Why all the negativity towards Rem Oil?

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stchman said:
I am not emotionally attached to Rem Oil.
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Might want to give this link some reading.

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http://mobile.outdoorhistory.com/xmlui/handle/123456789/12384

Sorry for the huge picture. But hey, at least those of us with bad eyes can still read it.
Gun test magazine did a comparison in 1994.

Maybe they improved the formula, but it seems Remoil wasn't the cats meow compared to what was being offered 20 years ago, let alone what is being offered now.
Compare it to this test in which the Remoil did much better, but was still bested by other products.

http://www.thegunzone.com/rust.html

Hey, if it works for you it works...but there are valid reasons a person would shun remoil including its viscosity and lack of protection compared to other comparably priced products on the market .
 
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stchman said:
I am not emotionally attached to Rem Oil. I use Rem Oil to spray down the firearm parts before assembling them. Being an aerosol it gets into all places easily.

I lube the bore with Mobil one as I essentially get the oil for free from the residue left in the bottles. I have about 3 10oz cans of Rem Oil in my collection which should last me for many years.

I use Rem Oil as Mobil 1 is not available in an aerosol.
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For long term storage or regularly on guns you shoot?
 
CLP lasts longer, especially on guns I pocket carry. My guns are always easy to clean, never any gunk that is hard to remove, no matter how much I shoot a given gun. I shoot my shotguns a lot with cheap ammo and they just wipe clean. i don't see how you can ask any more out of a gun care product.

I did get a can of CRC white lithium grease for a squeaking hinge that was driving me nuts. I have been using the CRC on my Glock and I have no complaints. I do not know if I would use CRC white lithium grease on any of my other guns. The Glock stays clean no matter how much I shoot it. The most effort required to clean the Glock is to use an old paint brush to get any carbon out of it.

I do use Rig in the tube on guns I am going to store long term. I left my Colt revolvers at my fathers house well over 10 years. When I picked them up they wiped clean. You can rest assured my father didn't clean them, he doesn't clean his own guns.
 
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It does seem that you are overly defensive about Rem-Oil...but that's just a feeling ;)

I'll share with you the facts of why I no longer use Rem-oil.

Bruce Gray, the owner of Grayguns, master tuner of SIGs (several hundred each year), master of the custom 1911 (old school hand work) and Grand Master action pistol shooter, once told me that they only used Rem-Oil in the shop as "junk oil."

They based this on the amount of wear they were seeing on SIG rails from customers who used Rem-Oil to lube them. Testing how Rem-Oil held up to use as a lubricant on several training guns showed him that it would not stay where it was needed and would dried up sooner than other lubricants...obviously leaving the surface it had been applied to unprotected.

You are, of course, free to apply anything you like to protect your guns from corrosion...there are many applicable choices...however, for the wear areas of guns, Rem-Oil has proven less than optimal.

For the inexperienced shooter, or one who doesn't make a habit of studying lubricants, it is a disservice to them to recommend a less optimal product
 
Until I saw this thread I didn't realize there was much negativity towards Rem Oil. Guess I just haven't been paying enough attention.

I don't use it to lube moving parts just because it always struck me as being too thin to be an effective barrier between them. Doesn't mean it isn't, just doesn't seem like it would be.

I have wiped down the exterior metal surfaces with it for years and it seems to serve well for that.
 
In addition to using Remoil for certain firearm duties as I mentioned earlier, I also like using it with my ever growing folding knife collection. It's deep penetrating properties let it get into tight spaces in the pivot area. The fact that it mostly evaporates keeps stains off my pants. It is also as good a metal preservative as any I have encountered.

Yeah yeah, I know. Remoil is not food grade. I dont care. A tiny little bit of residual oil going from my knife to food doesnt bother me.
 
I wait for the RemOil cloths to go on sale, and then buy a half dozen or so containers.

After I strip and bore clean my weapon, and after a cursory wipe with an old towel, I then go over everything with a RemOil cloth or 2. Now that everything is wiped down with a RemOil cloth, I go on to lube with oil mixes and greases. All synthetic, all custom mixed.

atf, stp and mobil 1. about $0.24 per oz.

Peak synthetic grease mixed with copper anti foul. gives kind of a new glock look to the rails.

RemOil, good for cleaning and prepping the surface for preservation.

be safe
 
I use RemOil when I need to spray oil into odd places, or when I am going to run one of my all-steel handguns hard (I like to get it wet since it's so thin of an oil).

I also use MPro7... one of those "fancy" gimmicky tactical oils... even though I feel it works better than most anything and a little goes a long, long way. In the end, how I use oil, MPro7 goes just as far as RemOil dollar for dollar.

One of these days, I will start using synthetic motor oil, but my annual expense on gun oil is like $20 so I think I'm OK for now.

