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My experience with these guns of 50 to 100 years old is that most actions are filthy and have never been lubricated. When you clean the up, what is your favorite lube, considering that it may be another 50 years before anyone opens them up?
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Very limited application of STOS (grease) by Ponsness /Warren and BreakFree LP4 (oil)
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Rem-Oil for oil pointsd and Mobil 28 for grease points.
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I thought Rem Oil was the product that contained abrasives as an aid to bore cleaning. Am I confused about the product? Must be, I know you wouldn't commonly use an abrasive product as a general purpose lube. Straighten me out there please.
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Would this be a good time to start the WD-40 rants again? 
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Chief - Rem-Clean is the bore cleaner; works good, too.
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Anyone for Ed's red here? I meant the 95:5 ATF & Paint Thinner version...
Last edited by eljefe; 01/08/07 02:55 PM.
it dont mean a thing, if it aint got no zing!
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Rem Oil contains a teflon additive and no abbrasives that I know of.
I use whatever the latest high/low temp oils/greases are in vogue or in my stock. Lately that's been Mobil 1 synthetic general purpose automotive chassis lube (grease) and Rem Oil. Find me data on why anything else will actually make any difference for the better on wear in gun lubrication, and I'll switch. Gun lubrication is a low load, low surface speed, and low cycle application and just about anything this side of bacon fat should work fine as long as it isn't used in temps exceeding its performance range, kept clean, and replenished as needed.
BTW, I learned something during a major airplane accident where grease was implicated. Grease has lubricating components that indeed are depleted from use and need periodic replenishment. It's not forever.
So, probably more important than what you use, is how often you use it. Granted, a decent lubricant would have to be used.
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BTW, this pic of a 1905 Parker that had no indication that the screw had ever been removed, suggests about 100 yrs of dried lube (oil?) accumulation. [img]  [/img]
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Lube is a lot cheaper than mechanical repairs. Change the oil and grease frequently - both car and gun.
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