Lubriplate grease?

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I'm i'm considering switching to using grease as the primary lubricant in my firearms. I've read that Lubriplate SFL-0 is good stuff and it seems to be sold at Midway USA. Can anyone share some insight into this as compared to regular CLP or even other firearm specific greases? All i know is that it is a grease intended for use in industrial food processing. so non toxic which is a plus!

also would anyone happen to know where i can find this stuff locally or online? i live in the lower mainland, BC.
 
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You can get it from Aklands in Canada. We use it by the truck load. Never tried it on a firearm but it is a good assembly grease that protects components until their own lubrication flows. it provides a nice film that will not wipe away without some sort of cleaner, be that oil or solvents.
 
Lubriplate is a white lithium-type grease used primarily for engine building isn't it? I have been wondering myself if that would be good to use as a gun lube, look forward to the responses!
 
Brownells. A can will last you a lifetime, and maybe your progeny's as well. Standard grease for M1 Garands and M14 variants. Plastilube and Mobil 1 are also popular. From what I've read, Lubriplate was designed to stay put in the rain and heat of the Pacific. Nice thing about using it is that you can see exactly where you've put it.
 
I've been using the mobil 1 synthetic stuff on everything - pistol, revolver, rifle bolts, semi-autos - rails, bolt internals, op rods....

Anything that slides.

Worst side effect? spotting on the glasses because I use too much. Guy at the gun counter would have me believe that anything but oil would have the guns gummed up and failing to function. Hasn't happened yet. I prefer grease because I know the gun is lubed and ready to go from the moment I put it away until the day I shoot it, weeks or months down the line. Oil pools or runs out in that time. Perhaps not significantly, but I always err on the side of a bit too much instead of a lot too little.
 
Pikester said:
Lubriplate is a white lithium-type grease used primarily for engine building isn't it? I have been wondering myself if that would be good to use as a gun lube, look forward to the responses!
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Lubriplate makes a LOT of different products. Lubriplate 105 is the white engine assembly grease, but it appears to be a calcium and sodium-based grease, rather than lithium-based, according to the MSDS:

https://www.lubriplate.com/PDFs/MSDS/105.aspx

It is indeed a perfectly acceptable gun grease and is much easier to find than SFL-0. I bought my tube at Auto Value.
 
Lubriplate 130-A for M1 Garand, M14, etc.
Was designed for these firearms, original recipe.

Lubriplate SFL-0 for all other firearms
Similar, slightly different consistency
 
Lubriplate or plastilube are preferred. Tetra grease is also available from many suppliers. The fact is that ordinary wheel bearing grease works well too. Many M14/M1 Garand/M1Carbine shooters don't know about using grease on specified lube points on their rifles. Oil isn't the answer; it basically goes away, but does help to prevent corrosion. Grease stays and enables smooth functioning w/o undue wear.

I'll never forget an oversize troop sgt walking the firing line some 50 yrs ago with one of those small coke bottles full of oil which he offered to pour into the breech of our FNs to make them work good. I declined because I didn't want a face full of hot oil and, while still a cherry in basic training, I did know that excess oil in the chamber of a rifle causes high pressure.
 
Anything that has the word gun or gunsmith in its name will cost more. Grease doesn't need either word to work. It doesn't get applied by the shovelful either. Just enough to lube the moving parts. And remember that regular grease turns to cement in cold weather. There are cold weather greases though.
 
Lubriplate 130-A is the Milspec for the garand and the -14, but if you actually read the mil-spec they accepted it based on the fact that is was the best candidate for not washing out with water. NOT for its lubricating properties, which are obsolete! I use Mobil 1 synthetic grease on my M1A, and back on my poly M305. The specs of the Mobil 1 Grease (or almost any modern grease) blow the old fasioned 130-A right out of the water, including the washout properties! Now im not bashing 130-A, it has its place. But that place is in history.
 
I'm using Lubriplate #630-2 on my M-305. Saw the recommendation on an m-14/military weapons website from the states so bought some.
Bought a tube 3 years ago, gave away a bunch to friends for their rifles, still have 1/2 tube left.

Like a previous poster noted......................grease spots on glasses lets me know that I'm using enough
 
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