What oils you guys using?

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To lube and/or protect the gun metal? What works best for CF?

I am a bit hesitating asking these questions in a supply store, they wanna sell you just anything.

To clean the gunk from the rifling I have some balistol, also for lubing the bolt a PTFE oil was working well so far.

I need to fill up my drawers with these just in case...
 
Im old and have always used G96 and in the last few years I have been using Ballistol. For the barrel cleaning I use Wipeout and theyre carbon cleaner and JB bore paste and a proper fitting bore guide. G96 is mans cologne HAHA For bolt lugs I use anhydrous graphite grease and triggers get Lighter fluid.
 
M&P 40 said:
0W20 synthetic, if it’s good for a $30K dollar car / truck motor it will work well for your guns. Plus a jug will last you a lifetime (y)
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While I’m sure 0W30 will work fine as a gun oil, your logic for choosing it is……well, let me put it this way, would you fill the crankcase of your daily driver with light gun oil if it was recommended by Purdey or Holland and Holland since if it is good enough for a bespoke $250,000 shotgun it should be fine for your $30,000 Toyota?
 
G96 Gun Treatment has been good for well over 50 years... no need to look elsewhere.
Hoppes #9 Powder Solvent still works with a good brush and rod.
Wipe Out is fairly new and excellent copper remover.

I have never understood the attraction of using automotive products.
 
I use G96 as a general purpose cleaner/lube and anywhere I want to quickly spray something down. Ballistol on wet guns to emulsify with the water. Synthetic motor oil works great as a general purpose lube in regular weather conditions I want something like G96 in cold winter. I always have a can of Red n Tacky grease for my presses so I will use that on bolt action lugs.

I clean out carbon with Carb Out or if it's really bad I'll use some CLR. Be careful with CLR it doesn't play well with many surfaces like blueing. Copper removal with Wipe Out.
 
Licensed to kill said:
While I’m sure 0W30 will work fine as a gun oil, your logic for choosing it is……well, let me put it this way, would you fill the crankcase of your daily driver with light gun oil if it was recommended by Purdey or Holland and Holland since if it is good enough for a bespoke $250,000 shotgun it should be fine for your $30,000 Toyota?
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For a $30K Toyota, why not :ROFLMAO:
 
As long as you aren’t using cooking oil, most any oil and light grease will work. I use lubriplate and G96. For cleaning I like bore tech products. They seem to work better than anything else I tried. I haven’t had the need to use abrasives.
 
Licensed to kill said:
While I’m sure 0W30 will work fine as a gun oil, your logic for choosing it is……well, let me put it this way, would you fill the crankcase of your daily driver with light gun oil if it was recommended by Purdey or Holland and Holland since if it is good enough for a bespoke $250,000 shotgun it should be fine for your $30,000 Toyota?
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Not really the same; he said if something is good enough for a machine with hundreds of moving parts that gets used daily but only serviced every 3-6 months, it's good for something with a few moving parts that gets serviced after every use.
Irregardless, my choice is G96.
 
You will see a lot of people turn their nose up to wd40 for preventing rust on guns but I have never had any issues with it. Spray can is convenient. Balistol is good too. Fluid film is almost “tacky” and more for long term storage.

I like a heavier oil or sometimes grease for lubrication. I have a couple oil cans with the spout and thumb lever from princess auto and when I do an oil change and have just a few ounces left in the bottom of the jug I pour it into the oil cans instead of having to store the empty jug until the next oil change. Handy for lots of things around the shop
 
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