GOOD GUN GREASE...

https://www.brownells.com/tools-cleaning/gun-cleaning/gun-oils-lubricants/?sort=NumberOfReviews

Break Free CLP . MIL-SPEC 63460F Not grease.

Only 70 oils & grease to choose from @ Brownells.

Lube should contain PTFE, or better known as Teflon.


https://discover.dtic.mil/

Anderol synthetic oil advertised use by Smith and Wesson.
I think Birchwood Casey picked up that grade of oil.

Rand HAWG grease. 1oz tube has lasted me quite a few years at this point. It is dark red so you know when it is staying around where you put it, because you can still see it when you take the firearm apart. I use this grease to lube up all the major contact points of a handgun when I use it as a daily carry for awhile. HAWG was originally suggested to me by a gunsmith at my LGS when I bought a new-to me 12ga and the magazine spring squeaked when I loaded/unloaded/shot it. The grease solved the problem and I still use the stuff.

I've been using Mobil 1 synthetic grease for years (probably 20+), I have made a dent in the tub but not a big one (a little dab will do ya).
On engine rebuilding I've always used STP oil treatment coated on anything where there is friction and used gloves on my hands so no oils from my skin contaminated it,

I tried a sample of stuff with the SIG name on it that wasn't bad at all! but i priced it to buy and decided to stick with mobil1

Q tip and any GL2

Rigg Gun grease where grease is required, Break Free everywhere else...

JohnKSa said:

You could try Lubriplate SFL gun grease It's a very light, non-toxic (food safe) grease that is unlikely to gum up or get thick in cold weather.

SFL Gun Grease | Lubriplate Lubricants Co.

www.lubriplate.com

Another option is to use Brownell's Action Lube Plus and keep the amounts applied very small--basically just a light coating. The main lubricant in it is moly and all you need is a tiny bit of that to make metal-to-metal sliding contact very slick.

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This….or this.
These two are all I have ever used. Absolutely no complaints or issues.

The last greases I used on any of my guns were Lubraplate for my M1's/M1A's, and TW25b with my SIG's. These days, I rarely use any.

For revolvers, if I don't take the side plate off, I flush the guts with Gun Scrubber and then add a couple of drops of Mobil One 30w, shake it around, and work the action a few times.

Putting grease in a revolver action just doesn't seem right to me.

rdnktrkr said:

I've been using Mobil 1 synthetic grease for years (probably 20+), I have made a dent in the tub but not a big one (a little dab will do ya).
On engine rebuilding I've always used STP oil treatment coated on anything where there is friction and used gloves on my hands so no oils from my skin contaminated it,

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The benefits of Mobil 1 synthetic grease (synthetic in general) are hard to ignore. Higher flash point, superior lubricity and film strength, and consistent molecular size.

Now I just mix synthetic ATF with the Mobil 1 grease in a restaurant style condiment bottle and use that wherever lubrifaction is needed on everything. Pretty handy in the garage also!

The OP has clearly never read any of the threads here on THR about gun lubes.

Simply waving a small container of "grease" near a firearm will immediately render it inoperable.

Because there is only one type of grease, and God created it with the intention that it would harden like glue within minutes and all lube properties would immediately vanish.

All of this nonsense about different NLGI grades is simply that--absolute nonsense. Nobody ever made a type of grease that worked in sub-zero temps, or was intended for applications like firearms.

Of course I'm kidding. As I look over the other posts in this thread, I see that some folks are clearly using certain types of greases on firearms with excellent results.

Alaskamike said:

The OP has clearly never read any of the threads here on THR about gun lubes.

Simply waving a small container of "grease" near a firearm will immediately render it inoperable.

Because there is only one type of grease, and God created it with the intention that it would harden like glue within minutes and all lube properties would immediately vanish.

All of this nonsense about different NLGI grades is simply that--absolute nonsense. Nobody ever made a type of grease that worked in sub-zero temps, or was intended for applications like firearms.

Of course I'm kidding. As I look over the other posts in this thread, I see that some folks are clearly using certain types of greases on firearms with excellent results.

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That's wonderful but with all the global warming winter is fading here and haven't seen 0 for a while. For God's sake don't tell the Garand crowd.

Corrosion X hd for marine products has been my go to for long term storage. They also have one for firearms.

I couldn't find the dead horse emoji but I will help beat him a little more. Most any grease made for lubricating machinery will work and stay in place until it becomes very hot. I tried some left over Valvolene red 100% synthetic wheel bearing grease and found it will stand up to more heat. No operating problems at all with either type. I let advertising get the best of me and bought a small jar of Super Slip grease (if I remember the name correctly) that has a very high moly content. It is certainly slippery and has reduced the trigger pull a full pound on some higher pull guns I own. It's also nasty and black in color. It seems a tiny bit of it will get all over you no matter how careful you are in applying it. It reminds me of the silver colored Never-Seeze I had to use now and then at work which wound up all over you and your clothing. Both seem to have a mind of their own and are determined to get anyplace they can. I have returned to the Valvolene for most uses because it doesn't do that. Triggers and slides are the only gun parts I grease.

HowardC said:

OK sports fans, simple question here:

What's a light but 'staying' grease for gun interiors?

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Lubriplate 130-A is what I use on all my 1911 slide rails and the bolt rollers and op rod of my M1A. It stays put and only takes a tiny bit.

Very thin and color is dye and for sales. Thinner than thin.

HowardC said:

Alaska MIke is correct as is Doubleh. I should have done my homework and read through the 375 pages of gun lube posts on THR. I was amazed there are that many posts on the subject. My apologies for not looking and opening yet another can of worms(horses?). I'll not be so flippant in the future.
-West out

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No worries--gun lube for some strange reason is a religious subject here, and some folks get way too serious about it.

Believe it or not, pretty much anything works for gun lube, and despite all the gloom and doom, appropriate greases do work beautifully as gun lube.

I made reference to NLGI in my earlier post. Most folks here who collapse in a twitching, drooling fit at the mention of using grease on a firearm for some strange reason believe that there is only one type of grease that has ever been created. I poked fun at that ridiculous idea in my earlier post.

There are actually many different grades of grease, and they are briefly described here:


I apologize if it seemed like my earlier post was being critical of your question about the use of grease as a gun lube. That wasn't my intention at all. It was a good question, and hopefully the responses so far have been helpful.

I like ALG Very Thin Grease, consistency is in-between a grease and oil.

If I don't want something that thin I just use Lucas Gun Grease.