Browning Legia spray‘lubricant’ ?

[Piers Austin]

Hi, please has anybody bought and used the Browning Legia spray for gun maintenance and used it? How do you rate it? Would or do you use it on the stock or wood work? I have always given my wood the traditional wipe over with linseed oil but maybe am old fashioned. As for metal work, barrels and action etc they say spray it on leave for 5 mins then wipe off, do we agree? Thanks and appreciate any feedback before I buy. 

[Weihrauch17]

Used it for years on wood and metal work, very good it is.

[humperdingle]

I use it after having the gun out - a light spray and a wipe down.

Don’t buy it often, as the can is so mahoosive! But I noticed the price has hiked a fair bit.

Smells nice too 😂

[Smudger687]

I would never put mineral oil on wood, personally. As you mentioned, I would stick with a plant-based polymerizing oil like linseed or tung oil. 

[Weihrauch17]

1 hour ago, Smudger687 said:

I would never put mineral oil on wood, personally. As you mentioned, I would stick with a plant-based polymerizing oil like linseed or tung oil. 

It works fine on wood.

[alastair0903]

I just use it for cleaning metalwork, lubricate with frog lube and bit of slippery ****’s wax and additive on the stock…..

[TIGHTCHOKE]

You are aware that there are TWO different types, aren't you?

 

 

Edited January 16, 2023 by TIGHTCHOKE

[Smudger687]

11 hours ago, Weihrauch17 said:

It works fine on wood.

And you are welcome to use it on the wood of your guns. All I said was that I would never use a mineral oil (browning legia being one) on the wood of mine. 

[Superposed]

2 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

You are aware that there are TWO different types, aren't you?

 

 

There used to be - Red Top and Green Top but now no longer, just one 'combined' for all uses with a Red top 

[TIGHTCHOKE]

Oh! Fair enough, I shall keep what I have and use sparingly!

[sandspider]

Used Legia on various guns for years. I try not to get it on the wood, but it doesn't seem to matter if the odd bit does get on. I tend to spray on and wipe off / distribute around barrels and action. Sometimes I spray into barrels and leave it there (but I store my guns barrel down just in case anything dribbles out - it won't go into the stock).

[chesterse]

Used it for years for general shotgun cleaning including all finishes of wood which come up brilliantly. If you live anywhere near Guns and Tackle at Whaplode, Lincs.,Cecil sells it at a really competitive price.

[Scully]

I just use it for the barrels; woodwork is waxed so gets treated with a wood oil and wax. 

[Wylye]

19 hours ago, Weihrauch17 said:

Used it for years on wood and metal work, very good it is.

+ 1

[Bungle The Bear]

I used to use Leiga but I find Napier is far better, I use it for everything stock action barrels 

[Agriv8]

21 hours ago, Bungle The Bear said:

I used to use Leiga but I find Napier is far better, I use it for everything stock action barrels 

Can I ask what you find better with the Napier product?

guns I use regular get a light stay and wipe down with the legia spray 

game gun get a good clean light spray and left before a wipe down before a few rounds down the clay ground before next season.

Even fire some on the chokes now and again!

Agriv8

[db135]

I’ve used it for years. I don’t spray it on guns rather than a light spray on a cloth and give the whole thing a good wipe down.

[billytheghillie]

This is what i use on wood and metal parts, Ballistol, google it.

[arjimlad]

I use CCL stock conditioning oil on oiled stocks, but the Legia spray on metalwork is great.

 

A quick squirt down the barrels, wipe over the action and then I find the barrels clean very easily with just a pass through or two with kitchen roll.

 

Any remaining leading is easily dealt with by a phosphor bronze brush before the final pass through of kitchen roll. Legia seems to work very well on all the muck from cartridges. 

[THEINVISIBLESCARECROW]

I bought a pack of 6 cans a few years ago. Gave some to friends & they chucked it in the bin because it didn't spray not realising its a pump not an aerosol. I use it to wipe down the metal work & 007 in the barrels.

[Bungle The Bear]

On 21/01/2023 at 12:40, Agriv8 said:

Can I ask what you find better with the Napier product?

guns I use regular get a light stay and wipe down with the legia spray 

game gun get a good clean light spray and left before a wipe down before a few rounds down the clay ground before next season.

Even fire some on the chokes now and again!

Agriv8

I just find it removes barrel fouling far better, and leaves a far better finish than legia, if used sparingly, I did really like the old green legia though 

[Agriv8]

9 hours ago, Bungle The Bear said:

I just find it removes barrel fouling far better, and leaves a far better finish than legia, if used sparingly, I did really like the old green legia though 

Thanks - will give it a try 

Agriv8

[Big Al]

I haven't used anything but legia for years. I miss the smell of the old one though.

Edited February 28, 2023 by Big Al

[Sweet11-87]

used both napier and legia both good  but i only use it for barrel cleaning now. after use my guns now get a wipe down with  lucas gun oil from a dropper bottle on a rag now.

not for everyday use but for guns that are going into deep storage or out in extreme conditions i use renaissance wax.  someone on here recomended it for blued steel on the saltmarsh and my gun was and still is spotless.  according to the tin its what the british museum uses for protecting metal,wood,leather,marble and paintings.

[Westley]

3 in 1 works for me.  A GTX car engine oil soaked into a micro fibre cloth for exposed metal. Lucas oil on the chokes. Lucas grease on the hinge pin. Wood oil and wax on the timber.