Pond James Pond
New member
I recently bought a can of Hoppe's Dri-Lube as an impulse buy.
I then quizzed TFL on what my purchase was actually good for and since then, I have degreased the whole trigger mechanism and doused the firing pin assembly and every moving part south of the slide rail in the stuff.
So the only bits that have wet lube are the rail and the barrel exterior.
So what have I noticed about dri-lube so far?
Firstly, the whole trigger pull is lighter and smoother. Much smoother.
Secondly, the internals are all much cleaner. The breech face (? The bit the with hole for the firing pin) was spotless and the extractor was also clean.
So all-in-all, I am very pleased. However, I am far from a firearms pioneer and I don't read about it being used that often, so this makes me think there is a "but" lurking in there somewhere.
What have been your experiences?
I then quizzed TFL on what my purchase was actually good for and since then, I have degreased the whole trigger mechanism and doused the firing pin assembly and every moving part south of the slide rail in the stuff.
So the only bits that have wet lube are the rail and the barrel exterior.
So what have I noticed about dri-lube so far?
Firstly, the whole trigger pull is lighter and smoother. Much smoother.
Secondly, the internals are all much cleaner. The breech face (? The bit the with hole for the firing pin) was spotless and the extractor was also clean.
So all-in-all, I am very pleased. However, I am far from a firearms pioneer and I don't read about it being used that often, so this makes me think there is a "but" lurking in there somewhere.
What have been your experiences?