turbohardtop
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I am taking my hammer/trigger assembly apart to clean. What grease can I use on these parts.
what grease to use for moving parts in receiver
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jimmyraythomason
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I only use oil to lube fire control groups.
Coyote3855
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Depends on the gun. A light coating of gun oil may be more appropriate that grease. What does the owner's manuel recommend? I use white lithium grease for some applications - cylinder pins on revolvers especially if I'm using black powder. My auto loaders get light oil on the internals. Wilson Combat has a special purpose grease in a syringe applicator that is handy for use on the rails of my 1911s.
turbohardtop
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I think there are some white lithium grease on there from factory. I will try that. Thanks.
jimmyraythomason
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Remember that it is the oil within the grease that does the lubricating. Grease only keeps that oil where it's supposed to be. If you clean and lube often ,oil will do the job. If you prefer grease(it really isn't superior to oil but some people prefer it) a lithium grease like Lubriplate 105 works well. If you have plastic parts or rubber "o" rings(like Rem.1100)a calcium base grease works best.
wally
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For grease, I'm partial to Brian Enos' "Slide Glide" it really stays put and on my Ruger .22s. I can go longer with it between take downs that either Break-Free or Tetra oils, as despite being a grease, it really seems to avoid picking up the grit and grime of a .22 blowback.
Before I tried this the white lithium grease sprays worked pretty good, but the Slide Glide seems to work well in places you might generally use an oil. The lube 101 rule of thumb is "if it slides grease it, if it rotates, oil it". but in cold temperature oils are more like grease and grease is more like tar so take everything with a grain of salt. Here in Houston, don't have much trouble with the cold
--wally.
Before I tried this the white lithium grease sprays worked pretty good, but the Slide Glide seems to work well in places you might generally use an oil. The lube 101 rule of thumb is "if it slides grease it, if it rotates, oil it". but in cold temperature oils are more like grease and grease is more like tar so take everything with a grain of salt. Here in Houston, don't have much trouble with the cold
--wally.
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