Posted: 1/26/2010 1:57:13 PM EDT
| Is there something comparable to otis dry lube on the market? The reason I ask this is on the suggestion of arfers I started using synthetic oil to lube my 1911. Unfortunatly its to thick and gunks up with the carbon and unburnt powder.Therfore the slide won't completely close causing me to get light primer strikes. So back to the lube. I can only find the otis dry lube near me in .5 oz. containers. Is there anything else I could use? |
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Is there something comparable to otis dry lube on the market? The reason I ask this is on the suggestion of arfers I started using synthetic oil to lube my 1911. Unfortunatly its to thick and gunks up with the carbon and unburnt powder.Therfore the slide won't completely close causing me to get light primer strikes. So back to the lube. I can only find the otis dry lube near me in .5 oz. containers. Is there anything else I could use? Weapon Shield + Ed Masaki's Oiling Tips for the 1911 series pistols = Problem solved. |
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I use Break Free CLP on my competition guns I have never had a problem with any of them . I shoot USPSA matches all the time. I use a little Trigger Slick on the sear and hammer about every 3 months but that is all. What places have good pricing on break free? |
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I use Break Free CLP on my competition guns I have never had a problem with any of them . I shoot USPSA matches all the time. I use a little Trigger Slick on the sear and hammer about every 3 months but that is all. Any thoughts on the difference between Breakfree & Trigger Slick as far as properties? I use Breakfree on my sear/triggers on virtually all of my firearms except for a select few. I wondered if the Trigger Slick is thinner weight, more teflon, what? |
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What places have good pricing on break free? I buy mine when I can find it in quart bottles. It's much cheaper & lasts a lot longer. I can top off some smaller lube applicators to take to the range & use the big one for lubing after cleaning at home. Gunshows sometimes offer decent pricing. Price on-line with Brownells & Midway before you buy so you can have a measure of price ideas. Some places (like TN) charge almost 10% sales tax, so I balance it off with what shipping would cost me from an on-line vendor. My .o2 |
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One benefit of a good gun oil is that it will dissolve and keep crud and fouling in suspension, allowing the gun to continue functioning even when dirty. I use and like FP-10 and its sister product Weapon Shield. BreakFree CLP is also fine.
If your lube is causing a problem, it's either too thick, or there's not enough of it. Possibly too much, but in my experience the gun will throw off excess lube pretty quickly. |
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If you're using so much lube that it can't lock back up, you're probably using way too much. +1. Not including a light coat on rails, all the lug on the barrel needs is the amount dripped onto a finger from you lube source. More than that is too much. Sprigfield told me otherwise. They said the 1911 loves the oil. I just think the oil I'm using is just too thick. |
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If you're using so much lube that it can't lock back up, you're probably using way too much. +1. Not including a light coat on rails, all the lug on the barrel needs is the amount dripped onto a finger from you lube source. More than that is too much. Sprigfield told me otherwise. They said the 1911 loves the oil. I just think the oil I'm using is just too thick. Too much oil will find it's way out through firing, ask my wife who simply insists on wearing light-colored clothing when shooting! 
Anyway, my experience with my TRP and other SA pistols has been unremarkable in terms of operating. I bought my TRP three weeks before a Vickers class. I ran to the range over the next week to fire a 500-rd break-in before class. Cleaned, and oiled only once, as I mentioned, kept it shooting without stoppage during the ~500 pistol rounds that weekend. Just my .02 Ed |
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Try this. Get some synthetic high temp wheel bearing grease. It's cheap and can be had at any auto parts store or Walmart. Roll a Q tip into the grease with just enough grease to coat the cotton. Now use the greased Q tip to coat the frame rails with a thin layer of grease, you may have to add grease to the Q tip as you go. Now coat the slide rails, and the barrels locking lugs. Finally put a film of grease on the last inch of the barrel and a drop of oil on the barrel link and reassemble. Rack the slide several time and use a clean rag to wipe off any excess grease that may accumulate at the rear of the slide. See how that works for you.  |
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Try this. Get some synthetic high temp wheel bearing grease. It's cheap and can be had at any auto parts store or Walmart. Roll a Q tip into the grease with just enough grease to coat the cotton. Now use the greased Q tip to coat the frame rails with a thin layer of grease, you may have to add grease to the Q tip as you go. Now coat the slide rails, and the barrels locking lugs. Finally put a film of grease on the last inch of the barrel and a drop of oil on the barrel link and reassemble. Rack the slide several time and use a clean rag to wipe off any excess grease that may accumulate at the rear of the slide. See how that works for you.
Do this but add a few drops of transmission fluid to thin the grease alittle .... works wonders. Brian |
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Quoted: +1Try this. Get some synthetic high temp wheel bearing grease. It's cheap and can be had at any auto parts store or Walmart. Roll a Q tip into the grease with just enough grease to coat the cotton. Now use the greased Q tip to coat the frame rails with a thin layer of grease, you may have to add grease to the Q tip as you go. Now coat the slide rails, and the barrels locking lugs. Finally put a film of grease on the last inch of the barrel and a drop of oil on the barrel link and reassemble. Rack the slide several time and use a clean rag to wipe off any excess grease that may accumulate at the rear of the slide. See how that works for you. I've also had good luck with white lithium grease in an aerosol can. Grease is where it's at when it comes to pistol lube. |
| Someone let me use break frree clp.......wow that is some good stuff. I thought I scrubbed that pistol clean. I sprayed it came back like 5 min. later and there was a puddle of crud sittin under the parts. I still lube the wear points on the pistol with otis dry lube. I'll give an update after shooting. Thanks for your input. |