valley Tool store, in the Glue Section, I like to buy a few curved tip syringes. Fill these up with Wheel Bearing Grease with a popsicle stick and you'll be good to grease all the tiny spots very sparingly for the next 5 years.

Each of the curved (not straight) tip syringes costs all of $ 1.99. NO JOKING !!

Cheers,
Barney
 
Hungry said:
Welcome to the addiction.

Now if you can locate a Lee Valley Tool store, in the Glue Section, I like to buy a few curved tip syringes. Fill these up with Wheel Bearing Grease with a popsicle stick and you'll be good to grease all the tiny spots very sparingly for the next 5 years.

Each of the curved (not straight) tip syringes costs all of $ 1.99. NO JOKING !!

Cheers,
Barney
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Makes friends with a dentist or visit Walmart instead?

We can probably find a supplier to buy a bunch if we all want loads of extra syringes.
 
that scares me- you work at a hospital and can't spell GREASE- actually if you can find one of those big syringes with something like a heart needle it distributes the grease more evenly- with the smaller needles you have to work too hard to push the grease out-i've also used a PASTRY thing for decorating- that works real well too
 
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