mickmep Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 morning all. to cut a long story short, stripped the urika completely down the other night, haven't used it for around 2 weeks and thought i'd give the trigger group a clean and light oil. :( now i always clean and oil guns before putting them back in the cabinet, and with the semi's lightly oil the carrier and grooves it runs in , but when i pulled the urika to bits the carrier etc was dry of oil. i use bisley gun oil at the moment, came with a cleaning kit when i bought first shotty. do you think it would be wise to use a sparing amount of white spray grease to lubricate the carrier ? or should i stick with the lightly oiling and maybe try another brand of oil ? or carry on as i am and not worry about it ? also thinking of using this on the 682 hinge assembly ? your thoughts please ladies and gentlemen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lez325 Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 I would stick to the gun oil- my thinking is the grease could hold grit and dirt more so than oil as grease would be on the parts longer than oil Buy hey what do I know- my Beretta gets a full clean after every use and I have had no problem just using gun oil Les :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickmep Posted March 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 I would stick to the gun oil- my thinking is the grease could hold grit and dirt more so than oil as grease would be on the parts longer than oil Buy hey what do I know- my Beretta gets a full clean after every use and I have had no problem just using gun oil Les thanks for the reply Les the grease staying around longer and more 'stuff' sticking to it was really my only concern. although i would normally shoot no more than 100 cartridges in one go anyway. more of a clay shooter :( also the grease would still be there when it was cleaned after use unless carrier was removed and cleaned properly before re greasing so would be spraying new grease over old with crud in i suppose. was only thinking of spraying a small amount on the bits that slide, not coating the whole gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicW Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 Mick, there is only one place,in my opinion, to use grease on an auto and that's on the thread where the forend cap nut goes and that,ideally,should be coppercote grease to stop it seizing. Any grease on the working parts attracts the crud that autos are prone to. Grease on the hinge pins of an o/u is fine Vic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milo2005 Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 i run my 303 mag tube dry and use grease on the running gear , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COACH Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 (edited) Oil on the auto and any decent gun or motor grease on the hinge pin of the o/u. The main reason an o/u or sbs becomes off its face/loose is wear of a dry hinge pin/hinge area. Edited March 8, 2010 by COACH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinxy72 Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 (edited) white grease ( or lithium grease as its otherwise known ) is highly flammable !!!!!!!! ( read the tin ) therefore shouldnt use it on any gun what so ever :unsure: Edited March 8, 2010 by jinxy72 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicW Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 Jinxy, I've used lithium grease on my guns for years and it ain't caught fire yet! The tube of grease doesn't carry a warning either. Vic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinxy72 Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 Jinxy, I've used lithium grease on my guns for years and it ain't caught fire yet! The tube of grease doesn't carry a warning either. Vic. must have a different one from me then .... maybe its the propellant from the aerosol thats the flamm part :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyr8 Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 never owned an auto but i have used a dry graphite lubricant on some of my machines at work,it doesn,t get contaminated and is impervious to heat.anyone tried it on a gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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