JCooperfan1911
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Is there a consensus on WHAT GREASE to use for this? I want to try it.
If I were to try it......I would use the TRC grease that we keep on hand. Anything would serve the purpose. Mobil 1 is widely considered as the best readily available grease on the market.Is there a consensus on WHAT GREASE to use for this? I want to try it.
brewer12345, I bought some at Advanced Auto. It comes in a large grease gun tube. Mine did anyway. It's reddish in color. Most automotive parts houses should carry it. Hope that helps.Can someone provide a link to the appropriate mobil 1 product to use for this?
Is there a consensus on WHAT GREASE to use for this? I want to try it.
Why in the name of all that's Holy would one pack grease into the inner clockworking of a revolver ?
That would seem to just asking for later hard sludge (ever try to clean out a WW-II M-1 fully packed in Cosmoline?)
Spray the innards with Hornady 1-Shot Cleaner (not case) Lube and walk away.
Dries clean/dry and there's no better corrosion preventer around.
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That third and fourth click is the bolt dropping followed by the full cock lock up. Could indicate late bolt drop, and or the hand may be slightly short. Can you send a close up picture of the cylinder slots?@Jackrabbit1957
About the clicks,
If I pull the hammer back as I regularly would to cock the gun it has a crisp 3 clicks. If I pull the hammer back internationally slowly to hear each individual click I hear 4.
@brewer12345
Do you have any pics of that 1851? Id love to goggle at it!
To each his own.
But I do suggest moving to a cleaner alternative.
Good question JCooperfan1911 There do seem to be a lot of choices huh?Is there a consensus on WHAT GREASE to use for this? I want to try it.
Not for me personally. If I don't have time to do a complete tear down and clean, I'll take something else to the range.
That’s the stuff. I’ve used it for a few years now and cleanup is as quick and easy as any cartridge gun. It doesn’t gum up… it doesn’t freeze, at least down to -20 here, doesn’t run out in temps well over 100 degrees even after firing many cylinders full in hot full sun. It’s just a better way to manage a cap gun. Sam Colts engineering department would have killed for the stuff.This is what I use. As already said, make sure the one you use is synthetic.
https://www.mobil.com/en/lubricants...r-products/products/mobil-1-synthetic-grease/
This might be easier than the plastic bag:I put a glob of mobile1 in the corner of a zip lock bag . I then cut the tip off bag.
I then squeeze into internals and scrape grease flush with a straight edge and put back on trigger guard.
Mike,Yep, the whole idea is not having to do a "complete tear down" ever!! So, how would you pack the frame? (Op's question. . .)
Mike
Mike,
Realizing that you shoot mostly smokeless, the question I have is, when a person is shooting BP is there more a chance of fouling ingress into the innards of the frame?
Mike,
Realizing that you shoot mostly smokeless, the question I have is, when a person is shooting BP is there more a chance of fouling ingress into the innards of the frame?
You don't get much fouling inside the frame. I use oil and maybe tear mine down once a year. There's no fouling to speak of in there and no rust or corrosion.
I know you live a charmed life, no broken springs, no cap jams, fires every time ( just teasing of course . . . but not much lol!!) But that isn't the case across the board.
So just from my experience, it happens much more than you would think.
BTW, I do not have any stock in Mobil1 products . . . !!
Mike
I bought a used but barely, ROA some time ago, fixed sights just like I like them. It felt gritty and when I pulled it apart to replace the grip frame (Super Blackhawk, must have modification) it was a rusty mess, oily but rusty. Grease would have saved the parts.Hawger, you are correct! It takes a while to " dirty up" the insides of a cap gun . . . but, after what I've seen in some that come through the shop, ( even in ROA'S!!) pitted, broken. packed with "charcoal", caps, cap frags . . .
It contaminates my work space to have to clean these things up so I can work on them !!
So, it's just much easier to pack a clean revolver and forget about it. It'll be clean when you "unpack " it lol!!
When you first pack it, it may weep slightly but, it's not much and once it's done, it's done.
I know you live a charmed life, no broken springs, no cap jams, fires every time ( just teasing of course . . . but not much lol!!) But that isn't the case across the board.
So just from my experience, it happens much more than you would think.
BTW, I do not have any stock in Mobil1 products . . . !!
Mike