Dry Lube

[jeepmor]

Anyone out there use any?

I just picked up a can of PB dry film lube recently and am trying it on my CCW to see if it repels the dust better than the dust magnet gun oil.

I tested in an inconspicous area first, no ill effects from the carrier solvent. This carrier solvent evaporates quickly and leaves a dry whitish film. So far, so good.

I looked for the Remington (I think) dry lube, but could not find any while at the Sportsman Warehouse. I stumbled on this in Lowe's the other day and thought I'd give it at try. If it's half the product PB Blaster is for freeing rust locked bolts, it'll be quite an asset in the firearms care box.

Especially at $5 for 16 oz spray can. Can't buy 2 or 4 oz can of anything like that in the gun stores for the same price in my neighborhood.

 

[Dionysusigma]

Is there anything out there in a dry/anhydrous form that acts like grease? Might be CCWing a full-size 1911 in a few months...

 

[Werewolf]

Dry lube for firearms is primarily a lube for use in extremely cold conditions where a wet lube would gum up.

I read somewhere that of all the different types of lube available for firearms dry was the least effective.

Personally I wouldn't use it.

 

[Geno]

Oh yeah!

Wow, how ironic...we thought the same in the same time...geniuses think alike I guess.

I had a can of Lyman Dry Lube sitting around here for the past 3 years. It cost nearly $8.00 and I even tried to sell it in a garage sale for $ .50 and nobody wanted it. I even tried to give it away...nobody wanted it for free!

It basically is a Teflon powder suspended in an aerosol spray that evaporates immediately. I completely disassembled my Colt Series 70 reproduction, cleaned it with spray cleaner, then applied the Lyman Dry Lube. I actually applied it multiple times all over every possible bearing surfaces. That was a month back.

I have been very impressed with how smoothly the pistol has operated with this lubricant. It did not collect hardly any grime, and certainly not as-quickly-as with oils, even M-Pro 7. So, I stand pleasantly impressed.

For what it is worth, I will buy more.

Doc2005

 

[xd45gaper]

Miltec1 is supposed to act as a dry lube. I use Graphite on my 10/22 and it works great.

 

[bpisler]

I use Remington Dri-lube in my revolvers with
grat results.My auto's get a good grease on
the frame/slide rails followed by gun oil for
the internals.

 

[stolivar]

dry

I have used nothing but dry lube on all my auto's for awhile. I find that it last longer, stays dryer and works better than grease or oil.



steve

 

[xd45gaper]

it makes less of a mess also unless you rub your finger in it lol *graphite that is*

 

[jeepmor]

good input

I don't intend on using it for all my guns, just my CCW that traps a lot of lint that would otherwise collect in my belly button.

From the true tribology perspective, (fancy name for the study of friction) firearms do not exceed interface pressure limits of the materials they are comprised of. Typically steel and some sort of aluminum alloys in many cases in regards to polymer and alloyed frame pistols. Lubrication will reduce galling or wear, but most wear is not so significant that it will cause a failure until hundreds, if not thousands of rounds fired and the firearm is neglected. In all likeliehood, you would have issues with powder residues before friction came into play regarding slide or cylinder funtion on autos and revolvers respectivley.

In that light, I'm going to give the dry lube a try and keep close tabs on it. I thought of it primarily for going out into the dry dusty desert areas while coyote hunting throughout the year. When you get caught in a little dust devil that coats everything with that fine volcanic dust, a dry lube might be the ticket to just pulling out the bolt and blowing out the action as opposed to dragging out the cleaning kit because everything stuck to the fine coat of oil instead. That grinding feeling operating a bolt gun just makes me cringe something terrible.

I'm not trying to replace gun oil, because, in the PNW, I need it during the fall hunting season where water is nearly always falling from the sky.