What kind of lubricant should you apply to barrel choke threads?

[ATTHECROSS]

Hello Everyone...

The other day I read that someone applies grease to the barrel choke threads and I was wondering if this was a standard practice or if some other method/technique was used to keep the choke tube from seizing in the barrel. As always... thanks for the help.

 

[grampajack]

I would use a 100% copper antisieze, available from Brownells. That seems to do the trick for suppressors. Moly grease would probably work, as well. Considering shotgun barrels don't get that hot, generally speaking, I imagine just about anything would work. Something with PTFE, like milcomm, might work well.

Oh, but don't use straight up oil. Make sure it's a grease of some kind.

 

[mnrivrat]

Never Seize has been around forever and works well. (automotive store). Or I forget the brand name but there are choke tube lubrication in your local Walmart or GS . It is basically the same as Never Seize. They are a grease type product.

 

[cdb1]

Spanish Jim's Rust Remover.

 

[jaguarxk120]

Use any heavy grease and renew it often.
The use of never seize will cause you to have a wardrobe change. When never seize gets into clothing
it turns that piece of clothing instantly into a work rag.
Once that stuff gets into cloth/fabric it will never come out.

 

[natman]

For choke tubes that are going to stay in the barrel a long time, use anti seize (Carefully, it does stain clothing permanently). For chokes that are going to be changed regularly, use ordinary grease.

 

[Nature Boy]

Lubriplate

 

[243winxb]

Been using Break Free CLP lube for many years on Mossberg and Browning Citori chokes.

Any commercial choke lube should work.

Plastic build up in the choke area , may lock the choke in, if not cleaned regularly.

Hoppes #9 Benchrest solvent will remove plastic. Wet and let soak a while.

 

[ATTHECROSS]

Really appreciate all the help! I never thought anything about using a lubricant inthe threads since a while back I had a clerk at the GS tell me not to use anything. Seemed counterintuitive but I was like"ok." But then I read about using grease as I mentioned earlier. Sometimes the guys at the GS can be just flat wrong I guess. Thanks again for the help

 

[Speedo66]

We've all heard store clerks give bad advice, be it a hardware store, paint store, etc. Unfortunately, when it comes to a gun store, bad advice can be dangerous or lethal.

 

[22250Rem]

For chokes that don't come out very often my vote also goes to lubriplate. Case in point: My Mossberg 500A 12 ga. dedicated turkey gun. Uses an extra full choke and never change it. But at least annually the choke tube comes out as part of a routine clean. Choke tube threads get wiped off nice and clean and get a very thin, (not much), fresh coat of lubriplate. Have had that gun over 16 years, (bought it used; just as it is now) and have never had a choke tube problem.

 

[grampajack]

Sometimes the guys at the GS can be just flat wrong I guess.

Anything you hear in a gun store, gun show, or gun range should automatically be met with a high degree of skepticism.

 

[1stmarine]

Any oil that doesn't gum up so any light machine oil, motor oil, many gun oils, antisieze, etc..
don not use things like wd40 ...or olive oil! lol.

 

[FL-NC]

I use antiseize from auto zone- its a kind of silver/blue color. Its what I use on spark plug threads on a Harley too.

 

[dawei]

This is what I use, it is an excellent product...
https://www.birchwoodcasey.com/Cleaning-and-Maintenance/Cleaning-Maintenance/Choke-Tube-Lube-Grease.aspx

 

[Panzerschwein]

Bear's fat or molybdenum graese.

 

[SlowFuse]

I've always understood as long as you use grease or antiseize you're good. The point is just doing it every now and then after you have qute a few rounds down the tube.

I use RIG grease or copper antiseize (same as what you see in a stock Glock slide) on mine and have never had an issue. I think it really just comes down to doing it so you don't risk getting your choke stuck.

 

[DanLee]

STP Oil Treatment.