SEmi auto pistols. To grease or not to grease?
Historically my primary interest in guns has been in old guns. Which I've never used any kind of grease on. Gun oil IMO was always sufficient to lubricate any moving parts. But recently I purchased a modern semi auto that came with small tube of slide grease. Which indicates to me that the MFG believes it needs it.
So, please school on the use of slide grease and it benefits over gunoil such as Rem-oil w/Teflon. How much do you use etc? Alot, tiny bit?
So, please school on the use of slide grease and it benefits over gunoil such as Rem-oil w/Teflon. How much do you use etc? Alot, tiny bit?
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I don't know what brand of pistol you have Normally I use ballistol for protection of parts However I also use a 50/50 STP / Marval Mystery oil on any gun that is going to be heavily used on parts that have High loads . Like the slide stop pin and locking lugs on a 1911 as well as the inside of barrel bushing. > I have found that Grease will be of such high viscosity that most times when used on a slide in cool or cold temp. The pistol will fail to FULLY CYCLE the slide.
EDIT The SIG Mosquito Has been known to have some function problems . I would use a thin oil like FP10 NOT GREASE I believe the frame is a ZINC alloy. see what operators Manual says about choice of ammo Somewhere I think they say CCI MINI-MAG0 -
Generally the only grease I use is RIG Stainless + on my stainless steel stuff, most everything just gets oil/clp. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by perry shooter
I don't know what brand of pistol you have Normally I use ballistol for protection of parts However I also use a 50/50 STP / Marval Mystery oil on any gun that is going to be heavily used on parts that have High loads . Like the slide stop pin and locking lugs on a 1911 as well as the inside of barrel bushing. > I have found that Grease will be of such high viscosity that most times when used on a slide in cool or cold temp. The pistol will fail to FULLY CYCLE the slide.
Sig Mosquito.0 -
Perry Shooter. Indeed the manual does recommend CCI Mini Mags. At least for break in (couple 100 rds). So far mine has fired them w/o hiccup using Rem-oil w/Teflon lube. But will not function w/bulk. Thanks for the reply. 0 -
I use & recommend grease on the slides because it stays there. Officers who used oil only would end up with a dry pistol after it hung in their holster for several months. Then they would bitch that it wouldn't function. 0 -
No grease here, i'm hooked on Birchwood Casey's Synthetic Gun Oil, great stuff, and i use it all over the house!
I'm currently testing some Nano lube on a new gun i bought.0 -
I use grease on my semi autos - believe its TWS 25 - simply because while oil migrates and dries, grease does not. I think grease remains in place and continues to lube when oil has run off or dried. That said, I have absolutely no verifiable evidence either way. JMHO 0 -
I use grease on my semi autos - believe its TWS 25 - simply because while oil migrates and dries, grease does not. I think grease remains in place and continues to lube when oil has run off or dried. That said, I have absolutely no verifiable evidence either way. JMHO 0 -
I recall where grease was recommended by the makers of some stainless semi autos, somewhere I read that this was because of the metal (or maybe the differing hardness of the parts) causes "galling", which is a damaging condition between the wearing surfaces of the moving parts. I use grease on the slide rails of a Springfield V-16 1911, but I use regular oil on the others. 0 -
I've tried grease and graphite, but, a long time ago, I decided to just stick with a light treatment of good quality oil for moderate temperatures, and no oil at all for really cold temperatures.
Then again, life is simpler when you use 1911's [:)].0 -
Older stainless guns used the same grade of stainless for the parts such as slides and frames in semis which led to galling and needed grease.
Randalls came with Rig Stainless grease even though they used two different types of stainless on their frames and slides.
My stainless walther runs fine with just light oil.0
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