What's your Slide Lube ??

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kymasabe

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Hello all. I've got a lube question for y'all. I'm thinking of changing/upgrading my gun lubes and was wondering what's working for you? Currently, I'm using SlideGlide Lite on my slide rails, and for oil using Lucas Extreme Duty oil with a little can of RemOil as a back up for something lighter if necessary.

I have a S&W SD9 with the notoriously gritty trigger and my daughter has a Beretta Nano with a crusty trigger as well. Lots of Nano users are having good luck with lubing the bejesus out of their guns with Slip2000, which claims to bond to the metal or something like that. I've also read the some shooters are using some frog lube on their rails with much success. So, I'm wondering if a little polishing here and there on my SD9 and some better lubes will make some improvements.
Either way, if there are better lubes out there than what I'm using, I'd like to know about them.
So, what's working for you ??
 
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I take any lube that claims to "bond" to the metal with a huge grain of salt.

The best liquid lubes I've used are Lucas Extreme Duty, and Slip 2000 EWL 30. They are thicker tackier lubes that stay where you apply them. I haven't found the need for anything thinner on guns, as they will even work on my tightly fitted 2011.

For grease I separate it into two areas.
1. Thinner greases I use for assembling triggers and other similar parts.
2. Thicker grease for keep guns and rifles running at high round counts.

For the thinner greases I like Lubriplate SFL-0.

For the thicker greases, any NLGI Grade 2 Lithium Grease designed for wheel bearings will do. Presently I am using the Lucas Gun Grease, but I've used a number of other brands including the red stuff on sale at Walmart.

I mostly use the oil on carry guns, and tightly fitted guns. And I grease everything else.
 
I too was using Slide-Glide and Lucas Extreme. I switched to Slick 2000 because I was having problems in the cold weather. Slip seems very thin and stays where I put it. In the short time I've been using it I have had no jams. Testing will continue.
 
I just ordered a syringe of the Slip2000 EWG grease, I'll give it a try. Also just discovered I have a small bottle of the older, thinner Lucas gun oil too, just in case the Extreme is a little heavy/thick.
Keep the advice coming folks...
 
I've been using Weapon Shield, and have been pretty happy. No problems yet, but I haven't exactly been doing extreme testing. I also picked up a can of Hornady One-Shot based on this test. I haven't tried it yet, though.
 
M-Pro 7 Gun Oil. First clue that this was a great product was when I put some in my car gun and it did not evaporate off, I live in South Florida so the conditions can be pretty harsh in a locked car. The M-Pro 7 is thicker than conventional gun oil and stays where I apply it, I definitely feel the difference when racking the slide of a pistol with it.
 
That's a personal question! :D

I just use Hoppe's gun oil. I'm still on the same bottle I bought two years ago when I started shooting. I clean every 400 rounds or so, probably. I haven't had any issues with it.

M-Pro lube gets a lot of good ratings...I use their solvent in a spray bottle and it's great at getting the gunk off.
 
Years ago I liked using Mobil 1 grease for many applications. I've since observed that while the Mobil 1 grease worked excellent, grease tends to absorb all your combustion deposits and you end up with a caked smeg all over your firearm. I now am moving in the direction of using Mobil 1 15-50 oil. And I try to use just a tiny bit as necessary. I'm seeing that cleanup is much easier with the oil instead of grease. I tend to use grease at certain points on my AR15's and I like grease on my rifle bolts. My semi and revolver handguns I prefer oil.
 
All of my guns get a Militec-1 treatment. The slide also gets a daub of TW25-b. Slick squared. TW25-b stays put, not runny, thick or evaporative. Good stuff.
 
Don't know if there is a really superior lube out there. Lots of folks have their favorites, but lots of the lubes seem to pretty much do the same thing...make things slicker..
 
First I clean the entire slide and barrel inside an out with Ballistol spray , once clean I wipe the excess off , use Wilson Ultra Lube ll Grease on the lugs slide groves . I wipe the frame with a rag sprayed lightly with Ballistol . Then wipe the excess with a dry clean cotton rag.
 
My STI Target Master came with Lucas Extreme Gun Oil. I was so impressed I dumped all my stuff that includes highly touted miracle do-all and white creamy stuff. It is viscous enough to get in and stay in the tight places and feels tough and sticky. It maybe 'oil' but this is used on the slides and bushings. I think this is more critical on a tight gun. I got the impression that STI insist you either use Lucas or you better know what you are doing.

Like Centuriator, I have gone one brand for all the handguns and dont worry about it. My no-worry slide lube is Lucas and it pretty much ends up on all the internals. I would say for carry in very cold, where the gun actually got sub freezing, I would do some research. And that would not be a tight match grade gun or a high viscosity lube. I keep self and firearms warm enough all winter.
 
It is more about how you are using it then what you are using. For most of use we are not shooting in the extremes. We are not out there in -10 and in 110. Guns are not that complicated. Their lubrication needs are so light compare to things like combustion engines. IMHO. If you shoot in the extremes choose accordingly. I use less grease in the winter because it has a tendency to gum up and slow down slides and bolts.

I have used slide glide, CLP, Tetra oil & grease, Wilson stuff, MPro7, Hoppes, Remoil etc...

I have never noticed that one performed significantly better or worse than another. These days I just use what is cheap and available. I think CLP is on the bench with a tub of high temp grease I bought at Walmart for $5.

I use the grease for rails and the CLP for smaller parts and cleaning. Never had an issue.

Guns have been around a long time and ran without a problem before the newest $20 magic in a bottle lubes appeared yet the tech that they are protecting really hasn't changed. :rolleyes:

I am not saying those new products don't work. I believe they do. I also believe that people like Lucas Oil realized they could take product they are already producing change its packaging and sell it at a 400X in a new market by calling it gun oil.
 
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