Rail grease

[Import]

Hi guys, hoping you can help! I was watching a video the other week and came across someone putting some sort of grease on the rail of a new pistol, then racking continously till the action became "like butter", his words not mine. Anyone know what this product would be? Cant find the vid again.......
Thanks in advance..
Import

 

[Dsiwy]

Is your gun jamming???????? does this grease make you shoot 1" groups at 50m?????

Rail grease is silly "just put one drop of oil on each rail and go shoot "

 

[Unagi604]

use real butter instead of having it just "like" butter?

anyways, what's wrong with using regular gun oils?

 

[acm]

May have been, Slide Glide, which I quite like, but there's people who'll tell you to use anything from motor oil to cat snot.

 

[Trigun]

Any gun oil can do the job. the whole idea is to cycle the slide more to reduce the friction after machining. As mentioned Slide glide is one of those quality product. I did use grease with telfon made by super lub with good result.

Trigun

 

[enefgee]

May have been, Slide Glide, which I quite like, but there's people who'll tell you to use anything from motor oil to cat snot.

Don't forget Vagisil - there's an AR in the States running on it!

 

[ciphery]

Hey Trigun; what about molly grease for CV shafts? That would help smooth things out even after cleaning the grease off wouldn't it?

 

[heavenIsAlie]

i started using slide glide, big fan

 

[handofzeus]

:I use grease from an old castrol tub and a couple drops of the mineral oil I use on the cat's ears, on my nork and it cycles smooth. Yep it purs.....sorry!

 

[Tachead]

Is your gun jamming???????? does this grease make you shoot 1" groups at 50m?????

Rail grease is silly "just put one drop of oil on each rail and go shoot "

No, but it may reduce wear to the slide rails as it doesnt evaporate like most oils. I will never use oil on slide rails again myself. Ever since I started using grease I notice less wear on the rails. And, you can feel much less friction when cycling the slide. I cant be sure because I dont have the time, nor funds, nor care to do a scientific study but, thats my belief. OP try Mil-Comm TW25B its great stuff. As I said in a different post, there is a reason the US military uses it on some of their most advanced weapon systems. Some people dont care about the service life of their firearms as you can see from some of the responses you got but, I do. Man, I wish people would keep their useless responses to themselves on this site.

 

[Tachead]

Let me know if you have any other questions OP I will be happy to help.

 

[acm]

Man, I wish people would keep their useless responses to themselves on this site.

I agree. Everyone be serious. There is no fun to be had here.

 

[Tachead]

I agree. Everyone be serious. There is no fun to be had here.

O, come on thats not what I mean. I like joking around as much as the next guy. Nothing wrong with having some fun but, at least follow it with a helpful answer.

 

[acm]

:I use grease from an old castrol tub and a couple drops of the mineral oil I use on the cat's ears, on my nork and it cycles smooth. Yep it purs.....sorry!

The gun is one thing, but the real question is: Do you notice less wear on your cat's ears? Do they operate more smoothly?

 

[IM_Lugger]

I use Motomaster synthetic blend grease. You don't have to use expensive 'gun' grease.

 

[acm]

I use Motomaster synthetic bland grease.

Have you tried adding just a bit of salt & pepper?

(New favorite thread!)

 

[Wendell]

Hi guys, hoping you can help! I was watching a video the other week and came across someone putting some sort of grease on the rail of a new pistol, then racking continously till the action became "like butter", his words not mine. Anyone know what this product would be? Cant find the vid again.......
Thanks in advance..
Import

Slide Glide works great, but let's be realistic.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, and no grease on earth will make your Norinco feel "like butter."

But lapping might.

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[Tachead]

O god, dont lap it. You want a good and tight slide to frame fit. It will wear itself in after a bunch of rounds go through it if it is a bit rough.

 

[cableguy]

Hi guys, hoping you can help! I was watching a video the other week and came across someone putting some sort of grease on the rail of a new pistol, then racking continously till the action became "like butter", his words not mine. Anyone know what this product would be? Cant find the vid again.......
Thanks in advance..
Import

Sounds like Gun Butter, Slide Glide, Frog Lube, Tetra Grease, Weapon Shield grease....any of those ring a bell?

 

[ghostie]

I think the issue of "grease vs. no grease/oil only" has as much to do with the design of the firearms as anything.

For something like a "classic" SIG (220, 225, 226, 228, 229, 239), grease is a really good idea and will extend the life of the firearm - as the rails are part of the alloy frame and have several layers of treatment on them that will wear down... in any event... but particularly if there is not adequate lube on there. I've had an experiment going with a 228R I bought about 3 years ago... how black can I keep the rails by making sure they are freshly greased for every range session? Answer: pretty black, and a lot blacker than by using oil.

I think this applies to some other designs of firearms as well. Beretta 92 comes to mind.

The other end of the spectrum, something like a GLOCK... little steel rails embedded in a plastic frame, running against a steel slide. That will work until the cows come home with no appreciable effect on the firearms. A drop of oil on each of the four rails is... realistically overkill... but it won't hurt it.

The HK USP's are another pistol that falls into this category.

I have been shooting a lot of HK P7 pistols. Grease would be largely pointless for these as well. Even oil should be used very sparingly on that design in my view.

But, yah... anything with a long rail, particularly one that is made of an alloy rather than steel... grease is a good idea for that in my view.