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Bill Wright
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Been using 3in1 and sewing machine oil for years.
crestoncowboy
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Pretty much anything now days will be better for the metal or wood than anything made back then. If it was harsh (or worked...) its been removed by now.
.308 Norma
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I'm not sure about all "pre war winchesters," or for that matter, which war. But I've been using Hoppe's #9 on my guns (some are Winchesters) since I first started cleaning and oiling guns. And that's been way "pre" Vietnam War.
crestoncowboy
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And that's been way "pre" Vietnam War.
I'm not quite that vintage. I can go pre desert storm though . Ive used number 9 since I was a kid. I like rem oil on barrels for a light oil to keep guns in the safe short term. Keeps them looking good but doesn't have to be stripped off like cosmoline or specialist sprays before use.
.308 Norma
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Yeppers, I actually have a container of Rem Oil Wipes sitting on the end table beside my rocking chair in the living room. When I'm cleaning or working on a gun, I often wipe the metal parts down with a Rem Oil Wipe (and wipe the excess off) before putting the gun away.
Ivy Mike
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yup. Most quality motor oils make fantastic gun lubricants. Especially diesel oils with higher levels of ZDDP. I used to run Rotella 15w40 in my old motorcycle and keep my oil can full of it.
It generally has all the nice anti-corrosion additives and maintains its structure at temps you'll never see in most guns. The fact that it's cheaper than any fancy gun oil certainly helps.
Just use something, I see far, far, more issues with guns that have not been cleaned or oiled in ages than guns properly lubed with all kinds of oils.
I like Slip 2000 and Lucas Extreme Gun oils, but I have used many others with success, as well as leftover car/motorcycle oils.
Just use something.
I like Slip 2000 and Lucas Extreme Gun oils, but I have used many others with success, as well as leftover car/motorcycle oils.
Just use something.
Ohen Cepel
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I like Ballistol and use it more than anything else as it has worked for me but more importantly, I haven't had it mess up other materials like leather, finishes or plastics. I also keep left over motor oil and put it in a dropper bottle. My days of buying $$$$ gun oil are pass me. Did it when I was younger but don't do it anymore.
J-Bar
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Break Free and / or Lucas Extreme Duty CLP are my first choices. Automatic Transmission Fluid seems to work just fine also, if the others are not handy for some reason.
Pat Riot
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Mobil 1 5W20 synthetic oil for my gun oil.
Mobil 1 grease for my gun grease.
Best I have found for my M1 Garand, my Winchester lever guns, my revolvers, my Glocks, my AR-15, all of them. I do use Hornady One Shot as a rust preventative as well.
Mobil 1 grease for my gun grease.
Best I have found for my M1 Garand, my Winchester lever guns, my revolvers, my Glocks, my AR-15, all of them. I do use Hornady One Shot as a rust preventative as well.
ColtPythonElite
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I use Ballistol on all of my guns. It has never given me a reason to change to something else.
Deus Machina
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I use motor oil.
Not even a special brand. Just whatever I had left over. Right now it's 'Super Tech' 10w30. It's going to be at least as good as absolutely anything made before WW2.
Are synthetics or a big-name brand better? Probably. Enough that my guns care? Not a chance.
Not even a special brand. Just whatever I had left over. Right now it's 'Super Tech' 10w30. It's going to be at least as good as absolutely anything made before WW2.
Are synthetics or a big-name brand better? Probably. Enough that my guns care? Not a chance.
RavenTai
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I have been using break free CLP for about 20 years, does better than most at corrosion protection, important here on the humid gulf coast. is a good lubricant, CLP can also clean but not as quickly as a dedicated solvent.
I have had good luck sending some down the still warm bore at the range and then when I get home (or a few days later when I get to it) everything is loosened up and comes right out with a patch.
my Winchester 94 is post war but pre-64 CLP has not harmed any finish on any arm I own.
I did have problems with a colt lube dissolving the cammo hydrodip on a browning buckmark
I have had good luck sending some down the still warm bore at the range and then when I get home (or a few days later when I get to it) everything is loosened up and comes right out with a patch.
my Winchester 94 is post war but pre-64 CLP has not harmed any finish on any arm I own.
I did have problems with a colt lube dissolving the cammo hydrodip on a browning buckmark
George P
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Here's a great study by an individual regarding 46 different products and rust protection:
http://www.dayattherange.com/?page_id=3667
Ironicaintit
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I’m still using the last 1/3 of a gallon of the original (pre-reformulated) Break-Free that my dad brought home in the 80s.
I also like a 50/50 mix of 30w and STP (zddp) that I had left after and engine build.... also works very well as a sizing lube. This stuff is clingy, tenacious and slick as snot.
ive also tinkered with using plow fluid in extreme cold. (Inconclusive)
I also like a 50/50 mix of 30w and STP (zddp) that I had left after and engine build.... also works very well as a sizing lube. This stuff is clingy, tenacious and slick as snot.
ive also tinkered with using plow fluid in extreme cold. (Inconclusive)
Pat Riot
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This study / article is the reason I like Hornady One Shot as a cleaner, lubricant, preservative. I use it to clean the internals on my guns, especially if I am not tearing them down. I use my Mobil 1 on slide parts and such but the internals of my revolvers and lever guns get One Shot.
My bench full of various oils vanished after reading this.
For "keeping it oiled" I've always kept a 10oz spray can of RemOil handy, figuring it will run/wick into nooks and crannies like under sights/mounts, around screws, and into swivels where I'd miss with a wipe. I just step outside and spray it pretty wet, bring it in and prop it muzzle-down on a rag. Any excess can run off. Then it's ready to go in a case, bag, or safe. Not saying it's "right" it's just what I do.
Steve51
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I am pretty much old school. I just use Ballistol to clean and oil - metal, wood stocks, and leather slings. Use it on pocket knives also.
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