Gun Grease
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bredda
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Any white lithium grease at Walmart or parts house will work. I'd go with the 2 oz tube size to try it in case you weren't impressed and not get stuck with a pound of it.
The Lone Haranguer
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White lithium grease in a small tube. You will never use up a large can.
Quack
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you can also try Mobil1 grease.
bluetopper
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Spray grease in an aerosol can is good too. I also use it in the slots where my garage door rollers roll.
I've read that quite a few people use lithium or wheel bearing grease on semi-auto slides. I've always used either CLP or Mobil 1 Synthetic and had good results. But then I do clean my guns every week and after each range session.
Maybe I should give the grease thing a try.
Maybe I should give the grease thing a try.
Just One Shot
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If I were inclined to use a grease (I use Castrol 5w50 full synthetic oil.) I would get a full synthetic automotive grease like Castrol or Mobil makes for wheel bearings.
One tube should last for years so the initial investment would be well worth it as time goes by.
One tube should last for years so the initial investment would be well worth it as time goes by.
JTQ
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I've used SuperLube. I think I found it at a hardware store.
I like a heavy oil on things that move (semiauto bolts and slides) and grease on high pressure points (sear contacts, bolt lugs, cocking cams). I use mostly Triflow and Super Lube, sometimes Shooter's Choice because it stays in place well.
Super Lube is sold at Radio Shack under the Archer label. Last tube I bought was on sale at 99¢.
Super Lube is sold at Radio Shack under the Archer label. Last tube I bought was on sale at 99¢.
Full Metal Jacket
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tetra grease is cheap and easy to find. i used that until i tried wilson ultimate in the syringe. that's the best grease i've ever tried--beats the more expensive one's i've used. it's like $7, and lasts a very long time. i get it at a local gunshop. (still on my first syringe a year later).
Ala Dan
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I use Tetra Gun Grease on the rails of bottom feeder's~! 
3845
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Years ago the dep't I was with used a heavy white grease on our first gen Smith 9mms. It turned lousy pistols into reliable guns with one application, but smoked like hell. I've used similar stuff ever since with good results.
JTQ
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Was it Crisco?
I would recommend using a relatively thin grease to avoid gumming up one's pistol, especially at cold temperatures. NLGI 1 (a standard measure of grease viscosity) is just about right, in my opinion--thick enough to stay put virtually forever but thin enough not to slow pistols down. Many non-gun-specific greases are NLGI 2, which is thicker than I would use myself.
3845
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Crisco, yeah. I couldn't remember...I'm not much of a cook!
3845
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Seriously, some kind of lithium grease. Might not even be made anymore, but it's probably all similar.
3845
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The brand name of the stuff I was referring to was Lubriplate. Not that it would be better than anything else, it just bugged me that I couldn't remember the name.
aka108
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My son got me a unmarked can of some grease they used on the 50 cal browning machineguns in the USMC. Stuff stay about the same consistency no matter what the temp is. Have no idea what it is or if even available for sale on the civilian market. The one pint can will be a lifetime supply me.
possum
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high temp lithium wheel bearing grease. it stays where you put it, it doesn't burn off, and it doesn't migrate like oil. additionally it makes for easy clean up, because all teh carbon sticks to the grease, wipe it down and relube and you are good to go. I have been using the above on three deployments in the sand box, 8 training courses, both handgun and carbine, as well as every training session at the range that i do. Approx 30,000rds a year. I use it on ar,ak, handguns, shotgun, everything that needs lube.
it is like $3 a 1lb can, and that will pretty much last you a life time.
it is like $3 a 1lb can, and that will pretty much last you a life time.
ScratchnDent
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Superlube is what I use...had the same tube for years. Though, I wouldn't hesitate to use high temp. wheel bearing grease or white lithium.
it's called LSA--lubricating oil, semifluid. not sure where the A comes from, but it works like a champ for full auto fire. m16's don't like it, though.
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