Gun care prodcut testing results

Siglvr · Dec 11, 2018

Results of gun care product evaluation - Shooters Forum

Somehow a search of Rust Inhibitors and gun lubrication products didn't bring this up. It;s a fantastic long term test with steel test plates lubed to factory spec and salt sprayed down. This guy has an amazing test procedure going.

Top 3 - Hornady One Shot, Frog Lube and WD 40 SPECIALIST (not regular WD 40) top in Corrosion inhibition. Frog Lube and Hornady in lubricity. If anyone has tested their own favorite gun cleaner lube against any of the top performers here, please share the results. For myself, I'd be fearful of getting Stress Corrosion Cracks due to using Hornady, but have no info to back up my fear, and use it currently anyway. It's just too easy and good to ignore it.

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Ralgha · Dec 11, 2018

I've seen this before, overall it's not bad, but the guy thinks that floating objects don't displace water.

Ramjet12 · Dec 11, 2018

I'm also not impressed with some of his choices like kroil. It's not designed to prevent rust. They have a product called silikroil that states it prevents rust. The regular kroil he used doesn't make that claim. Kroil is for breaking rusted nuts and bolts. It does that very well.

leadcounsel · Dec 11, 2018

I'm no chemist but these snake oils are a large waste of money.

There's already an industry that spends billions of dollars testing the best lubricant, cleaner, protection from carbon and dirt, moisture displacement for small moving parts and friction, springs, etc. at extremely wide temp ranges from sub freezing to boiling temps. The automobile industry! They test these for use on 1/2 million dollar engines pushed to the limits for hours trying to win multi-million dollar purses in races, and for daily driver Mercedes and BMWs with $50,000 engines and $10,000 transmissions.

They are using off-the-shelf engine oils and transmission fluids, designed to protect stuff far more valuable than your $1000 rifle at far more extreme temps and circumstances. These oils are also generally not harmful to synthetics or rubber gaskets or plastics, or finishes, etc.

They are not using XYZ snake oil.

Cost comparison, motor oil is generally about 15 cents or so per oz. for motor oils, versus sometimes several dollars per oz. for worse-performing snake oils.

For me, I use what I have on hand, generally synthetic or conventional motor oil and ATF mix. For really stubborn soaking I put parts in a parts bin with harsher cleaners like brake cleaner, which is also very cheap.

You can waste your money on $4 per oz snake oils if you want, but compare a gallon of that at ~$300 vs. 1.25 gallons of synthetic motor oil at under $30.