Those who use motor oil for lube...

[Ghostmaker]

Im not sure about the rest of you but I for one do not try and make it a habit of licking my BCG clean after every use soooo yea

yea but some smell good enough to. Frog lube smells minty. I seen someone else say G96 smells like cinnamon. Lick Lick

[bsmith_shoot]

Mobil 1 full synth. 5w-30. I've used it for a couple years with very good results. I absolutely love it on my pump shottys.
Brandon

[Ghostmaker]

Like I said, I've never used engine oils, & am very happy with my current lube, but out of curiosity, do you ever see your synthetic engine oil on your bolt group go dry too quick? For example, high volume, rapid fire, or after a few days? Does it stay on & pretty slick between cleanings or do you have to lube between cleanings? I can see why people would like it, as it has higher viscosity & friction inhibitors than most regular, low viscosity "gun oils". It makes sense that you wouldn't have much of a problem with it running dry too quick, as it is high performance oil for engines, but I don't have first hand experience with Engine oils. I usually run my rig for over 1000 rounds or so now, before cleaning.. but everything is still very slick. Cleaning is so much less work also. Mobil 1 seems to be the favorite of most on here & everyone I've spoken with that uses engine oils.

[bsmith_shoot]

Like I said, I've never used engine oils, and am very happy with my current lube but out of curiosity, do you ever see your synthetic engine oil on your bolt group go dry too quick? For example, high volume, rapid fire, or after a few days? or does it stay on and pretty slick for a while. Do you have to lube between cleanings? I can see why people would like it, as it has higher viscosity & friction inhibitors than most regular, low viscosity "gun oils". I would think you wouldn't have much problem with it running dry too quick, as it is high performance oil for engines, but I don't have first hand experience with Engine oils. I usually run my rig foIr over 1000 rounds or so now, before cleaning.. but everything is still very slick. Cleaning is so much less work also. Mobil 1 seems to be the favorite of most on here and everyone I've spoken with about engine oils.

I just lube when I clean. Thats every 1k to 1.5k rounds. After a thousand rounds, its still really slick.
Brandon

[LHS]

I was wondering if anyone had mixed engine and atf together. To me it would make sense having a decent blend of the two.

I've been using a 50/50 mix of Mobil 1 Synthetic and ATF on my 870 for years. Works great. I took a Rob Haught shotgun class a few years ago, and sure enough the CLP I was using at the time dried out fairly quickly. Before lunch on Day 1, I could really feel the increased friction. One of the guys (Tim Lau, I think?) had a squirt bottle of that 50/50 mix on hand, and after a few light squirts on the bolt rails and action bars, the gun ran like butter for the next day and a half. I probably put 350-400rds of cheap birdshot, plus another 50 rounds of buck and slugs through the gun in that time frame, and it stayed smooth. I've been a convert ever since.

[sinlessorrow]

Like I said, I've never used engine oils, & am very happy with my current lube, but out of curiosity, do you ever see your synthetic engine oil on your bolt group go dry too quick? For example, high volume, rapid fire, or after a few days? Does it stay on & pretty slick between cleanings or do you have to lube between cleanings? I can see why people would like it, as it has higher viscosity & friction inhibitors than most regular, low viscosity "gun oils". It makes sense that you wouldn't have much of a problem with it running dry too quick, as it is high performance oil for engines, but I don't have first hand experience with Engine oils. I usually run my rig for over 1000 rounds or so now, before cleaning.. but everything is still very slick. Cleaning is so much less work also. Mobil 1 seems to be the favorite of most on here & everyone I've spoken with that uses engine oils.

i put 660 rounds through my MK18 clone the other day in 1.5hrs and the only place that did not have lube was the bolt tail, heres some pics of my BCG broken down




it probably would have gone another 200-400 rounds and this was with 2 drop in the cam pin slot and 2 drops in the gas vents so it would get on the gas rings, and 1 drop on each rail

[SilverTongueDevil]

I was wondering has anyone tried power steering fluid?
Seems slick but sticks too.

[GTifosi]

The only practical difference lubrication wise between power steering fluid and Dextron ATF is the label and perhaps the color.
Well, price too I suppose.

You don't want to use steering fluid in an auto box, but ATF in the power steering system is just fine and pretty well common practice these days for topping up or refilling the system.

[Ghostmaker]

I just lube when I clean. Thats every 1k to 1.5k rounds. After a thousand rounds, its still really slick.
Brandon

Hmm, makes me feel better if i was in a bad situation & had to pull some off my dip stick huh... I could just see that, Tactical Dipstick Drill.... yesss.

i put 660 rounds through my MK18 clone the other day in 1.5hrs and the only place that did not have lube was the bolt tail, heres some pics of my BCG broken down




it probably would have gone another 200-400 rounds and this was with 2 drop in the cam pin slot and 2 drops in the gas vents so it would get on the gas rings, and 1 drop on each rail

yep, still slick but the bolt tail. Your right, probably could have.

[jpmuscle]

I could see the tactical dipstick drill catching on amongst the doomsday prepper crowd lol. Just think of the implications during a teotwawki AND it's emp safe!

couldn't help myself..