nmurph
Senior Member
Hobo Oil
After reading a current post about a gunked up revolver I though now would be a good time to get and idea on the best oils and lubes for servicing our firearms. We can't shoot much due to ammo shortage so lets get together and clean'm up for when we can shoot all we can afford. I have use d WD 40 for years and I have been told a number of times it is not good for guns, but I have not had any problems from it. Now I have to say it is not the only thing I use. My primary lube is Break Free Mil Spec. CLP. To me if it is good enough for the military with all their weapons it should be good enough for me. I have use up several gallons over the years. I also keep Rem Oil in the truck tool boxes along with lite machine oil.
I have put some of my shotguns and deer rifles though some had times. Duck hunting out of a boat is hard on a shotgun and when you throw in coastal duck hunting, salt air and water well get one in bad shape over night. A friend and I hunted a coastal island a few years back and after the hunt he put his gun in a case. He called me a week later for a morning dove shoot, when we got to the field and he pulled his shotgun out of the case it was completely covered in rust. I mean enough rust to turn your hand red. After taking the gun apart and wiping it down we made the shoot, but the gun was ruined. I fixed it as best as I could by steel wooling all the steel and painting it with Rust O Lim paint. It didn't look to bad, he still uses the shotgun.
Whatever Froglube is made of, and however overrated it is, it still keeps my guns from rusting in my damp house better than anything else I've tried, and I've got a can of and have used about everything on the market.My oil choice is rotella t synthetic, if I want a clp I use break free clp just because it's cheap and I got a gallon from Amazon for $14.99. Slip 2000ewl is my choice for a doall but it's not cheap and until I'm running a beltfed I won't buy it again. I have a bunch of lucas gun oil samples somewhere that I haven't tried. The best gun grease is cotton picker spindle grease, though I do have aeroshell for ar assembly and I can't tell where it does any better than lucas redntacky grease. Froglube is the most overated thing on earth, it's 99% coconut oil, maybe fireclean is more overated since it's canola oil.
Then use tracklube+, it's the same thing with a different coloring added, froglube, tracklube and seal1 are all nothing more than coconut oil with a stabilizing agent added.Whatever Froglube is made of, and however overrated it is, it still keeps my guns from rusting in my damp house better than anything else I've tried, and I've got a can of and have used about everything on the market.
As old as I am and as long as I have been cleaning and working on guns I never knew there were this many different names in the weapons old, grease and cleaners business. I am behind times, I need to try out some of these newer/different brands.
Surprised he didn't mix some snot or something with it...Bear on Alaskan Bush people likes chicken fat grease. He says its thin enough to not gunk up in the cold and keeps his rifle smelling like chicken. I have not tried it yet.
Bear on Alaskan Bush people likes chicken fat grease. He says its thin enough to not gunk up in the cold and keeps his rifle smelling like chicken. I have not tried it yet.