Grease and Why Grease? (threads merged)

I was using this.
http://www.mil-comm.com/index.php?p...category_id=5&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=65

but I just recently bought a small jar of the Slip2000 EWL grease and so far it's been holding up nicely. I haven't done any super scientific tests on it though.

http://www.slip2000.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=60340&Category_Code=EWG


I just ordered them from amazon. seemed easier since I already had an account with them. I don't think there was any difference in price.
 
Lubriplate:

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http://www.grantcunningham.com/lubricants101.html
 
Opinions on the best firearm grease to use?
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Define best.

For me the best grease is Lubriplate Engine Assembly grease. But that's just because I already had it in the garage...

It gets the job done until the gun is cleaned and lubed again. Sometimes that might be a year or more on an infrequently used rifle or handgun.
 
Grease

By "best," I mean what would be the best for longer term use on both handguns and long guns after cleaning and lubing. Specifically, I am thinking about the moving parts (bolts, slides, hinges), and I'm making the assumption that synthetic won't break down as easily and gum up.
 
They probably all work just fine, beware of the marketing ploys. A tube of white lithium grease probably works as well as anything.
 
Right now I'm using one of two depending on which is closer to hand. I have a carton of WW2 rifle grease as used on the M1-the odd smelling stuff in the little plastic container(we used to call it "goose grease"). The second option is a syringe filled with common red wheel bearing grease. Neither of these is used during really cold weather but on the other hand, I've not had a failure to function on guns I'm sure have been lubed with these products.
 
They gave us lubriplate in the marine corps. Of course that was in 1967, things might have changed since then. Seemed to work though, my m-14 always worked.:)
 
90% of all the gun oils and greese is repackaged and rebaged stuff

Mobile 1 oil and grease is pretty good for anything gun related
 
Why Grease?

I hear people talking about grease for their handguns/rifles, I know some guns(Glocks) ship with a goldish grease on them.


I have never used grease on my guns, should I now or no?
What is the benifits from this?
Am I damging my gun without using grease? (My guns have always run dry)
I know in the Glock book it says put a drop on the rails for the slide, I used to do this but now I don't.
 
To answer your question, you do not need to use grease. Oil will be sufficient. Some people just prefer the feeling of metal and grease

Funny, a while back some members were swearing that your gun would break if you ran it dry for 500 rounds. I tried to convince them otherwise to no avail. I kept getting the "What happens when you run a car with out oil" response. On the internet everyone knows everything.
 
to grease or not to grease

I've always been taught that if it slides,grease it,if it rolls,oil it. I think you will get a lot more life out of your guns and a lot smoother action.
 
grease on the slide rails

For a gun that I shoot and clean and re-lubricate regularly, I usually use a good quality lube. (Slip 2000 EWL is pretty good. So are LOTS of other products)

If it's a gun that may be carried without being shot for a while, I use a light grease. (Lately that's been XF-7 or Lubriplate) The grease "sticks" better than most oils do, particularly a gun that is carried muzzle down in a holster a lot.

A lot of guns will run reasonably well nearly dry, and sometimes for a long time. But I prefer to use some sort of lubrication on slide rails
 
I am with Mr Cooper (iamdb)...

I have run guns totally dry in the past, and they do not seem worse for wear...

Do I lube?...Sure...Generally...

Have I seen gunked up over lubed firearms that ran like crap in scenarios from extreme cold to unburnt powder turning to paste in the oil?

Yup...
 
The stuff that Glock ships with is more commonly called an anti-seize compound or anti-seize assembly compound - sometimes called anti-seize thread lubricant. I don't know the specific formulation of the "copper" grease that Glock uses but it's probably lithium grease with copper powder and graphite in it - that's the base formulation for the various copper anti-sieze compounds.

I think it's a best practice to clean and lube a firearm before firing it for the first time, but there are some people who don't do that. They go straight from the gun store to the gun range and start blasting away. IMO, that's why Glock puts the copper anti-sieze in their guns.

I think it's a crummy lube, compared to regular GP lithium grease the copper anti-seize feels gritty and abrasive. That's just how it feels to me compared to light grease or packing grease.

I do know that my Lubriplate tends to separate and GP packing grease can get tacky so maybe that anti-seize compound is a grease to use on a machine that might sit for a long long time. I mean, maybe it basicaly retains its properties over time in ways that other greases don't.

I use light grease on my Glocks when dry firing because it makes it easy to pull back the slide and it lessens wear.

I began to favor grease over oil when I noticed it made the operation of the slide smoother than oiling did and it didn't drip everywhere.

When I went firing with a friend last week though, I got all the excess grease off, left only a very small amount of it in the rails, barrel hood and the last 1/4 of the top of the barrel.
 
So does anyone have any suggestions for a good grease to use? I have an sd9 that I've ran completely dry it's whole life and everything works fine. But I have noticed a bit of "grittiness" in the action even after cleaning.
 
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