Favored Synthetic Gun Oil?

G96 Gun Treatment, silicone based, smells good, doesn't get gummy and works at 50 below.
 
I use a mixture of stp and mobile 1. The same as I use for case neck turning.
 
Dennis Sorensen said:
G96 Gun Treatment, silicone based, smells good, doesn't get gummy and works at 50 below.
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Ditto on the G-96 Gun Treatment, have been using it for 30 or 40 years !
Best,
Dan Batko

"Where are we going and why am I in this basket?"
 
But I guess we should ask, what are you looking for in a 'gun oil' as in what part of the 'gun' for what purpose?
 
Dennis Sorensen said:
G96 Gun Treatment, silicone based, smells good, doesn't get gummy and works at 50 below.
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I'll bet that -50 rating comes in real handy with gun oil!

Thing I have found is that the ones that have the lowest coefficient of friction are not the best at corrosion protection. I use FP-10 for lubing stuff and a couple of different products for protection against elements.
 
For Corrosion Protection:

I have used Break Free _CLP for years. It goes on like lite oil but forms a film that hangs on very well. It also is easy to remove. Break Free was designed as a penetrating oil I am told but I think it is best used to coat gun metal. It sports MIL-L-63460 and NATO Code S-758-9150-01-079-6124 on the front of it's label
 
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Dennis Sorensen said:
It does up here and in Alaska and the Arctic... although I haven't hunting in anything colder than 44 below...
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I have talked to several folks who are out in that stuff a bit and everyone of them told me that they have no problems with rust at - whatever. Furthermore, they told me that they strip their guns of any oils and such and have no ill effects.

If you are really out in -44 degree stuff, you are in a very, very small minority. I would bet a fat lunch that less that .001% of shooters have ever fired a gun in temps lower than -40!!

But, if it really still is liquid at those temps- good for you! I use dry lubes when I am hunting in dusty or very cold conditions.
 
Dennis Sorensen said:
It does up here and in Alaska and the Arctic... although I haven't hunting in anything colder than 44 below...
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+1 for dennis Sorenson it only takes once in the cold, and they learn real quick to use the right oil and very little of it
 
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To protect against rust, consider T-9. It is sold at woodworking suppliers.
My work shop is in the basement where my wife also hangs wet laundry.
None of my cast iron machine tops (table saw, band saw, jointer, etc.) have ever showed rust.
Not a lubricant at all, but developed by Boeing Aircraft as a rust preventive.
 
That is quite an astute judgment of subzero temperature, from AZ?
I live in TX now and rarely shoot below zero.
However I did live in MI once for 9 months and yep people there do hunt and shoot at 20-40 below and colder.
 
One thing that nobody has mentioned that should be and for all the wrong reasons is WD-40. Worked with a guy in Western WA who used to spray the bolt of his Rem 700 with WD-40 to keep it from rusting in the rain. The WD gummed up so that when he pulled the trigger on an elk he said that he could see the firing pin fall it was so slow. Tried again with the same result. It only took some soaking and scrubbing with nasty solvents to clean that puppy up.

DON'T use WD-40 on guns of any kind.
 
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