Liquimoly gun lube...YAYESSSSSSS
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I suspect that if you ask 100 people which one is best, you will get 101 answers…
Depending on which forum you are on , probably .I suspect that if you ask 100 people which one is best, you will get 101 answers…
What about a VOA??
That would be interesting. Then we could all argue on wear rates of locking mechanisms, triggers and slides. really, modern guns dont need much lube to work.What about a VOA??
A bunch of money is spent on gun oil for sure.
If it means anything except that they got the deal to promote, the .357 Colt King Cobra revolver we got my daughter came with a packet of Lucas.
5 of us spent some time at the range yesterday for some family group therapy. My son finally put some rounds through his Henry Eagle Scout edition golden boy.
Cleaning time consisted of Ballistol, Alcohol, Hoppes, Rem-oil. There is other stuff in the cleaning bag. Most everything gets a very light final wipe with some Ballistol before being put away.
5 of us spent some time at the range yesterday for some family group therapy. My son finally put some rounds through his Henry Eagle Scout edition golden boy.
Cleaning time consisted of Ballistol, Alcohol, Hoppes, Rem-oil. There is other stuff in the cleaning bag. Most everything gets a very light final wipe with some Ballistol before being put away.
A can of Remoil is like 7 bucks, a can of Hoppes spray is like 8. Lasts an awful long time. The little $4 mini bottle of Remoil I carry in my truck is probably 5 years old and you can't really tell it's been tapped, gotta be 90% full. And that's the bottle I used on squeaky door hinges in my Lady's house.
EDIT: I've found ye olde #9 to be a decent bore cleaner also. Multitasker.
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Spoiler alert, yet another distillates (petroleum), hydrotreated heavy naphthenic gun oil...
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New formula or old forumlaCould probably use my Tri-Flo that I use for my bikes, plus that sweet sweet bananna smell
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I like #9. Over the years I have just gravitated to using left over auto oil. But for some applications I use Ballistol, WLG, and Militec1
After policing for 28.5 years and 28 years as a firearms instructor, I long decided long ago gun oil is like motor oil. It is all mostly marketing BS. Garands and Mini's were designed to use grease so use grease on the reciprocating parts. Use oil or dry lubes on the mechanisms. Some pistols, like Sigs, were designed to be "wet". I can remember the only times I ever saw a Sig malfunction on the range is when it was bone dry. Glocks do need lubing but not as much as a Sig. As I get older and do not have the desire to degrease, copper foul remove, flush, dry and re-oil and re-grease after my range sessions, I have started experimenting with Hornady One Shot Dry Lube and Sentry Solutions Dry Lube products. Yeah, I'm getting lazy. I had my AR BCG NP3'd and haven't regretted that expense one bit. I like the One Shot as well. Fouling doesn't really stick to it once it is dried. Cleaning is a breeze. I know some old head that use nothing but 3-In-1 Machine Oil on their 1911's and swear by it. Cheap and effective. As long as it is wet and stays in place on a semi-auto................
Great minds think alike. I bought all 5... Just don't ask me which one is best, because I most likely won't know, even after I try them all. But as a good BITOG disciple, I had to buy ALL of them.
They're already using the components (ingredients) in other products and there's generally nothing special about a cleaner or lubricant for guns.
Liqui-Moly Gun Oil, and EWG Weapons Grease.... As the never ending quest for the perfect gun lube continues unabated.
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Below freezing weather gun oils I've seen in Muzzleloader Camps. Most hunters in these camps also carry a sidearm pistol for personal safety reasons in the Huron National Forest we gather in.
Breakfree CLP
WD-40 Specialist
Shooters Choice FP-10
Militec
G96 Complete
Breakfree CLP
WD-40 Specialist
Shooters Choice FP-10
Militec
G96 Complete
So, was reading on the Taurus forums a guy that uses MMO on his guns? Says it lubricated and has a mild solvent in it? Not sure how true that is, but he says that’s all he has used for years.
Lots of people use off the shelf products for their guns.
Truth is - most guns aren’t picky.
Also true - it takes about four drops of oil to properly lube it. So, no matter how expensive, or cheap, your gun oil supply will last a long time.
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Follow-up.
So, because my first bottle of gun oil lasted me about 12 years (I didn’t shoot as much back then) I have no problem, trying out the most expensive boutique gun oils on the market.
There’s about a dozen different gun lubrication products sitting on my workbench as I type this.
The cost of gun oil is so low in comparison with the rest of the cost of gun ownership.
Guns seem to have gotten a lot more expensive, at least the ones that I collect, and ammo isn’t exactly cheap. My last range session, we went through about 300 rounds of ammo.
What’s a couple of drops of gun oil after that expense? Work with me on the math here. There’s about 400 drops in a liquid ounce.
Now, one of the most expensive gun oils I can find is the G 96, at $16 for 4 ounces. So, 1,600 drops for $16. A penny a drop.
Four cents to lube a Glock. Five if I’m sloppy and use an extra drop. Using the most expensive stuff, after spending hundreds of dollars on ammo at the range.
Even the cost of cleaning products after a range day is much greater than that of gun oil.
I just don’t worry about the cost of gun oil.
I can't help but think of a corelation between this and the cost per quart of oil for our vehicles at each "cleaning or OCI" Kind of the same concept, just not as extreme.