But my real question is, "Why do you care and why does this always bother people what others use?". This topic is always beat to death and it comes down to preference. Maybe I use KY Jelly and Extra Virgin Olive Oil, does that ruin your shooting experience if I use that on my guns?
 
Rem Oil is Teflon based. It isn't a heavy gun oil. They have entirely different purposes. If you don't know that different products do different things you have certainly missed the boat.

Heavy gun oil is a gun powder residue magnet by the way. I see people spraying their guns down with WD-40 and other heavy oil and I see their guns spraying the oil back on them when they shoot it. They have to keep pouring more on to wash out the crud that builds up when you use it. That's how heavy gun oils operate. I've seen people with so much oil on their guns you couldn't hold them without them slipping around in your hand. That oil is NOT going to stay in place when you fire a gun. The recoil of the gun slings that stuff everywhere.

The only time I use a heavy gun oil is for certain finishes that require being saturated with oil to work correctly. The oil keeps the finish in place and protects the gun. The finish is designed to do nothing except keep oil in place.

And anyone that uses heavy gun oil inside a gun is asking for problems. People seem to think this stuff is all opinion but it isn't. Different types of oil do different things. You would do well to learn what kind of oil does what. It will save you lots of problems down the road.
 
I use RemOil on the connectors of my Glocks and similar parts of other guns. For general lubrication I like Mobile 1 oil and Birchwood Casey Rig stainless steel grease. To protect the surfaces I like BC Barricade aka Sheath. All have worked well for years for me ... no complaints.

I do like the little squeeze bottles I buy RemOil in. Over the years I've accumulated several and they come in handy for certain jobs.
 
I like RemOil spray to get into those hard to reach spaces and the RemOil wipes for a quick clean up after handling a gun. Other than that I use RIG Gun Grease on my guns.
 
remoil is a tad thicker then hoppes oil. but not so greasy.

had a shotgun in storage for 5 years, only ever used REMOIL to lubricate the action. everything was still properly lubed up.
 
My biggest problem with it is it's propensity to gum up on a gun that is not being used. If one is using the gun regularly, Remoil is fine. I use FP10.
 
Regular Rem Oil is middle of the pack stuff. Better lubes exist.

That said I love Rem Oil WITH VCI, and seek it out. Lube and coat the metal on your guns as per required for the gun and situation with a top rated lube. Then a light spritz with VCI Rem Oil in the storage area. Not saying you will NEVER have rust, but if stored at 40-45% RH, you won't have rust.
 
If you store your guns at 40-45% RH with ANY kind of oil on them they will not rust. The type of oil you use really makes almost no difference - just make sure there is ALWAYS some oil on the gun.
 
Rem Oil has Teflon in it. Teflon melts at 620.3 F. After that it starts melting to the surface and, if hot enough, forming a burnt-on coating. In some applications, like lubricating a gas operated shotgun, it can be detrimental to the operation of the gun.

In the FN SLP Owner's Manual, FN specifically warns NOT TO USE lubricants with Teflon specifically because the Teflon can melt on to the gas piston and impede the operation of the gun.

With so many other lubricants available, from motor oil to homemade concoctions like Ed's Red - not to mention the plethora of gun lubricants without Teflon - I see no reason to use a lubricant the may impede the operation of certain guns when so many other options are available.
 
I use Hoppes in the Orange bottle for my hunting rifles. It has a much higher viscosity than remoil, appears to coat better, and has no odor whatsoever. I use Mobile1 on all my other guns, since I don't care about whether they smell or not. I wipe every gun down with a silicon cloth whenever they go back into the safe, which itself has a Goldenrod running 24/7 to keep things nice & dry. Once a year or so, I use a bit of Hoppes #9 to remove any surface rust, and then a light coat of Hoppes oil in the Orange bottle.

For semi-auto slides, I use a high temp red lube in a syringe. I don't remember what it's called.
 
I use rem oil lightly put on a rag and then wipe down the exterior metal of stuff before I put them in The safe. I can also tell you if you put rem oil on a gun and leave it in a vehicle, in the summertime, in AL it will be bone dry in about 3 days. But that's temps of 130-140° that'll eveporate almost any oils, so I switch to grease for the truck guns in the summer.

I like rem oil, for certain and limited applications. I just keep it off of high temp and high friction areas
 
Cee Zee said:
And anyone that uses heavy gun oil inside a gun is asking for problems. People seem to think this stuff is all opinion but it isn't. Different types of oil do different things. You would do well to learn what kind of oil does what. It will save you lots of problems down the road.
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What gun oils do you think shouldn't be used "inside a gun"?
 
I feel like the OP has a chip on his shoulder about people not liking Rem Oil. If somebody says they don't like Rem oil because it doesn't stay where they put it, who are you to say otherwise?
 
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