cougar1717
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Discussions like this always help me choose the perfect oil for all my untreated, salt sprayed, mild steel guns!
Just a few thoughts.
When we talk about what makes a good gun oil, many point to a CLP - something that has cleaning, lubricant, and protecting qualities. It's harder to measure the cleaning properties of how well a product dissolves fouling or copper in the rifling. It's difficult to measure how well a lubricant works without torture testing to a failure, except for things like accelerated wear, but even that could coincide with hot loads, a weak recoil spring, etc. However, it's easy to show the protection qualities with simple salt spray tests, which is only one part of the equation. For CCW, there are some things that you don't want mitigating onto clothing - unless you consider Hoppes love potion #9!
Additionally, we know that there is nothing new under the sun when it comes to greases and oils. The minimum needs of a gun oil are rather easy to meet compared to those of a motor oil. Anything without an available msds, should be viewed with additional scrutiny. Specialty gun oils have a reputation for being a flash in the pan, then discontinued, then rebranded as something else with additives (like a scent). More than likely, it's something repackaged from bulk.
IMHO, use what you like. Use something that you know works, and don't get caught up in marketing hype because every February, the SHOT show will have an elite product that is "the best ever," designed by Chuck Norris himself, and you'd be stupid to use anything else because their website says so.
Just a few thoughts.
When we talk about what makes a good gun oil, many point to a CLP - something that has cleaning, lubricant, and protecting qualities. It's harder to measure the cleaning properties of how well a product dissolves fouling or copper in the rifling. It's difficult to measure how well a lubricant works without torture testing to a failure, except for things like accelerated wear, but even that could coincide with hot loads, a weak recoil spring, etc. However, it's easy to show the protection qualities with simple salt spray tests, which is only one part of the equation. For CCW, there are some things that you don't want mitigating onto clothing - unless you consider Hoppes love potion #9!
Additionally, we know that there is nothing new under the sun when it comes to greases and oils. The minimum needs of a gun oil are rather easy to meet compared to those of a motor oil. Anything without an available msds, should be viewed with additional scrutiny. Specialty gun oils have a reputation for being a flash in the pan, then discontinued, then rebranded as something else with additives (like a scent). More than likely, it's something repackaged from bulk.
IMHO, use what you like. Use something that you know works, and don't get caught up in marketing hype because every February, the SHOT show will have an elite product that is "the best ever," designed by Chuck Norris himself, and you'd be stupid to use anything else because their website says so.