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What's your favorite and why?

Terry

I've been using LaRues Machine Gunners lube mainly because they sent it to me for free. I don't know who makes it for them but it doesn't burn off and that's why I still use it and even paid for a couple of big bottles.

For a qualifier, I do have some CLP and it doesn't last as long as the machine gunners stuff. I used Rem oil for a while but quickly found it burns off pretty quick. That's about all I've used.

I use RemOil, mainly because it's easy to get and it works well enough.

Break Free CLP. I like it as a lubricant but not as a cleaner. However, as a benefit while it is protecting all the parts during function of the AR it is at least helping to prevent and break up deposits. If I do store a gun for a while I can pull it out and see the that the CLP is still there. They all burn off at some point but I have gone 6 or 7 hundred rounds in a day before relubing without a problem.

FP-10... Has great lubricity and stays where you put it.

FP10 is good, I haven't seen any locally and I still use CLP. Old habits die hard.....

AstroGlide seems to work well.

I think a pluck you is in order.... grins...

I just could not resist!

I really do not have a favorite gun oil. I have ended up with large bottles of CLP on my bench that I am still using.

In the past I have used motor oil and it worked just as well as anything.

Well, I had never heard of it (apparently I have had a sheltered life!) so I had to Google it:

Funny website...



John

Slip 2000 EWL and because it stays on working even when its gone and does not smell! That break free stuff has got to be bad for you...it smells like its bad for you anyway.

It was a good funny to toss out there though....

I have used motor oil too... but only synthetic(cause thats all we run.....) and its been just fine too....

Only thing I can add, when it says wet, it means oil and not grease....

CLP is my favorite and what i use most of the time. I have Rem Oil but it doesn't seem to last very long. The Smith & Wesson Dry Lube works great on handguns.

I use Castrol...it's race proven.

TC

you guys really need to try the slip2000

I am currently using Slip 2000 EWL too. I've got the Break Free CLP, lighter weight motor oil, even tried transmission fluid...it all worked well, but some smells worse than others. The EWL gets my wife hot and bothered, so I use it for now. She likes the smell. I also am using the S&W Dry lube for my SA pistols.

I've still got a stash of the old "original" FP-10 and like it a lot. George Fennell, the developer of FP-10 lost his share of the company to hid business partners who then cheapened the formula. New FP-10 isn't the same as the original.

George then started another company and produces an even better CLP (my opinion), called Weapon Shield. It's slicker and thicker than FP-10 and stays put better. My AR-15s and pistols run malfunction free with it.

Weapon Shield

George Fennell is a heck of a nice guy. I spoke to him on the phone at length once and he sent me several free samples of the original formula. You are correct about when Shooters Choice first began production of FP-10. They changed the formulation and it did lack some of the good stuff Fennell originally built into it. However, it is my understanding that later versions returned to the original formulation and today�s Shooters Choice FP-10 is the same as when Fennell first came to production with it. I had tested the samples that Mr. Fennell sent me and then later placed a bulk order that arrived as Shooters Choice product. Rumors began to surface that the new stuff wasn�t the same as the original and I called the company. They verified they did in fact change the formulation however; they had immediately changed back to the original recipe because of complaints. They offered to exchange my order of FP-10 for some of the re-formulated newest true to Fennell design FP-10 which I accepted and they did so at no cost to me. I checked with Mr. Fennell and he confirmed that Shooters Choice was back to using his original recipe. I will check out Weapon Shield though, thanks for the link.

Thanks for the info MOGC. I too had a long chat with George, but it was before he left the company, so I had no idea about the formula double switch. I emailed him around two years ago IIRC for a free sample of Weapon Shield. I liked it a lot, so I put in a large order from Midway.

I also bought some one ounce flip top bottles off Ebay to give samples to my friends and co-workers. It drives me nuts seeing guns under-lubed. Probably an OCD issue that needs addressing.

I use Militec and TW25 grease. The Militec stays on, bonds to the metal and keeps the surface lubed even when dry. I shoot 99% of the time with a suppressor and lesser oils become a carbon suspension that is abrasive. The Militec doesn't seem to do this. CLP turns into a black grease whereas the Militec stays fluid.