What's the best gun oil?

This is a great thread. I have been collecting gunsmithing books over the last 40 years - and some of those were a bit long in the tooth then... So, when I saw the thread, I went and looked through them for lube oil and greases. What they had was a mix of off the shelf stuff like Outers Gunslick, Hoppes oil, Outers oil and some custom stuff you could do yourself - Gulfoil (from your local Gulf Station) mixed 50/50 with sperm oil you could get from your local pharmacist (with Sperm Whales being on the endangered list, I don't think you can get it anymore). Sperm oil is specifically listed for cold area hunts - the stuff never gummed.

Reading Uncle Nick's post, I think that the old & arcane listings have been well updated. Great post - I will take some notes and give some of them a try.

Again, great thread.
 
What's the best gun oil? When I first strated this thread, I was looking for the best lubricant, hence the word oil was used, as oil in my experience oil has always been a lubricant. Wasn't looing for a polish, bolt or bore cleaner, just the best alround lubricant. My father always used Singer Sewing Machine Oil. Thanks to all that have responded.
 
I don't mean to hijack this thread, but how good is regular Hoppe's number 9 in comparison to CLP? I'm considering a switch. No sense using a solvent and a lubricant when CLP will do it all, and do it better.
 
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After reading this detailed report I have switched from Rem-Oil to CLP:

http://www.madogre.com/Interviews/breakfree.htm

Also, the AGI Gunsmithing videos I have mostly all recommend using Breakfree CLP too and it has worked great for me so far. If I ever have any problems with it then I'll look for something better, and probably harder to find and more expensive.
 
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