Best Lube for 1911 in AZ

I can't speak for a 1911, but I have very good performance in my AR using Rand CLP or Slip 2000 EWL.

Both have great viscosity and stay put well.

CLP or Dexron.

Frog Lube. As for where to lube, if it shines it gets lubed

Honestly... Synthetic motor oil will work just fine. I have used it for years and it works as good as some of the big name "gun oils."

Slide glide light on uspsa (competition 1911 guns, Mobile one on everything els.

Anything that doesn't evaporate will work. I've been using Frog Lube for more than a year with very good results in Midwest weather, from 20F to 92F (on range days). It's simply easier than any other previous product I've tried and I've tried many in 30+ years of shooting.

BTW I did look on the M1911 Pistols forum that had a article on some areas to lube but w/o finding any particular brands.

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I suspect you looked in the wrong place. Gun folks are not shy about listing their favorite lubes or cleaning solutions. By the end of today (7/22/13) I suspect you'll have at least 20 different recommendations. By the end of tomorrow, this thread will be at least 3 pages long.

Just about any lube will work. The 1911 was in use for a good 60 - 70 years before most of the lubes in use today were even invented. The pistol worked just fine for all those years using motor oil, whale oil, etc.

One advantage the new oils offer over the older stuff is they are available in non-toxic formulas. Since I believe just about any quality lubricant will work beyond the light use of personal carry/range shooting weapon I use my 1911 for (I'm not fighting in the trenches of WW I, beach assaults in the South Pacific of WW II, etc.), I like to find non-toxic products. In addition, I also like it if that product is a CLP which is more convenient and less time consuming.

I've used CLP's like BreakFree, SLIP 2000, and Ballistol. All have worked well. Of the three, I prefer SLIP 2000. BreakFree requires lots of shaking to get the Teflon into solution if it has sat for a while. Ballistol works well, but has an "interesting" aroma. SLIP 2000 doesn't require any shaking, and has no smell, as far as I can tell.

Best lube for AZ would be the best lube for AK; Mobil 1. So-called firearms "specialty" lubes pale in comparison.

It ain't AZ, but in dry dusty South Georgia during plowing and planting season I used 3 in 1 oil. In fact that's what I've used for over half century. The thing about lubes is too much can be bad and so can too little. I'd think the best lube would be one that doesn't gum over a wide temperature range, isn't too bad at holding onto bits of stuff and doesn't evaporate in hot weather or freeze in cold. In Canada in 2000 I use Sheath because it dried and left a non hardening protective film. But other than that I just get by with 3 in 1 ... works good; lasts long time.

I've been using the Wilson Combat oils. They're good oils and they have decent applicator bottles. I use the the "Universal" on the locking lugs and slide rails and the "Oil" on everything else.

Tom

hentown said:

Best lube for AZ would be the best lube for AK; Mobil 1. So-called firearms "specialty" lubes pale in comparison.

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If I live long enough to run out of 3 in 1, I'm going with Mobile 1.

Brownells sells a variety of oilers that work great with Mobil One (or your choice of oil).

Brownells sells a variety of oilers that work great with Mobil One (or your choice of oil).

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That's true, but I'd be hesitant to use these needle oilers if I was planning on using Mobil 1.

http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-t...e-bottles/needle-oiler-bottles-prod44434.aspx

I have a 3 bottle set of these. One with BreakFree CLP, one with SLIP 2000, and one with Mobil 1 5W-30. Even a lightweight version of Mobil 1, like the 5W-30 is significantly thicker than both BreakFree and SLIP 2000. It is very difficult to get the Mobil 1 to flow through those small tubes. BreakFree and SLIP 2000 both work great in those bottles, but I'd pick a different bottle if I were planning on using Mobil 1 as my primary lube.

Hit_Factor said:

Brownells sells a variety of oilers that work great with Mobil One (or your choice of oil).

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For several years now, I've had a ready supply of 3cc syringes. For tight places, an 18 or 20 gauge needles work well. For slide rails and such, the syringe without a needle is the perfect applicator.

I find Mobil i is great, but it doesn't seem to stay in place as long as CLP.

A friend of mine turned me onto Frog Lube about a year ago, and I haven't looked back since. Good stuff for our dusty, dry, and hot climate!

GS

If I live long enough to run out of 3 in 1, I'm going with Mobile 1.
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If I even dreamed that I'd been using 3-in-1 oil on my firearms, I wouldn't live very long. Might be o.k. for sewing machines and really small electric motors, but not for serious work.

not that i have used it on guns
but i had a bottle of a industrial synthetic gear oil
the molecular chains were so long and slinky it would climb its way right out of the applicator bottle
you couldnt lube a gun with it anyway as it was so slippery there is no way you could hold on to a gun lubed with it

just a funny side note

My father used 3 in 1 on his service revolvers for more than a decade, I've used it from time to time with no ill effect. I've used Rig +P, 3 in 1, Hoppes, Tetra, Shooter's Choice oil, Shooter's Choice grease, FP-10, Breakfree CLP, G96, Remoil, Frog Lube paste and probably a dozen others. Here it is again: if it doesn't evaporate or freeze then it will work.

I live in Arizona and I have no trouble using normal high quality gun lube. I have a small container of Silver Bullet but I use it on my knifes. My .45 just keeps on ticking with nothing special under the hood. In fact 1911's have been running that way for over a hundred years and a few wars. JMPO and experience.

Synthetic 10w30. Been using it for years on pistols and shotguns without issue.

There really is no best only opinions.