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Posted: 6/15/2026 8:29:06 PM EDT
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So I've been kind of playing around with the idea of a dry lube for the BCG, especially when shooting suppressed - oil just gets blasted out onto everything, leaks from every crevasse or opening, and is a royal pain in the ass to deal with especially as it dries (on the top of mag bodies, etc). Just dirty as fuck. I got a can of https://www.breakthroughclean.com/breakthrough-clean-technologies-aerosol-dry-lube-6oz-clear this stuff, which looks like you jacked off a horse when it dries on things...but it seems to work really well. Admittedly my sample size is two rifles, with about 300 rounds on each with a can on. And it's expensive as fuck. Cleaning them wasn't a big deal though frankly I just stick the BCG in an ultrasonic mostly and let it do the bulk of the work, but they did seem to get clean a good 20 minutes quicker... Anyway - has anyone else looked at something like this? Good/bad/indifferent? Since this stuff is so expensive I'm going to try a few other things (like WD40's brand of dry film lubricant) that are hopefully less expensive and work as well. The main goals are to get rid of, as much as possible, the big lube spray and leak out that happens with liquid oils when shooting a bunch with a can on...maybe making it easier to clean is a secondary consideration  On one rifle I sprayed the inside of the receiver as well as the BCG, on the other I sprayed just the BCG, both worked fine...both cleaned up fine, though I feel like the one I sprayed the inside of cleaned up maybe a little quicker... |
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Apparently this stuff doesn't leave a white film. I bought some for my metal pistol mags but haven't applied it yet. And it's a bit cheaper. Otis Dry Lube |
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One of the best dry lubes I've found is WD-40 Professional Dry Lube with Teflon. It seems to work very well in the applications I use it for, mostly non-firearms related. An older one is Dry Slide moly dry lube. It goes on wet and the carrier evaporates leaving a dark Gray lubricant. For various reasons dry lubricants just don't seem to work well in firearms, and the military won't use any. |
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Originally Posted By dfariswheel: One of the best dry lubes I've found is WD-40 Professional Dry Lube with Teflon. It seems to work very well in the applications I use it for, mostly non-firearms related. An older one is Dry Slide moly dry lube. It goes on wet and the carrier evaporates leaving a dark Gray lubricant. For various reasons dry lubricants just don't seem to work well in firearms, and the military won't use any. ditto on the "40" dry lube. i bought it for only my suppressed .22`s for frt`s. this stuff is incredible! dont have to clean frequently like i did with other lubes. |
| I've been using https://prolixlubricant.com/ for a couple of decades. Best part is easy cleanup. For rimfires I use Brirchwood casey Moly spray lube, while it gest the hands dirty none of the rimfire lubes stick to it and keeps the actions running well, Key is to get any old oils COMPLETELY cleaned out before you start using it. PREP is the like just like a good paint job. |
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Get yourself one of these and you'll barely need a drop of CLP! INSANE!!!! Coatings |
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| I degreased everything for this stuff to work and put on rubber gloves. I bought powdered Tungsten disulfide and rubbed in into my parkarized bolt and bolt carrier. Where I couldn't reach I used a q tip. WS2 gets into the metal pores (in a parkarized BCG) others I don't know about. I follow up with super lube 100 st. I have also used Lucas synthetic gun lube with WS2 in it (just have to shake it 1st). Works well for me. I still have to remove carbon on the back of the bolt and in the bolt carrier but it's not as bad as with just liquid lube. My black powder cleaners work well to remove carbon. Just give it time to work and don't scrape your bolt tail and inside of carrier with tools. Brass brushes work fine. |
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