Oil bottles/cans : what do you use ?

[tercel89]

What do you guys use to put your oil in and despense it out of ? I am thinking I may get me a oil fashioned style oil can with the little handle/pump thing on it.
I stopped using "gun oil" and have started using engine oil. a lot cheaper and works just as good.
Anyways , what kind of bottle or can do you use ? I am still thinking of getting one of those little syringes that hold maybe 2oz of oil since it has a small tube to get oil in those tight places.

 

[Sport45]

Empty gun oil bottles.

 

[Blackrock]

I picked up a 3 pack of 4oz flip top bottles at Sportsmans Warehouse. They were in the gun cleaning supply section.

 

[armarsh]

Fly tying head cement bottle: http://www.madriveroutfitters.com/p-3160-plastic-applicator-bottle.aspx Cabelas usually has them for $2.

Dewey's excellent oiler bottle: http://www.deweyrods.com/cgi-bin/cc...9426&pg=prod&ref=O1&cat=SPEC&catstr=HOME:SPEC Costs quite a bit more but are well made.

 

[jcwit]

I have to use eye drops and meds dispensed with similar larger bottles. These work great for me and seal very well.

 

[makarovnik]

I have allergies and save my empty bottles of nasal spray. They are great for dispensing oil.

 

[LeonCarr]

Home Depot sells a chemical resistant 32oz spray bottle, gray in color, over by the cleaning chemicals. Works great for oils, but be careful with solvents containing acetone. I bought two of them, filled one with Mobil 1(works great) and filled one with Ed's Red containing acetone (bottle is solvent resistant, pump assembly is not). The acetone basically melted the pump innards .

Another one that works good is the old fashioned pump type metal oil can. Acetone won't do anything to one of those.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[hso]

 

[Fumbler]

Hey hso,

Why ATF? Does it lube better than regular engine oil?

 

[Jim Watson]

I have some flip top bottles - surprised me that one would contain the stench of Ballistol - and some of the little needle oiler bottles mentioned above. As well as factory containers.

 

[we are not amused]

Hey hso,

Why ATF? Does it lube better than regular engine oil?

I think he was making a joke.

Personally, with good quality gun oils being readily available, cheap, and usually in a convenient size and container, I wonder that anyone would even consider using anything else.

I use engine oil in engines, ATF oil in transmissions, and gun oil on my guns.

 

[06]

Just recieved a free sample of "Weapon Shield" in a syringe dispenser. 3-in-1 oil works fine and is lots cheaper than the aerosol cans of gun oils. Some are ridiculously priced at @ $15 for a large spray can. Used to use Rusty Duck, Rem oil, Tetra, and even WD-40. Just bought a plain old oil can with a flex neck-works fine for tight places.

 

[we are not amused]

Three-in-one oil, WD-40, motor oil!

What people will do to save a few pennies!

WD-40 is a kerosene based product that quickly evaporates leaving a sticky residue. Not something I want on my gun. Motor Oil is for motors, it has many additives which are not intended for use on guns and I suspect it will attract dirt and dust far more than gun oil, and will gum up more too. Three-in-one oil or spindle oil as it is also known is just a low quality thin oil, similar in many ways to gun oil, just of lower quality, it tends to oxidize and gum up much more quickly than good quality gun oil .

Call me a gun oil snob if you want, but good, old fashion gun oil is very cheap, and is designed for guns. I agree that the spay cans of gun oil cost a lot more, but then You aren't supposed to spray them on the guns, but a cloth to distribute the oil on the gun, so what is the point of putting it in a spray can?

I use the small 2 oz. bottles of Remington gun oil, and that of another brand that I don't remember the name of right off hand. I have several bottles, at least one with every gun cleaning kit, and I don't think I use more than one complete bottle up a year. Of course, I only have about a dozen guns that I regularly shoot and clean more than once a year. Many of the guns only get a wipe down and inspection, if I haven't shot them, so I realize that some avid shooters may go through much more gun oil than I do. Still hard to see how anyone could use enough to make buying a cheaper oil worth while.

