Favorite lube for the arbor?

[armoredman]

I have just been using my regular CLP, Weapon Shield, and I don't think it cuts the mustard on BP fouling. I know I am probably doing it wrong, so what grease/lube/oil do you use on your arbors to cut that fouling to keep blasting.

 

[45 Dragoon]

Mobil1 grease ( bearing grease) is what the "racing crowd" uses and I've been using it many years.

Mike

 

[Jackrabbit1957]

Same here, hi temp wheel bearing grease, Aeroshell 6 or 22 if I can get it.

 

[Captain*kirk]

Either Lubriplate AA630 or Mobil 1

 

[whughett]

Ballistol, I don’t see where a “grease “ is needed. I routinely run 48 shots and more with all my Colts with out any problems with cylinder rotation.
Base pins on Remingtons different story but they generally need frequent wiping any way.

 

[44 Dave]

I just smear some b.p. bullet lube on then a drop of synthetic engine oil.
If a Remmy may have to re-wet the arbor in front of the cylinder, but open tops go on and on.

 

[SixteenGauge]

Washing machine bearing grease has always worked well for me

 

[gtrgy888]

I have just been using my regular CLP, Weapon Shield, and I don't think it cuts the mustard on BP fouling. I know I am probably doing it wrong, so what grease/lube/oil do you use on your arbors to cut that fouling to keep blasting.

I typically use Crisco since it’s cheap and it works. It applies solid to the arbor threads and melts liquid. It also works fine as a grease over the projectiles. I’ve been able to shoot 4-6 cylinders and get tired of loading and go home long before the cylinder showed any sign of binding. That said, it is ill advised for long term application, since it can crud up and turn into a shrunken solid mass over long term storage. I use it for cheap short term range expedient bullet and arbor grease, give the gun a deep clean afterward, and then use Bore Butter as a general wax sealant melted over every part of the gun when hot except for the cylinder/cones which are just scrubbed in lye soap and oven dried.

 

[white smoke]

A liberal coating of Bore Butter. Works like a charm.

 

[Jim Watson]

 

[45 Dragoon]

Wow! $20 for Bear grease?
Mobil1 is about $9.00 for probably a lifetime can at AutoZone! (Just saying . . . lol).
This is also like like asking a collector "why" . . . I get that animal so use what you want it's no big deal to me (not that it matters) the OP asked for favorite lube . . .
The arbor/cylinder pin/ base pin is susceptible to fouling so a grease that retains "body" or consistency will offer much more of a barrier to fouling than an oil. The Mobil 1grease is stable from -40° to 320° F. Also a grease is used to hold/suspend larger solids more effectively than a thinner oil is designed to do.

Mike

 

[Ironhand54]

Plumbers silicon. No mess. Resists everything. Lasts forever. Won't melt. Cheap.

IronHand

 

[Rebel Dave]

I use Ballistol. never any problems, shooting, or storing.
Dave

 

[BullRunBear]

White lithium grease. It lasts for a whole range session, a little goes a long way, cleans off easily and easy to reapply. Been using the same tube for years.

Jeff

 

[Fingers McGee]

A liberal coating of Bore Butter. Works like a charm.

What he said

 

[Eyrie G. Dogg]

White lithium grease for arbor/cylinder pin and Mobile 1 for the internals.

 

[troy fairweather]

Ky jelly, oh on the gun. Used Ballistol and always worked fine, sometimes I'll use what I have to lube and seal the chambers.

 

[troy fairweather]

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This is why I hope to shoot a bear this year.

 

[hawg]

Ky jelly, oh on the gun.

Hey, that might work.

 

[armoredman]

I found that my local CAL Ranch is SUPPOSED to carry Bore Butter, will be checking on them tomorrow morning!

 

[entropy]

Lithium grease works fine; I've also used Bore Butter when I found I hadn't prepared my Walker before bringing it on a trip.

 

[drobs]

I found that my local CAL Ranch is SUPPOSED to carry Bore Butter, will be checking on them tomorrow morning!

I found Bore Butter at Walmart. That's what I use to lube my arbor and find I can shoot my Colts lubed that way for days at a time w/o cleaning.

 

[armoredman]

I shoulda gone to Wally World - CAL had nothing and no idea what I was talking about.

 

[drobs]

I shoulda gone to Wally World - CAL had nothing and no idea what I was talking about.

Looks like $6 shipping if you don't add anything to your order.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/T-C-Accessories-Natural-Lube/23247238

 

[5whiskey]

I´ve been on a coconut oil for my BP firearms lately. It works ok, but only ok. Most rendered animal fats will work well enough, so long as the fat wasn´t cuts from salt cured meat. Honestly ATF worked ok before I got into my originalist kick (ok, ok... I get that coconut oil isn´t originalist unless you shot BP in the tropics). For a get and go with no muss, no fuss... bore butter is probably as good a bet as any.