Dragline45
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After years of reading how well it works as a lubricant I want to give it a try, for those who do use motor oil which do you find works best?
If you leave it on a firearm in cold weather, you're begging for stoppages too.
Why is it begging for stoppages? One of the advantages of synthetic oils is that they don't get gummy over time, they stay oily. And the advantage of any multi-viscosity oil is that it can be thin enough to flow and provide lubrication in cold weather while retaining enough body to continue lubricating when hot.T. O'Heir said:If you leave it on a firearm in cold weather, you're begging for stoppages too.
Mobil 1 is synthetic.
The amount I use, even with the several guns I have, is so little I don't really see a cost advantage worth the hassle of putting motor oil in the size of containers I use for my guns. Or having open motor oil cans sitting on my gun bench.
As mentioned, those that do use Mobil 1. The reason usually given is cost. They don't like the price of little bottles of lubricants designed for use in firearms. Rather buy quarts of lubricants designed for internal combustion engines.
Platitudes are not logical arguments.Since I don't use Remoil, or CLP in my truck, I don't use Mobil 1 on my guns!
They haveunless gun oils have likewise improved.
"Designed" [SIC, "Formulated"].
Your own words.The only drawback I can see is if there is some problem with the additives in the automobile oil.
Prove it. The proof that auto oils have improved is the increased millage with modern oils. The increase in car mileage is about 40 times (80,000/200.000). Prove that gun oils have increase their lubrication properties by a factor of 40 times.They have
The keyword is "if". And even "if" there is some problem, (possible carcinogen), that does not mean that gun oils likewise will not be someday found to have carcinogenic components. I avoid that problem by just not licking my guns, no matter what lube I use.Your own words.
You throw away a years supply every time you change the oil in your vehicles.Quote:
The amount I use, even with the several guns I have, is so little I don't really see a cost advantage worth the hassle of putting motor oil in the size of containers I use for my guns. Or having open motor oil cans sitting on my gun bench.
What do you base your statement that there is a "...strong possibility that their formulation is superior for the intended purpose..."? Their advertising? Friction is still friction...is the friction in your gun likely to be greater/or less severe in an automobile?Automotive oil probably won't hurt, and possibly will work as well as gun lubricants. I just find the convenience of how gun specific oils are packaged along with the strong possibility that their formulation is superior for the intended purpose as a reason to use them.