Yesterday, while out buying some car parts, I see this Lucas Gun Oil sitting on the counter at the auto parts store. I have never seen or heard of this stuff before. It's red and reminds me of Quantum Hot Sauce that I use on reel bearings. Has anyone ever used this stuff, and is it any better than Hoppe's oil or RemOil? I have used RemOil for years and don't have any complaints, but I am intrigued by this Lucas stuff. If you have used it, do you like it why or why not?
Lucas Gun Oil?
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slicksleeve
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I use it on my hunting rifles because it is unscented. I like it. I seems to stay where you put it, and will make my Bushmaster AR sing. As far as comparing to Hoppe's, it is more of a lubricant than a cleaner.
rodinal220
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I bought a small bottle at a drag strip some years ago to try. It smells and feels like 80-90w gear oil,dyed red. Pretty viscous stuff. I think I could just buy a bottle of gear oil if I needed something that thick.
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Lucas prodicts have always been top notch. It's one of the few over the counter product manufacturers that my jet mechanics keep on their benches, and those guys are pretty darned particular about what they use. I've no experience with what they market as gun oil, but the general quality of the prodicts they sell is excellent.
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I think it is fine as a lubricant.
I don't think it's a miracle lube.
I use Valvoline SAE 50 sometimes. I basically coat everything with the Valvoline and then rub it off with a rag. It leaves behind a protective layer of lubricant. I'll put a couple of drops of a lighter oil on the rails and that's it.
I don't think it's a miracle lube.
I use Valvoline SAE 50 sometimes. I basically coat everything with the Valvoline and then rub it off with a rag. It leaves behind a protective layer of lubricant. I'll put a couple of drops of a lighter oil on the rails and that's it.
Wow, you'll certainly get major disagreement on that from many gear heads....
endebt
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Been using this for about 5 yrs.I build AR's and it is all I use. This is good stuff. I have been using Lusas products for over 40 Years.
il.bill
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Lucas Gun Oil is my firearm oil of choice. I used to lube my handguns with Remoil, but less than a month later it looked like it was just gone from evaporation. Lucas Gun Oil will still be in place after six months or more of storage.
It works great on my semi-automatic pistols, and when they get heated up from heavy firing it is still there doing the job for me. In really cold winter weather (like this year, with lots of single digit F. temperature days) I will mix it 50/50 with Mobil 1 Synthetic engine oil.
I use Hoppes #9 and Kano Kroil for the majority of my cleaning, and Lucas Gun Oil to lubricate for use or storage.
As they say, YMMV ...
It works great on my semi-automatic pistols, and when they get heated up from heavy firing it is still there doing the job for me. In really cold winter weather (like this year, with lots of single digit F. temperature days) I will mix it 50/50 with Mobil 1 Synthetic engine oil.
I use Hoppes #9 and Kano Kroil for the majority of my cleaning, and Lucas Gun Oil to lubricate for use or storage.
As they say, YMMV ...
aladdin
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I bought 2 bottles a couple years ago. One is still unopened. No better or worse than other gun oil. So far I like Mobil 1 I dumped the Lucas out and filled the bottle with Mobil 1. And +1 on the Kroil for cleaning.
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"Wow, you'll certainly get major disagreement on that from many gear heads...."
I don't really care about any such opinions, actually. One of the things that works is Lucas automatic steering pump sealer, which I can tell you from personal experience seals up small weeping hydraulic leaks on the landing gear and flap hydraulic actuator seals of MiG's when nothing else does. So when the motorheads are running a fleet of Russian Jets successfully, let me know and I "might" care what they think..... cars are for kids...
Firearms are such simple machines that "what works, works". For the most part rendered down warthog-fat would probably work as well as anything on most firearms. Lucas, Mobil 1, Break Free, military CLP in the green bottles, none of it is rocket science. Use one. Sparingly! Me... I'm still working thru a case of CLP that I scored from DRMO about twenty years ago. I'll still have half a case when I kick, probably.
Kroil does work well, we use it every day. I'd think that any gun-nut would be perfectly well served with one bottle each of Hoppes #9, Kroil, CLP, and Ballistol.
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I don't really care about any such opinions, actually. One of the things that works is Lucas automatic steering pump sealer, which I can tell you from personal experience seals up small weeping hydraulic leaks on the landing gear and flap hydraulic actuator seals of MiG's when nothing else does. So when the motorheads are running a fleet of Russian Jets successfully, let me know and I "might" care what they think..... cars are for kids...
