Lug grease

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lu.dzie

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Another silly questions from the novice...

1. Whats the purpose of using the grease on the lugs?
2. What do you use?
3. How often do you use it?
 
1) Cheaper than buying a new action after the lugs get galled.

2) Right now, I'm using a home-brew... Was using some stuff we called "super-slide" but it's really better for the full-auto moving parts stuff... Sticky and goopy, and worked nicely on the lugs, but it doesn't syringe well.

3) Every time the guy says "insert bolts"
 
Funny ... but not at the time

I never greased the lugs before my first match. Bought one of those cool action cleaning kits and used it to clean every nook and cranny of my action. Two groups later my lugs were galled beyond belief because I had away the grease it was using to survive.
 
Does anyone know of

a lubricant other than grease that would stick to the lugs? Grease is not only a messy substance to use but is a great media for attracting dust, dirt and other abrasives. There must be something the auto engine builders use to enhance the lubrication of race engines; something that sort of bonds to the metal, or the Space program, eh ? :confused:
 
On bolt lug lubing. I have watched many experienced shooters use a grease filled syringe just squirt some grease on the lugs then insert the bolt. This just gums up the action and if you happen to pull a bullet on a loaded round the only way to clean up this mess is to pull the barrel.

Just a small drop of grease on your forefinger, about the size of a 17 caliber BB or slightly less, then rub the grease droplet with your thumb, You now have a this film of grease on your forefinger and thumb. Lightly smear a thin film on the bolt lug contact areas. Then, making sure the chamber is empty, holding back on the trigger, insert and close bolt. This holding the trigger back allows the unloaded lugs to carry grease to the action lugs without wiping it off.

On inserting the bolt...MAKE SURE you are in a safety area (IBS shoots require this and NBRSA shooters will like you better too) and MAKE SURE the gun is pointed in a safe direction. OR, OR, better yet, grease the bolt lugs, then insert the bolt in your bolt holster. Then at the COMMENCE FIRE command, grease the lugs as suggested above.

Well fitted and lapped lugs will gall for sure if they are not kept lubricated!!!

As to the type of grease, any automotive/machinery application grease that contains EP (Extreme Pressure) ingredients will do the job.
 
In another - - -

Much younger life I worked on M-61 Vulcans. We used a oily grease we refered to as "Goose Grease" on them. It didn't whipe off things as easily as the grease I have been able to find so far.

A couple of years ago I had the idea of using molly grease on the bolts; BAD IDEA! The danged stuff hardens up.

There has to be some sort of synthetic lubricant out there that hangs to metal surfaces like glue. What is it and where can I buy some?
 
A metal grease that hangs on (even with heat) is Brownells Lubriplate. It works great on semi auto firearms (stays put).
 
Lube...

Has anyone tried a mixture of lanolin and neets foot oil; the same stuff some use to lube jackets while seating cores and on the point up process? It seems to me it should work on lugs. What do you think? Bro.D
 
Pete Wass said:
Lubriplate is molly grease.
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I don't know what it is, I don't care what it is. I just know it's the only grease that I have relied on for over 40 years. That it works on firearms there can be no doubt. It is still on the issue list of the modern day military, just as it was in the 2nd world war.
 
lube

I use extreme pressure anti seize engine assembly lube with moly graphite
It is a CRC product made in U.S.A. I have used it for years, never seen a problem ( dunno may be blind ) but I like it. Use the stuff on triggers too and it sure slicks up their action. Car door latches, hood release, and engine assembly. Love it. If you don't please let me know.
 
I think most any of the products available will do what is intended, regardless of it's color. :) The main thing is to use it, sparingly, then get in there and clean things up from time to time. After all, a little dab each time has to go somewhere, it doesn't go away.

As an aside when talking about what product to use, I recall one shooter years ago that used Imperial Sizing Wax, carried his small tin to the line, and just wiped a smear onto the lugs. I guess when you think about it, that is an extreme lubricant that just about everybody has.
 
Wayne Shaw said:
Imperial Sizing Wax(...)I guess when you think about it, that is an extreme lubricant that just about everybody has.
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depends on what you gonna lubricate in order to "size" it ;)

thanks for all replys!
 
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