 

[Sport45]

Personally, with good quality gun oils being readily available, cheap, and usually in a convenient size and container, I wonder that anyone would even consider using anything else.

If a 2oz bottle costs several dollars I don't think it qualifies as cheap.

I think I saw a comparison several years ago about the cost of different gun oils and solvents normalized to a $/gallon basis.

Some of my wife's perfumes were less expensive...(some of them )

 

[Jim Watson]

Why ATF? Does it lube better than regular engine oil?

I think he was making a joke.


I don't. ATF has a lot of supporters as a gun lube or an ingredient in home brew like Ed's Red. Some of those supporters are professional gunsmiths who might be presumed to know something about the field.

 

[LeonCarr]

I know a really old guy with a really nice collection of 60-70 year old guns that look brand new because of two things...Hoppe's #9 and Singer Sewing Machine Oil. Not a speck of rust anywhere on anything and smooth as butter, especially the Pre-64 Winchester Model 70s.

You don't need fancy oils for firearms maintenance.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

 

[twofifty]

2oz plastic bottles that some energy drinks are sold in.

These bottles have thick walls and a solid leak-proof screw lid that stays shut.
Great for motor oil or tranny fluid.
Dispense by dipping with a small metal-handled flux brush.

 

[Drail]

ATF is in my opinion the best affordable oil out there for any kind of mechanism that needs lubing. It has the correct viscosity, a high thermal breakdown point and cuts carbon extremely well. Lube up a 1911 and run 1000 rounds through it in an afternoon and when you tear it down there will still be ATF on the barrel bushing, lugs and rails. A quart will last a very long time. I have been using it for about 5 years now and I haven't found anything that works better (and I have tested just about everything out there) in firearms, fishing reels, locksets, pocketknives, hinges, etc. ATF was designed to replace sperm oil (probably the finest machine oil in history) when automatic transmissions replaced manual transmissions. I use small squeeze bottles with a straw from a WD 40 can stuck in the spout.

 

[LAK]

Rangoon oil in a metal can.

 

[CoRoMo]

I grabbed one of these when it was empty of whatever medicine it had in it, washed it out nice like, and filled it up with full synthetic motor oil. This and a few other type 'eye-droppers' work awesome.

Motor oil is cheap, not gun oil. Even full synthetic, name brand motor oil, compared to gun oil. You can buy full synthetic motor oil for under $20 a gallon, while RemOil will run over $100 per gallon. Who said gun oil was cheap?

 

[jcwit]

ATF was designed to replace sperm oil (probably the finest machine oil in history) when automatic transmissions replaced manual transmissions.

Actually Sperm Oil was an additive to petro oil used for the first automatic trannies.

Both sperm oil and ATF make an excellent lube as does the full synthetic motor oils.

 

[hso]

No, I'm not joking.

ATF is much cheaper than gun oil and with a little help works about as well as most of the gun oils out there.

Ed's Red Bore Cleaner/Lubricant

1 part ATF, ~$10 for Mobil 1

1 part K1 Kerosene - deodorized, ~$3

1 part Aliphatic Mineral Spirits CAS #64741-49-9 or substitute "Stoddard Solvent", CAS #8052-41-3, or equivalent (WD-40). ~$5

1 part Acetone, CAS #67-64-1 ~$6

(Optional 1 lb. of Lanolin, Anhydrous, USP per gallon, or OK to substitute Lanolin, Modified, Topical Lubricant, from the drug store) ~$9

~$33 for a gallon (128 oz or sixteen 8 oz bottles).

 

[Dr.Rob]

Ed's Red is in a translucent squeezy ketchop bottle, honest.

 

[we are not amused]

Considering I don't need or use gun oil in gallon lots, I will stick with the real thing, which I know is good, won't harm the gun, and won't suddenly gum up.
Perhaps ATF is a good oil, but honestly Motor Oil, WD-40, and 3-in-one-oil?

 

[bikerdoc]

Empty, clean, Zippo lighter fluid containers.