I use Battle Born Grease. Works very well in high temps.
https://www.breakthroughclean.com/product/battle-born-grease-4oz-jar/
https://www.breakthroughclean.com/product/battle-born-grease-4oz-jar/
Slide lube?
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spacemanspiff
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sigarms228
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One thing I notice about Slide Glide that I like is it never seems to separate or get hard. I have the same little tub I bought about 7 years ago and it is getting pretty low but the remaining grease looks like the day I bought it. I also have had pistols in the safe that I had not shot for a couple years and the Slide Glide I applied on the frame rails, etc looked just as I left it.
JoeSixpack
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I won't use hoppes at all on my guns, after testing it I found it's corrosion protection properties are practically nill.
Now im not saying if you use hoppes you'll have rust, But before I use any product I evaluate it for it's rust protection and if it don't make the cut it don't go on my gun.
You can lube a gun with practically anything, I seen a video they used things like beacon grease.
So lubrication properties are actually the last thing Im worried about rust protection is king.
Outers on the other hand does VERY well, it's not the best, but for a general purpose and common oil found in their cleaning kits it's leaps and bounds better and gave very respectable results.
That coupled with the fact hopes has zytel (plastic like) brushes (oh they look like copper but they're not) in most of their claim shell kits these days I only buy outers if I need a quick kit.
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What does the owner's manual for the firearm you have recommend?
Use that.
If you choose to not follow the manufacturer's recommendations you are substituting advertising hype, internet chatter and urban legend for the knowledge of the people who made the gun in the hope that the chatter has greater expertise.
JoeSixpack
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whoa them some strong words, so anything that's not expressly recommended in the manual must be either hype or inferior?
I suppose all aftermarket parts for your car are inferior to bone stock off the line and parts that cost 5x factory must just be hype and money schemes.
BTW most gun manuals I've read do not recommend any specific product by name but usually a class of products so I guess you're just screwed if you need hand holding.
I suppose all aftermarket parts for your car are inferior to bone stock off the line and parts that cost 5x factory must just be hype and money schemes.
BTW most gun manuals I've read do not recommend any specific product by name but usually a class of products so I guess you're just screwed if you need hand holding.
Am I the only one that uses just a dab of moly grease?
+1.....except I apply only to the rails with a toothpick. Same effect.
Also got a needle nose oiler for just the right smidgen of a drop where it's needed. Got it in a sewing shop! Clerk asked me what kind of sewing machine I had. I said it's for my pistols....but the all run like sewing machines.
+1.....except I apply only to the rails with a toothpick. Same effect.
Also got a needle nose oiler for just the right smidgen of a drop where it's needed. Got it in a sewing shop! Clerk asked me what kind of sewing machine I had. I said it's for my pistols....but the all run like sewing machines.
claydoctor
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When I'm not too lazy to mix it up, I use what was recommended years ago by an old German gunsmith, 1/3 STP and 2/3 Breakfree . To quote the Dillards, " slicker than deer guts on a doorknob ". 
Cheapshooter
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Maybe rereading the OP will help you understand the question, and the answer by hdwhit. Similar to the answer I gave in post#12.
Where was BRAND mentioned?
I think many owner's manuals do in fact mention whether to use "oil or grease".
JoeSixpack
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Did not respond to you because you wasn't calling everything else hype and legend.
But lets say you interprete the OP's question correctly.
And let's assume we'll follow your and hdwhit's answer and consult the manual.
The answer is oil.. boom, thread won and done.
IN my exp IF they make any recommendation at all it'll be that you use a purpose marked gun oil, or Light general purpose oil.
Grease usually aren't called out as "recommended"
Mainly because grease is not necessarily for any gun I've ever owned, Can you think of one that requires it?
Given broad "recommendations" like that you can pretty much put what ever you want on your gun.
You'd be sorrily mistaken if you think all products that fall under such recommendations are equal.
P.S Or so I thought, I just happen to have the p320 manual handly due to all the chatter and I'll be damn if they didn't buck the trend and out right recommend CLP or LSA by name.
