What lube is this???

Years ago I heard of a fellow who left a gun in a safe in a zippered cloth case. He's left the gun wrapped in a rag which he'd sprayed with silicon. Some months later he opened the case and there, where the silicon rag had been wrapped around the gun, was a light layer of surface rust. Where the rag had not touched the gun, rust was not present.

So he wondered why it was that this part of the gun had corroded, the very part that had been exposed to the silicon. He'd brought the gun into a gun store I frequented, but I wasn't there when he brought it in, but I remember hearing others talking about it.

I just got a free sample of MILITEC-1, some oil and grease, and am going to try it out. Does WS also offer samples?

Also, one of the things about CLPs that makes them unsuitable for many is that they become sticky. In Iraq and Afghanistan, this is remedied by constant cleaning of one's weapons. I'm curious as to whether WS is as sticky as BreakFree, which is what I've been using for years.
 
Cold Steel

I used it in Iraq every day and it was better than anything they ever said it could do. It kept my weapon running through the harshest of conditions. My weapon went upto 3 days of combat sometimes without time to clean and ran longer between cleanings. I will use nothing but militec1 while at war, and nothing but militec1 on the weapons I use to protect myself and my family here at home...
 
When using Weapon Shield to clean and lubrificate your gun, do you use anything else to remove lead and above all copper from the bore ?
 
I still use a foaming bore cleaner (Outers) for copper fouling. On a gun that has been treated with Weaponshield I seem to have good lead removal with just some WS and a bore brush.
 
One year later

We've crossed the one year mark and I thought I'd do a "long term" update for anyone interested.

I've settled into a routine of using the following chemicals.
1) Outers foaming bore cleaner (to remove copper fouling).
2) Gunzilla (for heavy powder fouling and especially to help remove the plastic snot from my shotgun barrels).
3) WeaponShield to lube and protect.

Militec 1 fell by the wayside. It apparently works great for some folks but my "rust promoting" body chemistry and Militec 1 just didn't get along where corrosion protection was concerned <sigh>.

In spite of my "rusting" body chemistry and spending an extended period inside gun sleeves/cases/socks while we moved and got settled into the new place, all of my firearms are just about spotlessly clean and completely corrosion free.

The grip screws of my carry SIG 229 continue to be the "canary-in-the-coal-mine" indicator of corrosion (what IS the deal with those damned screws?) but the worst they've gotten is just a faint hint of corrosion and a quick rub with Weaponshield on a q-tip and the problem is gone for another month or so (longer if I remember to wipe 'em down once in a while).

Wear n' tear on all my firearms seems to be well under control with no indication of lubrication failure and all of my firearms continue to operate smoothly.

All three of the chemicals in question also function with just a bare minimum amount used per cleaning so I also feel that I'm getting very good value for my money from all of the products

So one year later we have three easy to use (and easy on the nose) chemicals, a stable of happy firearms, and one satisfied gun owner.
 
ZeSpectre, thanks for the update :cool:. I appreciate the information and the followup. Good to have a long term test and report back to us what you've like better.

Thanks again. Jake
 
Hard to believe it's been a year. I've used nothing but Weapon shield since except for Sweets for heavy copper.
Thanks Ze for starting these threads on lubes a year ago and all the info they brought out.
When you made that first post I was searching and experimenting to find a better product and thanks to you and George, I'm very satisfied with the results.
 
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