Yup, I'm bringing up the "Can I use motor oil on my firearm?" question- but not in the context you think.
Actually its pretty simple and not strictly firearms related, just figured it would fit best here. I have an extra quart of M1 20w50 motorcycle oil which will never be used, so I filled a 10cc syringe with some to use as a general purpose precision oiler- works great and drop size is directly controlled by using different sized hypodermic needles!
Anyways I figure this leads to the question. Since this seems to work so well if I ever use up the quart of oil would the formulation of the motorcycle oil or regular engine oil work better? Figure the bike oil might have more corrosion inhibitors but maybe the higher end auto motor oil would contain more PAO base stock, I dunno...
Actually its pretty simple and not strictly firearms related, just figured it would fit best here. I have an extra quart of M1 20w50 motorcycle oil which will never be used, so I filled a 10cc syringe with some to use as a general purpose precision oiler- works great and drop size is directly controlled by using different sized hypodermic needles!
Anyways I figure this leads to the question. Since this seems to work so well if I ever use up the quart of oil would the formulation of the motorcycle oil or regular engine oil work better? Figure the bike oil might have more corrosion inhibitors but maybe the higher end auto motor oil would contain more PAO base stock, I dunno...
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