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11/14/2004 1:31:58 PM EDT
Does the spring need to be greased or lubed where it rides on the piston ?
11/14/2004 1:44:25 PM EDT
[#1]
According to the manual, no, it should be dry and clean.  Personally, I use a dry lube on it and have never had a problem.
11/14/2004 2:21:04 PM EDT
[#2]
Yea Cliffy the manual that came with my Belgium says the same thing. It also says that the whole rifle needs little or no lube. Now I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed but anytime you have steel parts rubbing together they need lube.
11/14/2004 3:16:00 PM EDT
[#3]
Yeah, but not much.  I actually have fired mine dry and it still runs like a Swiss watch.  The place it needs the most lube is on the recoil spring.  Put some on the bolt carrier rails but leave the gas piston dry or use a dry lube.  All you'll do by lubing it is to gum it up and slow it down.
11/14/2004 5:09:54 PM EDT
[#4]
I leave mine dry. The only part that gets lubed on my FAL's are the rails for the bolt carrier.
11/21/2004 9:44:58 AM EDT
[#5]
I alwas wipe mine down after shooting it.  Then before shooting it I wipe it dry.  I do the same thing with gas tube.  A little oil stays on it, but after the first few shots it burns offs anyways.   After having one of  my FALs gas tube rust once, I alwas oil it before putting it away.
11/21/2004 11:04:26 AM EDT
[#6]
Lubed the piston once.

What a mess.  

Yep, oil then wipe it all off.
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