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FP-10 and Tetra lube. Tetra lube just plain ole stays put.

I use Eezox on all of my rifles. I hunt in shooting houses when it's raining here in Alabama so they don't get much water on them like rifles used in Alaska.

Corrosion X or Johnson's Paste Wax

MtnHtr

Ihuntsolo: Your wonderful Weatherby Mark V may or may not have a wood stock?
If it has a wood stock go "ixnay" on many of the suggested "gun oils" that have been posted.
After a few years of useage with some of the suggested products the wood stock will start to suffer.
If you are wanting to protect your metal and a wood stock (long term) from harm/discoloration then I would go with either Browning Gun Oil or G 96. Then for storage use BreakFree innside the barrel and the aforementioned products on the exterior (easy on the wood).
If you have a fiberglass type stock then G 96 outside the bore and BreakFree inside the bore.
I have as yet to encounter any problems with gun protection while using BreakFree.
If I might inquire why do you wish to change?
Best of luck to ya.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

I like Eesox for rust protection. Here's a good study:

http://www.accurateshooter.com/technical-articles/corrosion-protection-products/

Some left over Mobil 1 goes a long way. The best? Don't know.

Here's a good read on topic:

http://grantcunningham.com/lubricants101.html

G-96 is all I've used for years.

IIRC Phil Shoemaker suggested in an article that 10w40 works pretty well.

I've hunted extensively in salt water for ducks using a Benelli M1 and have used Barricade and WD-40 and never had a hint of rust. I never use WD-40 for lube, only for the exterior metal. For lube I prefer Tri-Flow or Militec and I also use the Militec grease.

I read a study one time that had 6 or 8 of the most common lubes tested on plain sheet metal and WD-40 worked as good as anything. I think the most important thing is to make sure that you use something in the first place and thoroughly clean the gun ASAP after getting wet.

I like to use WD-40 on the exterior surfaces and Lubriplate on wear surfaces.
I buy it in one gallon cans and I think I am on my fourth gallon now. No rust on any of my guns!
whelennut

Gun Butter

Remoil seems to become gummy and hard. A friend of mine had a revolver that he rarely cleaned. Just sprayed it with Remoil. It became stiff and one could hardly pull the trigger. I took it apart and gave a thorough cleaning in al the lock works. The remoil looked like cosmoline.

I don't use spray version.

My son ran a test a couple years ago and rather than razor blades he used steel wool pads and soaked each in a different gun oil or rust preventative and then left them outside on a rusty metal screen for a year. He used Breakfree, motor oil, WD-40, Rem oil. LPS 2 & 3, Marvel Mystery oil and Corrosion-X. At the end of the year most pads were rust powder, a few held together but were coated with rust. Only one, the one that was sprayed with Corrosion -X, still looked new.

steel wool? thats a hell of a torture test!

Too bad he didn't try Eezox...

That site is about worthless. They push their product, but have a link "what is gun butter" and then prattle on with out letting the reader know a thing.

Must be "proprietary".

Here's various links I've saved from a few years back.

http://www.6mmbr.com/corrosiontest.html
http://www.thegunzone.com/rust.html
http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/GunTech/NewsletterArchive.aspx?p=0&t=1&i=503
http://www.accuratereloading.com/rustest.html
http://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_experiments/corrosion/corrosion2.html
http://www.perfectunion.com/vb/showpost.php?p=442710&postcount=18

Corrosion X works dang well. I started using it on saltwater reels close to 15 years ago & quickly started using it on guns, as well. Good stuff.

http://www.corrosionx.com/marine.html