M14, M305, M1A - Lubriplate #130-AA found at Lordco!

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Many of you might know this already, but thought I would share. Being a new M305 owner and after doing a lot of reading and research over the past few days about disassembly, cleaning, lubing, etc, I was able to find Lubriplate 130-AA 10oz tubes at Lordco of all places. Was in there buying heavy grease and saw they carried the Lubriplate brand. I asked at the counter if they could order in some 130-AA and sure enough they had stock at another store and shipped over a 10oz tube to my local store. $22.
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another excellent grease is mobil 1 synthetic grease.


If you look at the rating for the Mobil 1 grease to the washout test. ASTMD1264, only 6% of the grease was lost during the test @ 175F!. You will never operate your M1 Garand in an environment that will wash off the grease. Mobil 1 synthetic grease meets and exceeds the requirements of Mil-G-46003. The Mobil 1 grease has a very high dropping point (melting point) of 550F. For the M1 shooter this means the grease will stay where we put it.

Mobil 1 synthetic grease also exceeds lubriplate 130A in wear testing making it the clear winner. Mobil 1 grease is available at all major auto supply stores and is very cost effective.
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Here are Different's top seven M14 grease picks.

https://www.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=6&f=6&t=339862


Different [Member]
3/26/2011 3:45:56 PM EDT​

Thanks, raf. The M1 Garand and the M14 type rifles share the same lubrication requirements. MIL-G-46003 Grease, Rifle applied to the M1 Garand. The revision, MIL-G-46003A, was updated for the M14. This military specification lists several physical characteristics that rifle grease must possess. I did some research and found that automotive grease rated NLGI LB-GC essentially meets and exceeds the requirements of MIL-G-46003A except the water washout requirement is not quite as stringent. In short, any NLGI # 2 LB-GC rated automotive grease will do the job.

Here are my personal top seven choices for M1/M14/M1A grease:

PicksProduct NameComments Source Size and Mfr Part Number
1 Valvoline Multipurpose GM best value, easy to find www.autozone.com 1 lb can VV614
2 Valvoline Durablend easily available www.autozone.com 1 lb can VV278
3 Amsoil Snythetic Multi-purpose Grease GLC great ASTM test results www.amsoil.com 8 oz tube GLCTB-EA
4 Lubriplate 630-2 service down to 0 deg F www.motionindustries.com 14 oz can L0072-001
5 Lubriplate 630-A what Different uses www.motionindustries.com 14 oz can L0066-001
6 Henkel / ATE Plastilue USGI, pricey www.bimmerworld.com 75 ml tube
7 Lubriplate 130-A USGI, old stand by www.brownells.com 14 oz can L0043-001

I've put my research together in a .xls file. It has four worksheets:

Lubricant Comparisons - Comparison of forty-seven greases and oils to the requirements of MIL-G-46003A

Test Comparisons - I compare what ASTM tests are used and what results are required between NLGI LB, NLGI GC, and MIL-G-46003A.

Different's Grease Picks - My seven top choices for M14 lubricant (see above).

General Purpose Lube Oil - Comparison of military general purpose lubricating oil to Castrol Brayco (R) 300 lube oil.

If anyone wants a complimentary copy of this Lubricants .xls file, send me an e-mail request. I don't generate spam and I delete your request upon reply. leeace99@hotmail.com
 
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