Synthetic motor oil in a gun

[Kamele0N]

Originally Posted by bsmithwins
Originally Posted by chrisri
I wander if a chainsaw ( for lubricating chain) lube will work on guns.


Almost anything that's vaguely wet will work as a firearm lube.

A good gun oil will be creepy, to get in between parts that aren't going to be disassembled, prevent rust, provide lubrication including extreme pressure protection to prevent galling of parts that are heavily loaded intermittently.

BSW

All that above will cover any(winter) bar oil....

 

[WyrTwister]

Originally Posted by Al
Originally Posted by Yuk
Here's another one,

Motor oil has poor anti-rust qualities, because it is designed to suspend water within the oil, which is only remove by sustained heating, which guns do not experience. Is this true? Google doesn't seem to have an answer.

Correct. Much better would be gear oil or ATF. Neither have emulsifiers.


The dino gear oil stinks too bad . Do not know about synthetic gear oil ?

I have often used ATF as a gun oil . I use axle / wheel bearing grease on the parts of a Grand that are subject to high speed friction . ATF or motor oil on the rest of the metal .