What's your Slide Lube ??

WyMark said:
Only gun I lube at all is my Sig Mosquito, which likes a drop or two in the oil hole on the slide and a bit on the slide rails. All other guns are adequately lubed by the Gunzilla CLP left on the metal from cleaning. Extra oil/grease attracts extra dirt/dust and gums up in cold weather. And I just don't think it's necessary for operation.
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Perfect example of how you use it vs what you use is the most important factor. If you run a modern Sig P series gun with alum rails and stainless steel slide with this kind of lubrication you are shortening acceleration the wear on those rails with every shot vs running the gun wet.

Every gun platform is different. Glocks like to be run dry. You can get away with running a 1911 fairly dry but as I said run a Sig P series like that an eventually your rails will looks like this.

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One size does not fit all when it comes to lubrication regiment or lubrication choice, IMHO YMMV
 
I run the slide on my Glocks with Loctite CS-A, just because, back when I didn't know much and was still learning, it looks like what they had on them from the factory. It doesn't go anywhere but where you put it, and it keeps them running smooth.
 
I use Lucas White lithium grease in a tube. Probably a lifetime supply for $7.00. Works perfectly in all my guns. Stays put, doesn't run when it's hot. Good stuff!
 
kymasabe asked:
...what's working for you?
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Same thing that has been working for the last 40+ years; Sears Roebuck & Company Household Oil (their version of 3-in-1 light machine oil). Light machine oil or its equivalent is what is specified in the manual for every firearm I own where the manual says anything about lubricants. The Sears oil protected my firearms when I was sick and unable to care for my guns for several years on end. It works. It is easy to use. It has stood the test of time. It's inexpensive. No need to use anything else.
 
Grease: Lubriplate and RIG SS Grease

Oil: Lucas Gun Oil or 50/50 blend of Synthetic ATF and 0W20 Royal Purple motor oil. Mobil one will work the same, I use Royal Purple for the color to tell oil apart from solvent.

I just cleaned out the cabinet. I have a big box running over of different cleaning and lubing products.

Bob R
 
i've got Hoppe's 9, Slip2000, some local stuff called QCG ( super quick clean guns ) which is a do-it-all cleaner / micro lube and works pretty good!!

the stuff i am really liking is Break Through - Battle Born HP Pro lube, i got a small bottle of it when i bought a bottle of the Break Through Solvent cleaner and the lube is good stuff, i use this stuff on my Sig 1911 and just put a couple drops on each side of the slide and call it good
 
I got a bottle of Ed Brown Products firearm lube with my Ed Brown 1911. It's the only lube use on all my pistols. It is a synthetic oil and a couple of drops is all it takes. Figure that bottle will last a while. Before that, I used mobile 1.
 
Something called "gun oil" that I got at Wal-Mart I suppose. Maybe at my LGS, I forget. Works just fine.

I just looked. It's called "Outers Gun Oil."


Just go back and read post #19 by WVsig.
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I'd say that pretty well sums it up for me too.
 
For many years I was convinced every new grease that came out just HAD to be better than whatever I was using.

I the realized none of my autos had any more frame wear than any of the others. None of my guns ever had a malfunction that might even be remotely tied into poor grease performance on the rails.

White lithium and Lucas Red n Tacky are just dirt cheap and work great. Might use something a little thinner if I were in a cold environment though.

I will use whatever one happens to be in front of me when I’m cleaning and lubing an auto. Based on what all I have bought over the years, there should be enough left to grease the chassis of the hearse that carries me off.
 
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For carbon steel on carbon steel I use Breakfree CLP. For SS I probably should research a bit further. For steel slide on aluminum frame I'd go for a grease.
 
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