AR grease question

[F2CMaDMaXX]

This ^^^
You found out why you don't go Hog Wild with grease on an AR.
"1" = one drop
"L" = light coat oil
"G" = grease
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Edit:
Some will say "Just hose it with CLP"
And you could do that because CLP is a very light oil.

Thank you for posting this, i was about to post it myself.



It's all very well suggesting product names, but we're talking about oil Vs. grease here - multiple product names suggested have both of those options (oil and grease) and it's fairly important (in my opinion) to know what you're applying to your firearm.

 

[Tony617]

I use CLP but I did get a small bottle EWL-2000 when I ordered something a few years ago. I used EWL on my AR and works very well. When I run out of CLP and EWL-2000 I will use synthetic Amsoil instead.

 

[billdeserthills]

I actually have a bottle of sperm whale oil in my cleaning kit. It is very old and only in there to say I still have it. My AR's get lots of rounds and used in very cold to very hot conditions. My go to is a synthetic motor oil that one of my cars uses. I apply it with a Q-tip all over the carrier. It works for my situation......but, that same oil used on my revolvers will get very stiff if I let the gun get cold like leaving it in the trunk in cold weather. So, the handguns get CLP and anything I bet my life on will get the same and not the motor oil.

Synthetic sperm whale oil

LA0101 Dixie Gun Works Synthetic Sperm Whale Oil

A synthetic oil that equals that brought by the American whaling ships to New England in the 1800s and used by early gunsmiths. It is excellent for gun stocks, as a penetrating oil and as a lubricant for percussion or flint locks, and for firing pins in breechloaders. This oil is good for...

www.dixiegunworks.com

Formula proven since the 1800's

 

[titsonritz]

Not really any grease points in an AR to my memory, just oil.

FCG...that said there are different thoughts but if it is wet is should run, if it is not you have bigger problems, this ain't the tundra.

 

[DirectDrive]

Synthetic sperm whale oil

LA0101 Dixie Gun Works Synthetic Sperm Whale Oil

A synthetic oil that equals that brought by the American whaling ships to New England in the 1800s and used by early gunsmiths. It is excellent for gun stocks, as a penetrating oil and as a lubricant for percussion or flint locks, and for firing pins in breechloaders. This oil is good for...

www.dixiegunworks.com

Formula proven since the 1800's

Greenpeace will hunt you down and pelt you with eggs.

 

[Member 53328]

Froglube.

 

[Gunner3456]

This reminds me of a book I read long ago. Worth the read, BTW.

"In the WW2-era book See Here, Private Hargrove, the author tells about his experience with M1903 rifles preserved in cosmoline.
I can only paraphrase, since the actual passage is quite long.

I started by wiping the cosmoline off of the rifle with the rags I'd been given, but the stuff is sticky and it gets all over everything.
After a while, I was also using the rags to wipe cosmoline off of my fatigue uniform.
Then, I was reduced to using my uniform to wipe cosmoline off of the rags.
Finally, I was using the rifle to wipe cosmoline off of me."

Cheers

 

[TTSX]

I'll be the outlier and admit I like to use a light coating of general automotive grease on the wear points. If you can leave a fingerprint, you used too much. HOWEVER, I use it because I like a rust preventative that doesn't run in the safe as I got tired of one end of my rifles being lubed well and the other bone dry if they sat too long. Midway through a range day, CLP is the go-to. Haven't yet had an issue with a light grease layer.

 

[gmerkt]

. If the carrier is dry, you will end up with a slow moving carrier and FTFs.

Yes, and oiling the slot that the charging handle slides in makes working that part surprisingly easier. Like oiling the rails on a 1911, which some people never do.

This ^^^
You found out why you don't go Hog Wild with grease on an AR.
"1" = one drop
"L" = light coat oil
"G" = grease

It's interesting that the picture above doesn't show any lube on the BCG. Which slides back and forth within the upper and surely induces some amount of wear with use. Maybe that's in another picture.

I still use the military LSA, it seems to lube well yet isn't runny, never congeals. I give the bolt and carrier plenty of LSA. In my experience, it makes the bolt parts easier to clean. Plus the basic lube function, of course. Were I to live in a dry, dusty environment, I might rethink this.

 

[PiratePast40]

There's another part to the diagram:

 

[Ghoul]

I prefer to use Ballistol, it is very thin and seems to leave a dry film that still acts as a lubricant once it is no longer "wet."

The up side to ballistol is it works.
It smells like warm stale a$$, it's not the best deep clean, or the finest be all end all lube and cleaner, but it works and never heard a horror story about using it.

 

[308]

The up side to ballistol is it works.
It smells like warm stale a$$, it's not the best deep clean, or the finest be all end all lube and cleaner, but it works and never heard a horror story about using it.

So right about the stench….lol

 

[clanhanson]

A smidge of Ballistol on major wear areas and a smear of Lubriplate on the spring is all I use. I will often run without lubrication but my BCG is nickel boron treated and quite slick by itself.

 

[edzz]

This reminds me of a book I read long ago. Worth the read, BTW.

"In the WW2-era book See Here, Private Hargrove, the author tells about his experience with M1903 rifles preserved in cosmoline.
I can only paraphrase, since the actual passage is quite long.

I started by wiping the cosmoline off of the rifle with the rags I'd been given, but the stuff is sticky and it gets all over everything.
After a while, I was also using the rags to wipe cosmoline off of my fatigue uniform.
Then, I was reduced to using my uniform to wipe cosmoline off of the rags.
Finally, I was using the rifle to wipe cosmoline off of me."

Cheers

Brings to mind the famous Hootus thread.

Hootus

 

[308]

This reminds me of a book I read long ago. Worth the read, BTW.

"In the WW2-era book See Here, Private Hargrove, the author tells about his experience with M1903 rifles preserved in cosmoline.
I can only paraphrase, since the actual passage is quite long.

I started by wiping the cosmoline off of the rifle with the rags I'd been given, but the stuff is sticky and it gets all over everything.
After a while, I was also using the rags to wipe cosmoline off of my fatigue uniform.
Then, I was reduced to using my uniform to wipe cosmoline off of the rags.
Finally, I was using the rifle to wipe cosmoline off of me."

Cheers

Not gonna lie, but I find the smell of a rifle slathered in cosmoline quite intoxicating

 

[DirectDrive]

I'm a Hoppes #9 man myself.
Smells like .......victory.

And I NEVER grease the recoil spring.
Unless Im drunk on #9.....maybe.
But I doubt it.

 

[Member 53328]

Sense we are talking smells now. This right here smells like mint. I haven't tried tasting it yet but I've came close. Maybe I'll dip a crayon in the near future.

 

[DirectDrive]

Sense we are talking smells now. This right here smells like mint. I haven't tried tasting it yet but I've came close. Maybe I'll dip a crayon in the near future.

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Might be good on crackers.
Prolly have to be a cracker yerself to try it ?

 

[F2CMaDMaXX]

Sense we are talking smells now. This right here smells like mint. I haven't tried tasting it yet but I've came close. Maybe I'll dip a crayon in the near future.

View attachment 1053447

It doesn't really taste like much in particular.

 

[Member 53328]

Might be good on crackers.
Prolly have to be a cracker yerself to try it ?

I guess I'm in the clear to try it then. Haha.