Which gun oil?

[aris]

Which gun oil do you all use? Looking at what is on sale in the little 125ml tins, they all look identical, except for the label - which leads me to think it's all the same stuff with a different badge. I've heard of people using Mobil 1 motor oil for moving parts, or just plain old 3-in-one oil, and a grease for pivoting or screwed in parts.

 

What do you use?

 

I googled for 'gun oil' but many of the links were for some sort of 'personal lubricant' :lol:

 

 

[JohnfromUK]

I use Parker Hale 'Express' for oil - but 3 in 1 is also fine in my view. As you say, may be the same stuff - and I have also used Texaco 'household oil' in a similar can. I use a general purpose light grease (labels fallen off, but it was the smallest pot I could get in Halfords, possibly 'Comma' brand or possibly Castrol I think!) - the demands on grease in guns is minimal compared to high speed machinery, so any light general purpose grease should be adequate in my view. Only tiny smears of grease are used and a pot will last many years.

 

The important thing with all oils and greases is to clean off the old, taking the dirt and grit away with it, and apply new very sparingly so it doesn't either attract dirt and grit, or migrate to places it shouldn't (the woodwork particularly).

[neil smith]

For semi auto & pump guns with high speed sliding/moving parts I use shooters choice FP10, google it & read the blurb, it has very good lubricating properties & with a huge temperature range.

 

On my Benelli M2 I also use the smallest dab of grease on the cam pin because it is a high wear point, I use a grey moly type from a company called Neco in the USA.

 

Both of these recomendations came from top US 3-gun shooter & team Benelli member Kurt Miller, after using it for several years I have no reason to doubt his recomendation.

 

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[bullet boy]

I use mainly Napier Gun Oil in a spray format.

[Monkey Nuts]

I use mainly Napier Gun Oil in a spray format.

 

That and 009

[welshwarrior]

VPO90 gun oil for normal gun and a good silicon based grease.

 

Semi autos break free sparingly as well.

[Will Poon]

Parker hale express for oiling and perazzi grease for hinge pins and alike also for choke threads. I reckon any type of oil or grease will be fit for the job that gun shops have on there shelves

[Danoi99]

Napier spray !! with the old corosion VP90 stuff in it !! also use a light smear of white grease on contact points. All cleaned off and re-applied after every shoot !!

[Penfolio]

Ballistol for general use & a dab of moly grease for the chokes and hinges.

Edited October 18, 2013 by Penfolio

[fieldwanderer]

I've been looking into various dry lubes lately as the sand/dust kinda soil round here sticks to normal oil or grease which will obviously add to wear and tear.

[Shooting2]

Vp90 spray oil one, and vp90 White greese for contact points

[Malik]

Ballistol

[Sprackles]

Youngs 303

[aris]

Call me cynical - but.....Don't all these containers and the spouts look IDENTICAL besides the label?

 

[Dunkield]

Except Youngs 303 is a solvent

[spandit]

Don't baked beans all come in cans of the same shape? You might be right, they might all be the same but could just be the same container

[aris]

Not just the container is the same, but the plastic spout on top. The resemblance is uncanny.

[station]

Maybe lots of oil makers but only one tin / spout maker ??

[Blunderbuss]

I don't think it matters much, you are lubricating metal parts which bear against each other, it's not rocket science and a gun is not complicated technology. There is some very clever marketing of 'high spec' lubricants with prices to match. I have fallen for it in the past but I reckon 3 in 1 oil or similar for general oiling and standard automotive grease for hinge pins etc is the way to go. I think it is worth spending a bit more for solvents and bore cleaners, but not for standard gun oil. Just my two penneth

[aris]

I'm starting to think 3-in-one is OK. The only thing I think might be a problem is if it goes sticky/tacky over time, or attracts more grime than something else. At the same time though - I clean the gun after every use - so how big of a problem can it be?

 

Perhaps if a gun is going for long-term storage, it may need some other kind of oil, but every-day? Not sure.

 

Saying that, the bottle of three-in-one i have has a price tag of 2.99 for 100ml. Gun oil is 5 or 6 pounds for the same amount. Not a huge amount of difference in it.

[blasterjudd]

Ive used WD40 for years on all types of gun and despite what any others might say its been brill no rust no issues at all !!!

[timmy1146]

Recently started using Fireclean. Up and coming in the US 3 gun scene

[itchy trigger]

3-in-one oil for what needs oiling,

3-in-one professional silicone lubricant spray for the exterior of the barrels, use it as a moisture repellent,

3-in-one professional white lithium grease spray for what needs greasing,

the 3-in-one brand is just what they had in stock at stax

[simonix]

I would imagine if you regularly clean your gun regardless of usage, what brand of oil you use will make next to no difference! As long as you remove old oil (ingressed with the dirt, etc), and re-oil after, Job done!

[bruno22rf]

I use copper grease on choke tubes and light grease on high stress areas such as the hinge pin-other moving parts get a light dab of engine oil from a cotton bud-the outside, barrels e.t.c get WD40 or Browning Legia (superb quality and worth the extra).