Would You 'Grease' Yer Iron?

[iamcanadianeh]

I grease some of my guns. If the action is too tight, like my Targetmaster 1911, it'll cause malfunctions even when used sparingly.

 

[Cocked&Locked]

If it slides grease it. If it turns oil it. all you need to know to lubricate your guns.

If your in sub zero, stick to synthetic oil, in very small amounts.

 

[GunsNotPuns]

G96 grease on my 1911's slide rails.

 

[captainmike]

Grease for sliding contact, oil for rotating contact. I use grease on all my semi-auto pistols where the slide rides on the frame. The key is to use it sparingly, you only need very small dabs to provide enough lube.


Mark

This for me works great
One drop one each side of the sliderail
And G96 on the rest of the gun even on the wood stocks

 

[Twisted Canuck]

Grease for sliding contact, oil for rotating contact. I use grease on all my semi-auto pistols where the slide rides on the frame. The key is to use it sparingly, you only need very small dabs to provide enough lube.


Mark

I do the same as Mark. I use a high temp, all weather multi purpose white lithium grease (sparingly, as Mark said)...that's a mouthful, and it is essentially the same as the Sig TW25B at about 10% of the price. One big tube will last until I wear out all ten of my Sigs I figure. Works great, even when running hot tactical courses it still clings to slides, much better than oil. I can see no evidence of any wear on any of my slides, so I guess it works for me. I like to use Lucas gun oil on the internal bits, sparingly.

 

[woodlotowner]

Where are the Frog Lube aficionados? Not so good in the cold, but good most of the year...

 

[Bloedman]

Where are the Frog Lube aficionados? Not so good in the cold, but good most of the year...

Froglube has been proven to be coconut oil with mint scents added to it. Google it.

 

[woodlotowner]

...and this is good? Bad?

 

[blitz2377]

I greased my 1911 using waffenfett. oil on the trigger/hammer parts.

 

[pageophile]

Grease for sliding contact, oil for rotating contact. I use grease on all my semi-auto pistols where the slide rides on the frame. The key is to use it sparingly, you only need very small dabs to provide enough lube.

Mark

Yeap, X2

 

[Bloedman]

...and this is good? Bad?

It's bad optics when you can buy coconut oil at the grocery store for cheap and Froglube adds mint scent and charges $20 for a few mils. Is it good? Sure, the stuff works fine because oil is oil. The bad is you can get an ant infestation, lol. Like I said, it just is bad optics. Nothing beats a bottle of engine oil and a q-tip.

 

[tjhaile]

I like grease as an "assembly lube" on sliding surfaces when I field strip guns for cleaning. Oil is good for supplementary lubrication between cleanings.

 

[Avenida]

i like tw25b

 

[EHG]

Semi all steel pistols get grease, revolvers oil. AR 15's get filled with oil until dripping.

 

[curseyou]

Moly grease behind the bolt lugs on bolt actions. everything else is eezox and g96