Anyone have experience with this brand?
Just bought some online. Supposedly good for magazine lubrication...
Just bought some online. Supposedly good for magazine lubrication...
OTIS Dry Lube - Good for magazines?
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I've never needed to lube magazines, but am always looking for a dry lube for the action. We shoot varmints in remote places and have to be completely self sufficient. If you shoot an AR 1000+ times/day, you learn quickly the problems with fouling from direct gas impingement. We carry brake cleaner to clean our the actions, but haven't found any lube that doesn't help collect more fouling. I've thought about trying graphite spray, but hate that the graphite is almost impossible to get out of clothing.
What is in the OTIS dry lube?
What is in the OTIS dry lube?
Never use any lube on mags either, but most of my shooting is running and gunning type so mags get changed many times and discarded ones dive into sand or gravel. I normally don't need to disassemble mags after picking them up to clean before loading again, just shaking and wiping with cloth (I tack it under belt on my back, I can wipe wet hands with it too without going into a bag, pocket etc). Oiled mags or dropped in mud would need disassembly to clean. Guns also need oiling only where needed, spraying is not right way of doing it.
Not sure what's in it.
I only saw some brief reviews on Amazon about it for magazines, but nothing was really specific between rifle magazines and handgun magazines for use...
Correct, the field isn't a good place to disassemble the bolt and do it the right way. We do clean and lube the right way in the hotel at night, but once every 1000 rounds isn't enough, so we have to resort to less than optimal methods in the field.
I use One Shot in reloading case prep, tried it on inside mags but it made no difference. Very light oiling of mag springs makes diff in rust prevention.
We don’t. No magazine I use needs it to work properly.
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I mean, I clean the carbon build up but that's it
That’s all I do. Most followers work just fine without lube - even polished stainless steel followers in 1911 magazines. I use nothing harder than a toothbrush when cleaning a magazine - I don’t want scratches compromising the parts and changing the friction characteristics.
Light Rem Oil for cleaning magazine springs / magazine internals - then wipe dry .
I wipe magazines down with the cloth that has Ballistol or G96 or whatever CLP I'm using. The residue is the most they get and only the metal magazines.
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