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Letter Re: Synthetic Motor Oil as a Gun Lubricant in TEOTWAWKI
Survival Blog ^ | 9/5/12 | Sgt. K.A.

Posted on 09/05/2012 4:09:22 PM PDT by Kartographer

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Something I'll be adding to this weeks shopping list as though not as bad as the Middle-East the war with dust in the Desert South-West is just as never ending.
1 posted on 09/05/2012 4:09:27 PM PDT by Kartographer
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To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...

Preppers’ PING!!

When it comes to keeping a weapon clean and ready I always listen to a Marine!


2 posted on 09/05/2012 4:11:28 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

Why not use a dry lube in a dusty/sandy environment?


3 posted on 09/05/2012 4:11:59 PM PDT by fso301
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To: Kartographer

Seems that I’ve read that the soviets discovered that mixing a bit of gasoline with the oil kept the oiled parts moving freely during the winter siege of Stalingrad.


4 posted on 09/05/2012 4:13:40 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Kartographer

I’ve heard of using automatic transmission fluid.


5 posted on 09/05/2012 4:15:08 PM PDT by MachIV
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To: fso301

I have no answer for you. Possible another FReeper does, but I repeat when it comes to maintaining and cleaning weapons when a Marine speaks I listen.


6 posted on 09/05/2012 4:17:16 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: fso301
MoS2
7 posted on 09/05/2012 4:17:52 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Kartographer
Good to know, re: synth. motor oil. Frankly, I've used CLP for both military and personal weapons, but have switched to this:

It's made here in Louisiana and there's a lot of petroleum industry/drilling technology in there. It outperforms any other lubricant/protectant I've ever used, but I still use Hoppes #9 to clean and break down fouling.

8 posted on 09/05/2012 4:18:41 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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When the Marine Corps was first issued the M-16 in Vietnam {1967} a product called “Dry Slide” was provided for lubrication. It looked like dissolved graphite but I think it was silicone based. It tended to cake up when exposed to heat and cause malfunctions. It was replaced by another product—gun oil.
9 posted on 09/05/2012 4:22:49 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: fso301

Caking? See post #9


10 posted on 09/05/2012 4:25:58 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Dri-Slide contains Molybdenum Disulphide which is a great lubricant especially in high heat, high pressure situations.

I use it on my guns and airguns. I remember my Daisy Powerline airguns say to use 30 weight non-detergent motor oil for both lubrication and protection.

I have often wondered how well synthetic motor oil would do for gun oil. It is really cheap compared to the name brands. I know it is expensive for motor oil but in motor oil quantities it is pretty cheap per ounce.


11 posted on 09/05/2012 4:43:27 PM PDT by yarddog
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I thought you used saliva and silt to lubricate Mosin’s, no?


12 posted on 09/05/2012 4:43:34 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Joe 6-pack

Hoppes #9 is also a fine mens cologne, it attracts conservative women, and it repels libtards AND mosquitos I believe... ;-)


13 posted on 09/05/2012 4:46:52 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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Or you could buy an AK47, which can use sand and dust as a lubricant. (I’m joking, but just barely)


14 posted on 09/05/2012 4:46:54 PM PDT by Hugin ("Most times a man'll tell you his bad intentions, if you listen and let yourself hear."---Open Range)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Not disagreeing with y’all, understand, but wasn’t the malfunction issue found to be carbonates from the caustic wash Winchester used to neutralize the acids used in manufacture of the propellent?


15 posted on 09/05/2012 4:49:26 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (I'm for Churchill in 1940!)
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To: Kartographer

Regular old 30/wt motor oil has long been known to be superior to most lubes and protectants. Any self-loading action will gunk up if it gets enough crap in it, including the AK.


16 posted on 09/05/2012 4:53:39 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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“Or you could buy an AK47, which can use sand and dust as a lubricant. (I’m joking, but just barely)”

No joke. My buddy dug an AK out of a stream bed in Viet Nam, ran a cleaning round down the tube and ripped off a whole magazine.

On the other hand, my 16 not only needed daily cleaning, but the ammo had to be wiped off periodically as well.


17 posted on 09/05/2012 4:53:55 PM PDT by Makana
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To: Joe 6-pack

I use carburator cleaner in my Benelli shotgun and my AR-15.


18 posted on 09/05/2012 4:54:45 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (I will never vote for Romney. Ever.)
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To: Kartographer

Best lube in the world http://www.sniperworld.com/reviews/42267_TGSCOM_Cleaning_Supplies_SPEC357_IN_A_ONE_OUNCE_BO.aspx


19 posted on 09/05/2012 4:54:49 PM PDT by jaz.357 (Twas Ever Thus)
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To: WorkingClassFilth

Macnamara’s whiz kids changed the powder from the one Stoner specified for his gun to a cheaper type the army already had on hand. A lot of Americans died to save a few cents on gunpowder.


20 posted on 09/05/2012 4:57:16 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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