Oil vs grease

here is the only gun oil it is called Orange Solid Oil from famous lube in chicago illinois.This is used from ammonia valves to steam valves it is oderless and tasteless.As ammonia valves as in refrigeration to steam. P.S. as neg. feed back i am a 57 year old hunter ref. mech.
 
Grease is the way to go especially when things start to get really hot. I use synthetic ball bearing grease (castrol) and it works great. It changes colour after I shoot for a while, but lubrication remains where you put it. I have never had a problem in cold weather with the grease either.
 
Yep,
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High heat wheel baring grease.
Just remeber this little phrase:
If it pivoits, oil it & if it slides, grease it.
 
grease

There are numerous available WEAPONS grease's out there use proper product.These are designed specifically for guns,You don't know what the ingredients in other lubes may do to metal on a molecular level and are asking for a catastrophic failure.This other lube may even remove the current finish on your gun,your not saving any money when you ruin your gun
 
"There are numerous available WEAPONS grease's out there use proper product.These are designed specifically for guns,You don't know what the ingredients in other lubes may do to metal on a molecular level and are asking for a catastrophic failure.This other lube may even remove the current finish on your gun,your not saving any money when you ruin your gun".

On a molecular level eh? Grease consists of very few ingredients when you break it down. Heavy Oil, additives and "Soap". Depending what the additives are comprised eg; Lithium, Molybedendum Disulfide, Calcium. These detergents exist in most oils to react with carbon and bind to it while leaving the Oil clean to do its job. Hi temp wheel and bearing grease usually involves Moly, which has fantastic lubricating properties in of itself. Things which change steel at a molecular level. Heat and Oxygen. Hi temp grease will lubricate at High Temp, as it is designed to do, while eliminating possible heat created by friction, all while the oil in the grease keeps the metal protected at a molecular level from oxygen. If it can run in a bearing in a truck carrying 5000 lbs plus the weight of the truck why wouldn't it keep the 12 ounce bolt carrier in top condition. If you are worried about your finish then don't use known corrosive lubricants like brake fluid. Wheel grease? Go to town! Just because someone in a marketing department saw a guy using bearing grease on his rifle and then pitched it to a company doesn't mean it was redesigned as a grease, just re-labelled. Just because Remington has a can of chlorine free brake-clean with a label on it doesn't mean it is safer or worth 3x more...
 
Grease is good. There are synthetics that stay soft at low temperatures. Automotive greases won't attack metal. If the weather is really cold, I prefer a really light oil on a hunting gun. I don't want it sticking in the cold.
 
I use Mobil 1 XHP 462 Moly.

Action is so much quieter and smoother. Grease is all I use on all my firearms. I'm even following the Sig Sauer recommendation to brush a thin layer of grease down the bore on my P226. By thin I mean thin.
 
I have used Rig +P for stainless for many years on every thing pistol. Although it was made specifically for stainless to prevent galling, it works great for all metals and stays in the rails of slides and frames. Another weapons quality "grease" is TW25, a little dab in the rails and lasts for a long time with no run off.
 
I use Jetlube AP-5, picked it up from Acklands. It's worked well on my C7 when I was shooting most every day for roughly a month, approximately 100 rounds a day on average. Also worked well in some sandy/dusty conditions for a dump of 300 rounds in the space of 30-40 minutes.

I haven't had a chance to use it in really cold weather yet.

http://www.jetlube.com/jetlube/uploads/pdf/msdspdf/ap5.pdf

The bolt and carrier seem to clean up easier as well since I can usually wipe most of the gunk off rather than having to scrub.
 
heckler said:
Would you use gun grease on your wheel bearings?All I was saying is there are lubes specifically designed for a specific purpose
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Right, and I suppose these "weapons specific" grease products that are petroleum based are made in a completely different plant than your standard petroleum based "bearing grease" or "axle" grease.

TDC
 
KevinB said:
TW-25B grease.
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After I followed your advice several years ago on this stuff, many tubes later I have been happy with it. It seems to last, stays put and seems to reduce carbon build up and cleaning times.

For people saying all greases are equal isnt really true. In industry theres a variety of grease type lubricants from very cheap lithium based stuff for general use to very pricey stuff for high speed bearing use.

I use one at work called Kluber, which is about $150 per small tube.

TW25B in comparison is quite cheap.
 
TW25B is the SOCOM lube for the Mk46, Mk48, Mk11's, M240 etc.

I generally add some small amounts of CLP to the TW-25B if I am shooting a lot without cleaning (when not doing endurance testing).

TDC is correct, that most greases are not designed to interact with hot gasses from firing weapon projectiles.

Sig packs their handuns (or used to) with TW25B (I was told recently by folks from Sig that it was picked from watching their Navy users).

Sig however did ship 55X series guns with a different type of grease.
 
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