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I usually use Slip2k or Lucas extreme duty gun oil, but I did lube my ARs for a while with Pennzoil Platinum 5w30. It worked fine and seemed to do a good job of keeping the carbon buildup soft.
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If you use the 0/20W it won't matter, summer or winter. Thanks for the insight Beretz. Be Well, RZ.
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I use either 3n1 oil that I get from wmt or 10W drip oil we use here on the farm for irrigation wells. I buy it in 55gal barrels, so I'm set for life, as are my kids. Many options for each of us, and they all work.
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There is nothing special about synthetic motor oil, use it as you would any other oil.
I've begun using 0w20 Mobile 1 synthetic as a gun lube. It seems to resist thickening up in cold weather better than other oils. Oil may not be overly important to use in a bolt action rifle but it can be important with semiauto shotgun as some do not like to be run dry. The 0 weight rating keeps it viscosity well below zero so far. As I tend to have a quart or two in the truck emergency box, it is always around if I need it.
I have a fair bit of "gun specific" oil around but the light weight synthetic motor oil seems to be at least as good as well as being much cheaper. +1 I just top off the bottle from leftovers...If you change your own oil.......
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Most gun oils start off with about the same base as motor oils. Solvents, water displacing chemicals, polarizing agents and other things are added to the motor oil base. I think that some of the improved oils do work better for long term corrosion prevention but about the same for lubrication.
When I have left over light weight motor oil or even heavy weight I will dump all the odds and ends remnants of various gun oils in with the motor oil to get any advantage the gun oils may provide. Not sure it makes much difference but gets rid of the half empty bottles. If it is heavy weight I add Eds Red or more solvent to it.
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Marvel Mystery Oil has served me well as a gun lube and bore protector in my home state of Maine's cold weather.
May have to try a mix of synthetic 0w-20 and power steering fluid (tranny fluid without dye) or synthetic ATF (but it has a strong odor).
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How much synthetic oil does one have to use on a gun to make it thicken up in cold weather? In my experience a couple drops (literally 2 or 3 drops) of oil on a rag is more than adequate to protect and lubricate an entire gun
ANY synthetic motor oil will work on a gun.
The W in 5w-30 or 0W-20 stands for WINTER.
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Another vote for 0W-20 syn. Use it with any bolting/gas system, whether rifle or shotgun.
Live in Maine. Rotella 15W-40 is possibly superior in warmer conditions - keeps grit in suspension a bit better. But on balance OW-20, as a year rounder, is best.
Heckuva lot better than CLP, unless we're talking lube for fire control parts only.
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I might give it a try but I'm still working on using up the quart of ATF I bought to use as gun oil 15 years ago. Many motor oils are wax based. They are intended to become liquified when heated to operating temperatures. Think about that when using it on a normally cold gun. ATF, on the other hand, is the exact opposite. If one feels the need for such applications, my choice would be ATF hands down.
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I have an old API category SE can of oil from about '75. Can I use it on a rifle made in '18?
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Oh for phucqk's sake you cheapazz old farts. Wassa matta Boomer? Did you invest all you moneys in da gun oil bidness? Repackaging Mobil 1 and ATF in little bottles, ya had ta know somebody was gonna find out and cut inta yo market share. 😉😁
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Oh for phucqk's sake you cheapazz old farts. Wassa matta Boomer? Did you invest all you moneys in da gun oil bidness? Repackaging Mobil 1 and ATF in little bottles, ya had ta know somebody was gonna find out and cut inta yo market share. 😉😁 Now everyone will know! Seriously, I think I will put some ATF to use, but, the economy of it will be shot by the purchase of the little dropper bottle, no? I have an old API category SE can of oil from about '75. Can I use it on a rifle made in '18? By gosh yes, but only if walnut and polished blue. Matte finish requires a multi weight. Read it here.
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Warning - Some motor oil attach yellow metals like brass so I would avoid conventional oils.
Synthetics, light hydraulic oils, and ATF are probably good to go.
I hate cleaning guns so my little bottles don't get used up. Now I will use atf, marvel, etc that I find when I clean out my parents estate. LOL.
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Beretta's...shouldn't you use olive oil?
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
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For rust protection, Amsoil Z-Rod tops most if not all others. Even in salt spray
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Been using ATF for 20+ years. Even have my barrels in PVC pipe full of the stuff.
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So if 0 W 20 would be good for firearm lubrication, would 0 W 16 be even better... as high viscosity is not really needed on a bolt action rifle, or even an AR that is for home defense... ??
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I suppose if you can find it? Be Well. RZ.
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At MG shoots we'd try all these products looking at number rounds till it starts to choke. Depending on ambient temps grease (ie., heavy on the wax) is a perfectly good way to go for AR15 upper components. Rotella held up longer than 0W-20 motor oil, which held up longer than ATF, which held up alot longer than CLP.
Some days could not even get through a 100 bird clay shoot after lubing a 391 with CLP.
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