Is gun oil snake oil?

[Floki]

I think we are suckers for advertising, wondering how a good 30W auto oil would do on my guns.

 

[VERT]

No reason to mess with motor oil. Gun cleaning products are affordable and work well. The convenience alone is worth the price.

 

[actaeon277]

Do you use that much lube?

 

[BigRed]

I'll give a thumbs up for Ballistol.

It is NOT snake oil.

 

[BigRed]

Do you use that much lube?

There is a snake joke in there, but I am going to pass.

 

[VERT]

Do you use that much

There is a snake joke in there, but I am going to pass.

Yeah I typed and deleted more then one response. Lube, guns, snakes. Way too much material to work with.

 

[Denny347]

For years, our PD range staff has used a mixture of motor oil and trans fluid as gun lube. It works REALLY well in cold and heat without too much migration. I've switched from SLIP2000 to our homemade brew. I really like it after I tried it. I blew it off for years as the department being cheap. However, once I really looked close I think it's a better oil than the expensive stuff.

 

[jason867]

I primarily use homemade Eds Red bore solvent for cleaning (a mix of atf, kerosene, acetone, lanolin) and pure atf for gun lubing.

Super cheap, large quantity and effective.

Google it.

 

[jason867]

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[Gabriel]

For years, our PD range staff has used a mixture of motor oil and trans fluid as gun lube. It works REALLY well in cold and heat without too much migration. I've switched from SLIP2000 to our homemade brew. I really like it after I tried it. I blew it off for years as the department being cheap. However, once I really looked close I think it's a better oil than the expensive stuff.

That's what I use and it works great. I suspect we got the recipe from the same place.

 

[Trapper Jim]

BreakFree. EOS.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

Plus 1 for the Break free CLP. Clean lube preserve all in 1 can. 6 bucks or so and it lasts a looong time

 

[jsx1043]

For years, our PD range staff has used a mixture of motor oil and trans fluid as gun lube. It works REALLY well in cold and heat without too much migration. I've switched from SLIP2000 to our homemade brew. I really like it after I tried it. I blew it off for years as the department being cheap. However, once I really looked close I think it's a better oil than the expensive stuff.

Same here.

I make my own but I started running out of tranny fluid last spring due to the ‘Rona. I couldn’t make it down to Walnut Street to pick any up.

 

[DadSmith]

For years, our PD range staff has used a mixture of motor oil and trans fluid as gun lube. It works REALLY well in cold and heat without too much migration. I've switched from SLIP2000 to our homemade brew. I really like it after I tried it. I blew it off for years as the department being cheap. However, once I really looked close I think it's a better oil than the expensive stuff.

What is the oil and transmission fluid you all use and what is the mixture? 50/50?

 

[Cameramonkey]

I found that for my uses, Hoppes to clean and then to lube I use 3-in-1 light machine oil. works well.

May not work for all, but seems to work fine for everything I need.

 

[1775usmarine]

Been using the same 1gal jug of milsurp clp I bought from a surplus store in NY for the last 5 or 6yrs with no issues hot or cold or when checking the safe every year.

 

[IndyDave1776]

I found that for my uses, Hoppes to clean and then to lube I use 3-in-1 light machine oil. works well.

May not work for all, but seems to work fine for everything I need.

Beware that unless they changed the formula 3 in 1 has varnish in it and WILL build up on surfaces.

 

[tbhausen]

I use Lucas “Extreme Duty” oil and grease. I think some of the guys who are involved in auto racing over at Premier Arms (Jimmy Kitasaki) were involved in developing it. The stuff seems to stay put really well. For cleaning, I like Sage & Braker CLP.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Beware that unless they changed the formula 3 in 1 has varnish in it and WILL build up on surfaces.

It'll take me a while. My Glocks only get cleaned once a year at most.

 

[IndyDave1776]

I will argue that snake oil has an important place in the universe. It would drive me nuts if I had a bunch of squeaky damned snakes running around the farm.