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Froglube the hunting rifle
- Thread starter H20FOWL
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I see a lot of guns that have been frog-lubed. A few pros and cons:
* Pro- it makes the gun a lot easier to clean once it has been treated and heated.
* Pro- lubricates well, makes things really slick, like a lot of the "thin film" lubes.
* Pro- treated guns seem very rust-resistant, but no more than Weapon Shield or Eezox.
* Con- it smells like wintergreen oil, so it will make you stand out in the woods. I remember a lube back in the '70s that was made of banana oil, it worked well but you smelled like bananas.
* Con- when carbon from firing the gun mixes with the frog lube, it gels up and forms hard little goo balls that will eventually stop your gun.
* Con- treated guns sweat the frog lube out of the metal as they warm up.
* Con- really cold weather makes frog lube gel up.
All in all, frog lube isn't bad, but it isn't all it's cracked up to be. Proponents say it's non-toxic and you can eat it if you want to (I wouldn't). I am still undecided as to whether I like it or not. I prefer Militec-1, personally.
* Pro- it makes the gun a lot easier to clean once it has been treated and heated.
* Pro- lubricates well, makes things really slick, like a lot of the "thin film" lubes.
* Pro- treated guns seem very rust-resistant, but no more than Weapon Shield or Eezox.
* Con- it smells like wintergreen oil, so it will make you stand out in the woods. I remember a lube back in the '70s that was made of banana oil, it worked well but you smelled like bananas.
* Con- when carbon from firing the gun mixes with the frog lube, it gels up and forms hard little goo balls that will eventually stop your gun.
* Con- treated guns sweat the frog lube out of the metal as they warm up.
* Con- really cold weather makes frog lube gel up.
All in all, frog lube isn't bad, but it isn't all it's cracked up to be. Proponents say it's non-toxic and you can eat it if you want to (I wouldn't). I am still undecided as to whether I like it or not. I prefer Militec-1, personally.
Tried the paste, only really bad thing I found was that it can freeze solid. I tried it out and had heard of some cold weather isssues so i put a glob of hte paste in the freezer along with some other stuff (rem oil, weapon shield, break free CLP, eezox, and a couple others) and the frog lube was the only one to freeze solid. Frog lube recommends heating the metal and then applying, which causes the paste to melt on. I found that if you coat all metal parts and wipe off the excess it is too much frog lube, it tends to get places like the firing pin channel and trigger group parts, that it does not belong. this combined with the freezing issue could leave you with an inoperable gun if it gets cold it could completely lock the gun up. I have seen several videos on youtube with varying results, but there were several failures.