Although both of those are a oil so at least that much still holds
But lets say you interprete the OP's question correctly.
And let's assume we'll follow your and hdwhit's answer and consult the manual.
The answer is oil.. boom, thread won and done.
IN my exp IF they make any recommendation at all it'll be that you use a purpose marked gun oil, or Light general purpose oil.
Grease usually aren't called out as "recommended"
Mainly because grease is not necessarily for any gun I've ever owned, Can you think of one that requires it?
Given broad "recommendations" like that you can pretty much put what ever you want on your gun.
You'd be sorrily mistaken if you think all products that fall under such recommendations are equal.
P.S Or so I thought, I just happen to have the p320 manual handly due to all the chatter and I'll be damn if they didn't buck the trend and out right recommend CLP or LSA by name.
Although both of those are a oil so at least that much still holds
Grease usually aren't called out as "recommended" Mainly because grease is not necessarily for any gun I've ever owned, Can you think of one that requires it?
P.S Or so I thought, I just happen to have the p320 manual handly due to all the chatter and I'll be damn if they didn't buck the trend and out right recommend CLP or LSA by name.
Although both of those are a oil so at least that much still holds
I think the Garand rifle requires grease
I guess the P320 manual recommends CLP or LSA because that's what the military uses. The military adopted the P320.
LSA is a "semi-fluid". It's a sort of cross between grease and oil. Great stuff to lube a gun with if you'll fire many rounds through it in a session.
springer99
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You forgot to include Wax-based lubes as an option. I vote for Hornady One-ShotHate to open a can of worms here, but what is the best lube on a semi auto oil or grease? terry
I started to imagine what it might be like to have something that I could use to make cleaning and lubricating easier. I wonder if it might be feasible to take a page from the auto industry and set things up to have a machine to attach to or the insertion of a firearm with a motorized pump that could move filtered oil through a gun that would not only spread lubrication but also remove contaminants. Could a portable device be had at a cheap enough cost and be effective? It works for car engines but are guns just not tightly sealed enough for this kind of thing? Would it require redesigning the gun itself in order to work? Considering that many firearms are already priced in the thousands, would such a thing be of value?
Could it even be built into the gun directly and pumped via slide movement with every fire? I'm sure it wouldn't work for any 22 but the more powerful rounds might provide enough energy. The oil itself would need to be thin enough. Then there is the weight of the gun to consider. But then, many firearms are heavy enough to use bipods and tripods. Could such a thing help control recoil and/or muzzle flip?
What about using teflon 'as' the part of the slide that makes part-to-part contact?
It all might increase the overall mechanical complexity of a gun. one of the appeals to firearms is it's remarkable simplicity. Though very little has actually changed much in the last hundred years.
Just letting my imagination runaway with me.
Could it even be built into the gun directly and pumped via slide movement with every fire? I'm sure it wouldn't work for any 22 but the more powerful rounds might provide enough energy. The oil itself would need to be thin enough. Then there is the weight of the gun to consider. But then, many firearms are heavy enough to use bipods and tripods. Could such a thing help control recoil and/or muzzle flip?
What about using teflon 'as' the part of the slide that makes part-to-part contact?
It all might increase the overall mechanical complexity of a gun. one of the appeals to firearms is it's remarkable simplicity. Though very little has actually changed much in the last hundred years.
Just letting my imagination runaway with me.
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I am not questioning that, but have always wanted to know how that got started, because it's the exact opposite of mechanical applications most every where else. Pistons in an internal combustion engine slide, yet last 200k miles while bathed with oil. Roller bearings in machinery rotate, yet are packed with grease. I'm not so sure it's written in stone so much as it depends on the applications.
I'm well aware that there is no practical way to use grease to lubricate the pistons in an engine. But, oil works just fine.
I'm well aware that there is no practical way to use oil to lubricate the wheel bearing in a vehicle. But grease works just fine.
The type of lube used depends on the application, not if it slides or rotates.
Any of the firearms I own work successfully with either oil or grease. I've tried both. It's that for carry, grease works best so you don't get oil on your clothing or skin.