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recommendations for a dry lubricant ?
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Graphite spray/powder. The one I have is called Tri-Flow. Supposed to be good from -60 to +475 degrees. I've used it or similar on my bolt guns for years.
Have also used it on my Glocks.
Have also used it on my Glocks.
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Imo the best is any of the boron nitride dry lubes. They are hard to find in the states though. The easiest (and cheapest) way to get it is ceratec made by liqui moly. Available at Napa or Amazon. Takes a while for it to adsorb to the metal but leaves a long lasting super slippery dry film. I use this on most guns and surprisingly it made my browning buckmark cycle with 710 fps 22 quiet ammo (until it gets dirty I mean). It would never do that prior to using this lube. Also makes other guns amazingly smooth (Fe 1 finger to cock k31 straight pull gun).
Eezox is a clp that excels at protection/rust prevention and is really good at cleaning (you need to let it sit for 15 min to break down all the carbon and fouling then it's easy to remove that gunk) and is pretty good at lubricating. It's a synthetic ester that also leaves a slippery dry surface.
Ballistol is a stinky organic ester lube that works similarly to Eezox. Ballistol also makes a ceramic lube in Europe but not sure what it's made of.
Pic of ceratec:
Pic of European version of boron nitride lube. They make boron nitride, and boron nitride mixed with Teflon (they cal it cerflon as I recall) version.
I'm currently testing liqui moly molygen lube (friction modifier) which is similar except it uses tungsten nano particles instead of boron-nitride. I don't have enough experience with it yet to say if it's better than boron nitride.
Old thread on ceramic dry lubes fyi. Be careful with the word "ceramic" as it can mean a lot of different things. For example Silicon dioxide as used in ceramic car "waxes".
www.northwestfirearms.com
Many years ago I developed specialty oils with the former head of Exxon Mobil advanced research lab to fight fuel dilution in direct injection engines and that's partially why I have interest in this stuff. Moly is an older version of dry lube friction modifier but these new boron nitride ones are much better.
Eezox is a clp that excels at protection/rust prevention and is really good at cleaning (you need to let it sit for 15 min to break down all the carbon and fouling then it's easy to remove that gunk) and is pretty good at lubricating. It's a synthetic ester that also leaves a slippery dry surface.
Ballistol is a stinky organic ester lube that works similarly to Eezox. Ballistol also makes a ceramic lube in Europe but not sure what it's made of.
Pic of ceratec:
Pic of European version of boron nitride lube. They make boron nitride, and boron nitride mixed with Teflon (they cal it cerflon as I recall) version.
I'm currently testing liqui moly molygen lube (friction modifier) which is similar except it uses tungsten nano particles instead of boron-nitride. I don't have enough experience with it yet to say if it's better than boron nitride.
Old thread on ceramic dry lubes fyi. Be careful with the word "ceramic" as it can mean a lot of different things. For example Silicon dioxide as used in ceramic car "waxes".
Anybody using ceramic dry lube on their guns?
Seems like this is really catching on in Europe. I noticed several brands using boron-nitride micro particles in their formulations. Even Ballistol has a ceramic enhanced version now in Europe. This hasn't caught on yet in the states but it's just a matter of time imo. Bicycle lubes such as...
www.northwestfirearms.com
Many years ago I developed specialty oils with the former head of Exxon Mobil advanced research lab to fight fuel dilution in direct injection engines and that's partially why I have interest in this stuff. Moly is an older version of dry lube friction modifier but these new boron nitride ones are much better.
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recommendations for a dry lubricant ?
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I have used RemDri for at least 20 years. I have not had any problems with it. I have not bought any since Remington went belly up, I still have a few cans on the shelf. DR
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I've never used anything like this Otis. Does it have to be used exclusively on the gun?
Similar to what I found with CLP. No good at cleaning, but good as a lube and protectant.
I've never used anything like this Otis. Does it have to be used exclusively on the gun?
I'd say not. I've used it for random stuff. No residual like graphite
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