What is a good AK grease?

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LostinGermany

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I just bought an AK-47 variant and i am looking for a good grease. Pretty much everything slides in this gun so grease should do the trick.

I plan on shooting this gun a lot but I clean everything after I shoot.

Thanks for the help.
 
High temp grease from the auto shop shop works just fine. (Heck, plain lithium grease works just fine.) Took much grease won't hurt an AK, but it will make a bit of a mess as the "extra" is slung all over inside the action. Trial and error works best to see how much grease you should use.
 
Given that the Iraqis clean them with boot laces and motor oil (supposedly), I wouldn't worry about it. I've had AK variants, and they run no matter what. Like the other poster said, high temp grease should work just fine. They run dry, wet, frozen, rusty, stocks rotted off, etc.
 
If you are going to clean often you might want to consider a good oil instead of grease. In my experience grease works just fine in most applications but once slung all over the inside of the works can be really hard to clean out. If you do decide to use a grease do so sparingly without excess.
 
I know they will run in pretty much any condition, but its still gonna be my baby haha.

I plan on using it in some carbine course, hundreds of rounds each weekend at the range so I want to protect the longevity of the gun any way I can.

Thanks guys.
 
"Given that the Iraqis clean them with boot laces and motor oil (supposedly), I wouldn't worry about it. I've had AK variants, and they run no matter what. Like the other poster said, high temp grease should work just fine. They run dry, wet, frozen, rusty, stocks rotted off, etc."

^^Agreed.

That said, the Iraqi military under our instruction, cleans them just like the we do. That said, the Afghani's mostly run them dry. Even if you tell them to lube them they don't and have been running AKs dry for decades and they're convinced that's how they run best. My opinion here--I think they wouldn't clean them after they lubed them so it's probably best to run them dry. I've heard them say "The oil just attracts dirt" (not if you regularly maintain them :rolleyes:) so I just shake my head and drive on...

Might I also add I've never seen an Afghani use a front sight tool. Never. Kentucky windage is how they roll...

On the grease note---I use a little Shooters Choice grease on my Yugo M70AB and it has never had a failure.
 
kerosene would work. It cleans them and leaves an oily residue.

When I was in IOBC, we didn't clean weapons. We put them (M16s) in a rack, the rack was dipped in an oily cleaning solvent (I was told it was diesel oil, but I didn't see it). The the rack was then lift out and let dripped and were ready for the next use.

We never had any problems with jamming, even using blanks.

If it works for M16s it ought to work for AKs.

I did use kerosene fuel to clean the cosmoline off my Mosin when I got it. Worked pretty good, and again left an oil residue.

I also used kerosene to clean the guns and bayonets I got from the CMP.
 
Don't grease an AK. Put a very little amount of oil type lubricant in it if you absolutely have to.

All mine usually run dry unless they've been stored for awhile, then there's a slight film of oil on the rails and bolt to help preserve it, if that's even necessary.
 
Since ther AK is the finest battle rifle of all time, I thought they were lubed with mud. :p

I would think a high temp grease would work well.
 
there seems to be a pretty convincing case of Mobil 1 in AR (anti carbon).

I am using that in the AR, XCR and the AK. I doubt I will ever shoot enough to see a difference in the AK, but I don't have sand and gritty dirt to deal with and it makes me feel better.

Too many years of lubing built in to be ok with not. In an AK I could see running dry working fine, any oil will attract dirt and sand, and if you don't have a good logistics trail and or the time to keep it up, then some reasoning of better to not. Past me. I live where its fairly clean and if anything cold (ergo Mobil 1 and no grease!)
 
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