Actually, it matters a good bit. Most new oils contain carcinogens right from the bottle, and this includes gun oils.Hardly matters.
It will contain all sorts of compounds after it has been in a running engine for a VERY short time.
Actually, it matters a good bit. Most new oils contain carcinogens right from the bottle, and this includes gun oils.Hardly matters.
It will contain all sorts of compounds after it has been in a running engine for a VERY short time.
Hmmm, hard to figure that out as most synthetics are petroleum based. Silicon is good, but doesn't stick around very long at all.
Yeah, why? I can look out the window of my office, where I'm sitting right now and see my 236yd target.Do you live at the range?
Is your house right at the 200 yard range so you can just open a window at any time and fire-away?
And the only fully synthetic oils (by your definition) are group 5 PAO's. Anything else is some alteration of mineral oils. I agree, it has the molecules rearranged, but it is what it is. And as a nearly universal rule will be better lubricants because of it, regardless of the application. In the case of use on a gun, it doesn't matter much one way or the other because the application is so non demanding to begin with.Most synthetic motor oil is blended. Which by nature has crude oil derivatives in it. FULLY synthetic motor oil is 100% chemically constructed with a small amount of carrier oil additive that is derived from crude oil which is a low percentage of the total.
It is true that sythetics can be made from crude oil components but the different method of refining makes it a totally different chemical.
Nonetheless synthetics can be made thinner and will evaporate less than convential oils (refined from crude oil) So this seems to favor their use in guns
Be very careful of BITOG...there is as much misinformation as there is information there.More than you ever wanted to know at:
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com
There is a firearm section if you scroll down the forum page.
As a rule of thumb, a sliding contact surface (auto pistol slides, Garand/M1A Op rods) should be greased. Oil won't stay there, so over time you end up with insufficient lube. If it spits grease at you when you shoot it, then you should be using either a different grease, or less of it.I don't see why not. Somthing like a M-1 that prefers a grease no but most other guns it should not be a issue. If its not cold weather bacon grease or tiger balm should even work.
Be very careful of BITOG...there is as much misinformation as there is information there.
I've seen Triflow at a local HW store and thought about using it,but in recent years they are learning that Teflon is not as safe as was once thought . Anyone able to go into detail about it's use?The whole point of using motor oil for your guns is to use leftover dribs from changing your car oil. I can't see buying ANY motor oil just to use it on guns. I bought a can of Triflow spray at the hardware store for about $6. I got an excellent gun oil in an easy to apply container. Ten years and a LOT of gun lubes later I had to buy another can. I don't really see the point of trying to "save" much compared to that.