Firearms are such simple machines that "what works, works". For the most part rendered down warthog-fat would probably work as well as anything on most firearms. Lucas, Mobil 1, Break Free, military CLP in the green bottles, none of it is rocket science. Use one. Sparingly! Me... I'm still working thru a case of CLP that I scored from DRMO about twenty years ago. I'll still have half a case when I kick, probably.
Kroil does work well, we use it every day. I'd think that any gun-nut would be perfectly well served with one bottle each of Hoppes #9, Kroil, CLP, and Ballistol.
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Deltaboy1984
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Thanks I have used other Lucus products and been happy.
The best is 100% Jojoba oil found in cosmetic section of better supermarkets like Whole Foods Market. The big upside is it can be used on skin by significant other.
I bought some a few years ago. I use it to lube the slide rails and barrels on handguns. It's worked great, and I'll buy more in the future when I run out. Usually a drop or two is all I need per gun on a cleaning session. Good stuff
Ash
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Like a few others, I use Mobil 1. For me it's free since my SUV doesn't quite take 5 quarts of oil when I do an oil change. The left over fills smaller bottles. I have so much of it now I'm thinking of adding a drop of dye to it and selling it at gun shows as a new synthetic gun lube (a new formulation) 
As to Lucas, I've never heard anything bad about it, but even were it not ideal for the engine of a car, it could still be stellar in a gun.
As to Lucas, I've never heard anything bad about it, but even were it not ideal for the engine of a car, it could still be stellar in a gun.
Just another marketing organization using the same time tested products.
Most "stop leaks" use ammonia to attack the polymer chains in the seal causing them to swell. That reduces the amount of weeping or leaking until the seal abrades further in use. Then a REAL repair has to be done, with replacement of the seal and refurbishment of the contact surface if it's grooved. Strangely enough, the metal surface wears more quickly than the seal over time. Seal makers tend to have the lip location slightly different on replacements in order to have contact at a fresher less abraded point.
Nothing wrong with the product, but it's no better or worse than a dozen others on the market. They pretty much share the same formulas and the label can sometimes be the only difference.
Most "stop leaks" use ammonia to attack the polymer chains in the seal causing them to swell. That reduces the amount of weeping or leaking until the seal abrades further in use. Then a REAL repair has to be done, with replacement of the seal and refurbishment of the contact surface if it's grooved. Strangely enough, the metal surface wears more quickly than the seal over time. Seal makers tend to have the lip location slightly different on replacements in order to have contact at a fresher less abraded point.
Nothing wrong with the product, but it's no better or worse than a dozen others on the market. They pretty much share the same formulas and the label can sometimes be the only difference.
jimmyraythomason
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At the end of the day....this will still be true...no matter how long it is debated.
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"Just another marketing organization using the same time tested products"
Well... you gotta buy one or the other if you need them. What one? Pick one....
Thanks for the gouge on how the sealers work. In MiG's we found that the Russians used a foul mixture of glyceryn and water as their hydraulic fluid. When we switch them to Milspec 5606 fluid the seals would weep. Add a bit-o-Lucas-snake-oil and they last for years. 15 years and counting on my oldest one.
For guns: A drop off of the end of the dipstick from any old plow-Jeep sitting in the corner of the lot, and some grease wiped from the ball joints for the op-rod pretty much fills the need.
Any gun that "needs" some other form of lubrication isn't going to work in the field when times get tough. You want to buy better? Feel free. Marketing, Marketing, Marketing, as the man says.
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Well... you gotta buy one or the other if you need them. What one? Pick one....
Thanks for the gouge on how the sealers work. In MiG's we found that the Russians used a foul mixture of glyceryn and water as their hydraulic fluid. When we switch them to Milspec 5606 fluid the seals would weep. Add a bit-o-Lucas-snake-oil and they last for years. 15 years and counting on my oldest one.
For guns: A drop off of the end of the dipstick from any old plow-Jeep sitting in the corner of the lot, and some grease wiped from the ball joints for the op-rod pretty much fills the need.
Any gun that "needs" some other form of lubrication isn't going to work in the field when times get tough. You want to buy better? Feel free. Marketing, Marketing, Marketing, as the man says.
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SC Shooter
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Once I find something that I am confident with, I tend to stick with it. Using something just because it's new does not appeal to me.
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