Does anyone use this to lubricate their gun?

cockpitbob said:
That's a nice bottle. Refill it with Mobile 1.
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If you like the applicator bottles buy them online.....

Synthetic oil is 5 bucks a quart and I always have a 5 quart jug around for doing oil changes, never need to go to store to buy gun oil. If I need grease, I use brake caliper lube or red bearing grease or copper anti sieze. This shit is always on the shelf in my garage and cost pennies an ounce.

If want a spray down lube the lanolin type shit I spray the truck frame down with is perfect for protecting metal. Why look at specialty products when this shit is in my garage every day?

A bottle of 3 n 1 is which is on the cheaper side...is 6 bucks for like 6 ounces, other gun oils even more...its all marketed bullshit......they are litterly taking the same shit putting some stupid coloring or label on it in a small container and marking it up 1000%.

That said for cleaner I still buy Hoppe's 9....its just good for copper and I don't feel like messing with a bunch of Acetone, tolulene and shit like that, I'll admit you can make a cheap Eds Red type homebrew but I don't typically keep anything on the garage shelf for chemicals except brake cleaner. So when the wal mart order rolls around I buy some Hoppes..

Skinflint rant off....
 
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That'll keep an AR running.
I've told the story before: I used SPF 50 sunscreen to lube mine. Once.
It worked.
 
PatMcD said:
That'll keep an AR running.
I've told the story before: I used SPF 50 sunscreen to lube mine. Once.
It worked.
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I'm still looking for the article (or video) where Pat mentions using all sorts of lube (including Vagisil) on his rifles.

So far, this is the best I've come across:

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Filthy 14: Bravo Company Carbine Goes 31,165 Rounds - SWAT Survival | Weapons | Tactics

The M16 was first promoted as a gun that needed no maintenance. While that statement proved false, a number of factors, including propellant powder and a lack
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As of this writing, EAG students have 31,165 rounds downrange through Filthy 14. During this evaluation period, it was cleaned once (as in one time), at 26,245 rounds. The end result is that Rack #14 was—and remains—filthy. It is filthy because it has been shot at class. Only at class. Every round that has gone down that barrel has been fired at class, with an average of approximately 1,300 rounds every three days. It has been lubed generously with Slip 2000 Enhanced Weapons Lube (EWL).

The combination of carbon and lube create (wait for it)…filth. It is so dirty that, while sitting in the rifle rack, it is almost a biohazard. The filth oozes out and contaminates other carbines adjacent to it.

But it is still shooting—and shooting well.
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3-1 is Naphthenic Oil
With maybe a touch of some rust inhibators
My mom used it on her heavy duty seeing machine my dad used it on just about everyrhing.

Theres lots of additives in motor oils which could ruin plastics , rubber , and even stain certain metals
“Never seize” is not a lubricant

I side with my dad on most people over lube their guns , my dad always said 90% of the job of gun oil is rust protection.
 
Its fine. Everything is fine. 99% of firearms lubrication needs are very minimal.

Remember a few years ago when there was this hot new oil called FireClean that was non toxic and supposed to work amazing. Then a customer who has access to analytical tools ran it through a mass spectrometer and found it to be CANOLA OIL!! FireClean pushed back and another customer ran it through a similar test and found the same thing.

They quickly closed up shop and then relaunched with presumably a new formula. But it doesn't change the fact that the original formula which was primarily canola oil worked fine.

I use a small bottle of Mobil 1 I keep in my shop and bearing grease. I have one car that takes 5.5 quarts. So I always have extra Mobile 1 hanging around.
I've also used ATF (Auto Transmission Fluid) and if I am storing a gun, I use AeroShell engine preservation oil. I used to fly airplanes and was able to get a lifetime supply from a AI mechanic who would end up with quart bottles with 2 or 3 oz in them when prepping planes for storage in the fall.
 
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