Doc Holliday45
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Does anyone on here use dry lubricant on their firearms? I normally use break free and Rem oil but it’s a bit messy. For the ones that use dry lubricant what is you’re experience with it?
I don't know directly for firearms lubricant but in passenger car motor oils, plant based stuff are used for the esters. The hexane is a petroleum solvent used as a carrier which evaporates at a medium pace, for lack of a better general term. There are hexanes in the mix of motor gasoline. Hexanes have relatively low octane value so the solvent and other aliphatics market is where they're valued, but it's a low volume market relative to transportation fuels.I do use Hornady One Shot Cleaner/Lube with "DynaGlide Plus" which is described as a dry lubricant. I don't use it exclusively, so I can't say whether it will do everything you want. I do recommend trying it because it cleans ok and protects without leaving an oily residue.
To add a little more: DynaGlide Plus is a dry film lubricant, not a powder like graphite, or molybdenum disulfide. Does anyone know what it really is? From the MSDS it's 60% hexane and then 20% "proprietary." The owner (Multimarketing Co., not Hornady) claims it is silicone and teflon free, and claim it is "vegetable based." I hope it's not just Pam again.
I've used One-shot on trigger assemblies myself wanting to lube/protect the assembly without attracting unwanted dirt and grime. Not my idea, just based on what I've read on what other people are doing. Seems to work pretty good but am definitely interested in what other method are out there.I do use Hornady One Shot Cleaner/Lube with "DynaGlide Plus" which is described as a dry lubricant. I don't use it exclusively, so I can't say whether it will do everything you want. I do recommend trying it because it cleans ok and protects without leaving an oily residue.
To add a little more: DynaGlide Plus is a dry film lubricant, not a powder like graphite, or molybdenum disulfide. Does anyone know what it really is? From the MSDS it's 60% hexane and then 20% "proprietary." The owner (Multimarketing Co., not Hornady) claims it is silicone and teflon free, and claim it is "vegetable based." I hope it's not just Pam again.
I used the Remington made dry lube with Teflon, was actually pretty good stuff. I moved away from it in favor of ballistol when I started worrying about toxicity blah blah blah.Does anyone on here use dry lubricant on their firearms? I normally use break free and Rem oil but it’s a bit messy. For the ones that use dry lubricant what is you’re experience with it?
I run mine dry in the uber cold too. There aren’t many moving parts to them and I feel like it almost works better in the cold.I used powdered graphite on my Rem. 742 when I hunted in 0 and below temps. It worked fine. I just ran my Mosins dry in real cold. They were born for cold weather use.