Slide Glide lubes, necessary or snake oil salesmen behind it.

Started to get some. Been using gun oil. Any advantages of the glides?

Ha! Never heard about it until you posted.

Doesn't look like anything I'd need.

If you mean Brian Eno's Slide-Glide - yes, I'm using Slide-Glide lite. I think that it's NLGI #0 thickness. It's not a bad grease - doesn't separate under load and my gun worked after being left at 14 F (-10 C) degrees for a day. Barrel, locking lugs, rails and sear was lubed with SG lite, the rest - with ATF. So it's an OK grease for me. But I still wish to find the MSDS for it - just to see how cheep it is actually. :)

Boris

Do you race guns? If so, it is bueno.

Brian Enos' Slide Glide is the competitive shooting industry standard in a grease for pistols. It was originally developed to limit the wear on 1911 frame rails used in the heavy practice environments of competition.

It is especially useful on alloy frames as it protects their surface from the wear of the steel slide running on them. The advantage of Slide Guide is that it stays where applied, rather then run like oils will, even when guns get hot during prolonged practice sessions. It has been demonstrated to prolong the life of alloy frames over a service life of 65k rounds

The rule of thumb as to lubrication is: If it slides, grease it. If it rotates, oil it.

Just follow the gun maker's advice and you'll be fine. There are no "magic" bullets and the same goes for lubes.

Just follow the gun maker's advice and you'll be fine. There are no "magic" bullets and the same goes for lubes.

And some bullets are better than others depending upon the application. I prefer grease on slide / frame rails and use SLiP 2000 Extreme Weapons Grease (http://www.slip2000.com/slip2000-EWG.html). Like Slide Glide it doesn't separate and get sprayed off of the rails all over you. EWG is rated from -100 to +750.

Doesn't get stiff in the cold and won't bake onto hot parts on the gun. Is not a petroleum grease and does not contain PTFE (which will cook onto surfaces).

The use of grease is all in the proper application - a little grease goes a long way. You apply an extremely thin coat to all of the rail surfaces with a cotton swab, assemble the gun, rack the slide several times and wipe any extra off the rear of the slide/frame and you're good to go.

I've tried Slide Glide and it's a good product - I prefer the EWG because it is not temperature sensitive and you don't have to match the viscosity with the temperature like you do with Slide Glide.

I've been using this Lubriplate 930 it's a sort of white grease with a wide temp range.

General rule if it slides grease it, if it rotates oil it. Any lube is better than no lube. In our high heat I like Enos' Slide Glide during the summer as it really stays put. In our not-summer season Break-Free or Hoppe's oil also has always just worked.

Another no vote for "magic lubes".

Brian threw in a tub of Slide Glide when I ordered my Dillon from him. I don't know if I'll order any more or not when it runs out, will still be awhile.

I've been using this Lubriplate 930 it's a sort of white grease with a wide temp range.
That is a good grease for slide rails

I like slide glide when shooting alot of ammo at one time.

I use gun-specific grease on semi-auto pistols, everywhere necessary except the bore. The bore is the only place that gets a little oil for rust protection.

AR-15s are the only guns that I run completely with light oil, because I cleaned one that had been greased and it was a complete nightmare. Skimping on the oil or letting it get filthy will reduce reliability.

The Militec-1 Grease tube, the Slide-Glide Grease cup, the Garand Grease Pots, Chain Lube for a scooter, all are available in a handy size. I imagine any/all would keep you in the game.

salty

I use grease on the rails. oil everywhere else. I've been using
Weapon Shield grease and Weapon Shield oil or 3-In-1.