Hello all:
A week or two back a fellow posted a thread concerning SIG frame wear. One reply referred to an armorer's post mandating grease on the slide to prevent pre-mature frame rail wear.
I tried some light grease on the frame rail of my SIG, it really slicked it up. Now it feels like it's floating on a film of lubricant, and no metal to metal contact can be felt, unlike the thinner gun oils, which while smooth in operation, felt like some metal contact was being made.
OK, now the question: Should grease be used on the barrel as well? One of the most evident points of wear on all my closed slide autoloaders is the barrel where it contacts the front of the slide, or bushing in the case of 1911's.
Also wondering about all steel guns, if grease offers any reduced wear advantages. Should I be greasing the rails of my steel framed guns as well, rifles, shotguns?
Help?
A week or two back a fellow posted a thread concerning SIG frame wear. One reply referred to an armorer's post mandating grease on the slide to prevent pre-mature frame rail wear.
I tried some light grease on the frame rail of my SIG, it really slicked it up. Now it feels like it's floating on a film of lubricant, and no metal to metal contact can be felt, unlike the thinner gun oils, which while smooth in operation, felt like some metal contact was being made.
OK, now the question: Should grease be used on the barrel as well? One of the most evident points of wear on all my closed slide autoloaders is the barrel where it contacts the front of the slide, or bushing in the case of 1911's.
Also wondering about all steel guns, if grease offers any reduced wear advantages. Should I be greasing the rails of my steel framed guns as well, rifles, shotguns?
Help?