In another thread in another universe -- far, far away -- I was having a fit with a very light load
in the Gov't 1911 for the grandson.
Jammomatic
I was shooting it squeaky clean since I tend to keep oils & grease minimized as a rule,
but this was ridiculous. Even a 10# spring was too much.
Went back and read everything from everyone on lubing a 1911 -- oils, grease, ATF,
Lubriplate 130 and/or 105, 'special' 1911-only concoctions, mixes of oil/ATF/STP...
a drop here and smear there... precision lubrication-point pictures that made Alfred E. Neuman
with the measles look healthy.
Finally said the heck w/ it -- if it's good enough for my gas shotguns as an EZ spray-off-the-old/-
spray-on-the-new cleaner/lube/dry residual -- try it on the 1911.
The BLACK aerosol can, troops (Cleaner/Lube not (red) Case lube
Just sprayed everything down, inside/out, rails, springs, guide, barrel, collar... wiped off a ton
of soot w/ a paper towel and sprayed-on all clean again.
Dry 30 sec, reassemble, shoot.
Perfect functioning now with a 12# spring.
Hornady 1-shot continues to impress me as an increasingly do-all CLP from soup to nuts.
... and the #1 sliding-surfaces Lube King.
https://dayattherange.com/?page_id=3667
.
in the Gov't 1911 for the grandson.
Jammomatic
I was shooting it squeaky clean since I tend to keep oils & grease minimized as a rule,
but this was ridiculous. Even a 10# spring was too much.
Went back and read everything from everyone on lubing a 1911 -- oils, grease, ATF,
Lubriplate 130 and/or 105, 'special' 1911-only concoctions, mixes of oil/ATF/STP...
a drop here and smear there... precision lubrication-point pictures that made Alfred E. Neuman
with the measles look healthy.
Finally said the heck w/ it -- if it's good enough for my gas shotguns as an EZ spray-off-the-old/-
spray-on-the-new cleaner/lube/dry residual -- try it on the 1911.
The BLACK aerosol can, troops (Cleaner/Lube not (red) Case lube
Just sprayed everything down, inside/out, rails, springs, guide, barrel, collar... wiped off a ton
of soot w/ a paper towel and sprayed-on all clean again.
Dry 30 sec, reassemble, shoot.
Perfect functioning now with a 12# spring.
Hornady 1-shot continues to impress me as an increasingly do-all CLP from soup to nuts.
... and the #1 sliding-surfaces Lube King.
https://dayattherange.com/?page_id=3667
.
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