M1 Garand ,Grease?
If you don't have the military grease, What is the best to use?
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Lubriplate 130-AA.
Neal0 -
Unlike more modern arms, the M1 Service Rifle requires grease in order for it to function properly. Although an unlubricated M1 will fire, it will show signs of wear very quickly if the key lubrication points are left dry. The military chose Lubriplate during WWII because it was available and would not wash away in the rain or during amphibious landings- a major concern for Uncle Sam but not too much to worry about for the civilian shooter. WWII lubriplate is a yellow color while the post war grease is a sort of gray-green. You should be able to easily locate the small Lubriplate containers (they fit in the butt stock) at any gun show. Be aware that while Lubriplate is okay, there a far better grease choices available today.
My own choice for lubrication of the 30+ M1's I own has been either Belray saltwater proof grease (for bad weather) or DuraLube multi purpose synthetic grease (my standard). You can buy firearms specific greases which work well, but these cost a fortune by comparison. A 1 pound tub of either of the two greases I mentioned will last an individual through three lifetimes or handle the lubricating needs of a brigade of M1 Rifles. Avoid the use of common axel or household greases as they simply do not perform well in firearms applications.
Mark T. Christian0 -
I get mine from Sarco, Inc.......A military firearms dealer.....here is there link...
www.sarcoinc.com
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Interesting topic! What are the most critical areas to lube, other than using common sense? Emery
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Ben Franklin0 -
The most important spots are the bolt lugs, bolt guide, the suface where the operating rod contacts the lower portion of the barrel, the operating rod spring and the operating rod groove in the receiver. Anything else can just be lightly oiled. The M1 was around long before the wonder CLP lubricating liquids we use today and it needs to be greased to perform at its best.
Mark T. Christian0 -
Go to walmart in the sporting goods section by the guns where the cleaning supplies are and buy a little tube of Tetra grease. You'll love it. 0 -
Yer talkin thru yer hat again, Mark. The M-1 Garand does nor require any lubrication to function correctly or give reasonable service life.
M-1s were kept dry in Korea because of freezups in winter and jamming due to sand and dust in the dry summers.
None of the Army's small arms up to the 90mm recoiless rifles and 4.2 mortars required lubrication to function. They'd never have passed Army acceptance tests if they did.
Some of the doggy rifles out there built up out of non-spec or reject parts may very well need at least some lube to function.
Good practice for civilian owners would be to to use a good EP dry lube on the bolt & operating rod cam surfaces, the gas piston and gas cylinder bore and CLP on all other surfaces.0 -
V35! Where have you been? I saw your FUBIS post and thought that you might be leaving us...glad that you are still around to help me out. Just for the heck of it I checked TM 9-247, TM 9-208-1 and TM 9-208-2 as well as the Beretta M1 garand rifle manual and I also looked at TM-1005-223-12 (for the M14 Service Rifle) Strange thing- they all mention something very simular to this: "Apply a light coat of rifle grease (graphite cup grease in one case) Lubriplate 130A to the following surfaces" and then it procedes to list these surfaces, information which we do not need to cover again here (and some will vary with the M14 Rifle). I know that these miliatry tech manuals do not impress you becuase I quoted one in our discussion of the Sniper/Snooper IR for the M1 Carbine and you shrugged that off pronto. Frankly I could care less if anyone greases their M1 Rifle or not. You say there is no need to do so and Uncle Sam says that it is a good idea and went to the trouble of handing out all of those tiny little grease tubs that just happen to fit perfectly into the butt stock of the M1 Rifle...any idea why you'd want to cary around that grease and not use it? I think our loyal readers can make their own choices, that is why both you and I are here. Please don't FUBIS us again.
Mark T. Christian0 -
You can get those 2cc rifle grease tubs milsurp from http://www.cheaperthandirt.com , $12.97 for 144.
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Don't forget to put a dab on the hammer where the bolt cams it back on recoil.
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