I have never seen anybody do that before, i also didnt know that anybody made "gun grease". I just use generic gun oil to lubricate my firearms. But the thing is that as of now, my arsenal only consists of 4 pistols and 1 shotgun. Is gun grease a sort of more "heavy duty" lubricant mainly used for rifles? Is there some sort of reason against the use of ordinary gun oil on a battle rifle such as this?
@2142Unknown On an M1A I use grease as I believe that is what was originally intended to be used on this type of rifle. I use lubriplate. You can always check with the manufacturer of your weapon to see what they recommend, or check the manual.
The Springfield Armory manual for this rifle (M1A) clearly states that the "chamber" is designed to operate "dry" (without lubrication). Have you heard this?????
@GunFreak270 No it's not necessary and the manual specifically recommends against it. You can do basic cleaning (bore/barrel, bolt face, etc.) without a full disassembly.
@georgewashington92 I do use ballistol for cleaning, and for lubing on other guns. It's recommended to use grease lubricants like lubriplate or tetra on M1A/M14 type rifles.
great video. i'm not sure exactly how important this is but i've heard that if you hold the rifle upside down when cleaning barral it will keep any lube that you may have used out of the gas tube and piston. i'm no expert but that's what i read. props on explaining things very clearly.
@cydonia21 I'm not an expert by any means, and I hope this doesn't sound like a cop-out, but "when it needs it" is probably the answer. I would say, clean and lube it and listen to what it sounds like. You don't want to hear metal scraping on metal. Also look at the grease that's on there.. if it looks like it has a lot of dirt or brass specs in it, then it probably needs some attention. Keep in mind that you can clean the chamber and bore and somewhat in the action without taking it apart.
@cydonia21 Also if you have a national match model, or if you've had yours bedded, then listen to what Springfield has to say. They don't recommend taking those models apart very often as it will eventually loosen up again and defeat the purpose of bedding it in the first place.
@gwargwar1981 Yeah it sounds strange at first. The reason is that it's not just gas that gets siphoned off, but carbon too. If there's oil in there, the carbon will merge with that and it'll get all gunked up much faster than without.
Anyone know where new brown or green synthetic stocks for the M1A (like the one in this video) can be bought?
Dagger1955 2 months ago in playlist More videos from exodipus
excellent vid man, thanks. i recently picked up a new Socom 16 and i found this helpfull. love this gun and im new to the M1A format
MrLeedleed 3 months ago
Awesome video, thanks {=P
whatever7x7 5 months ago
I noticed your lubricating with "grease".
I have never seen anybody do that before, i also didnt know that anybody made "gun grease". I just use generic gun oil to lubricate my firearms. But the thing is that as of now, my arsenal only consists of 4 pistols and 1 shotgun. Is gun grease a sort of more "heavy duty" lubricant mainly used for rifles? Is there some sort of reason against the use of ordinary gun oil on a battle rifle such as this?
Thanks
2142Unknown 6 months ago
@2142Unknown On an M1A I use grease as I believe that is what was originally intended to be used on this type of rifle. I use lubriplate. You can always check with the manufacturer of your weapon to see what they recommend, or check the manual.
exodipus 5 months ago
@2142Unknown Grease just lasts longer than oil does. Its mostly preference.
John234pwns 3 months ago
The Springfield Armory manual for this rifle (M1A) clearly states that the "chamber" is designed to operate "dry" (without lubrication). Have you heard this?????
harosport87 7 months ago
@harosport87 If you're storing the rifle, oil it. If you're shooting it, run a dry patch through it first.
exodipus 7 months ago
Thanks for you vid. I finally dissembled, and did thorough clean and reassembled.
If it wasn't you vid, I wouldn't feel confident breaking it down.
Thanks again!
knguye11 10 months ago
If you get a chance, can do the instruction vid on how to clean and take down the piston bolt.
knguye11 10 months ago
There's a multi-tool for these rifles that allows you to disassemble the gas system, among other things.
AnimeFanatic5602 1 year ago
@AnimeFanatic5602 Yeah I don't have the multitool but I did pick up a gas tube wrench from Fulton Armory.
exodipus 1 year ago
Should I disassemble my M1A often?
GunFreak270 1 year ago
@GunFreak270 No it's not necessary and the manual specifically recommends against it. You can do basic cleaning (bore/barrel, bolt face, etc.) without a full disassembly.
exodipus 1 year ago
Awesome set of videos. I'm a novice and this helps A LOT!!!
noplateau 1 year ago
Try the old german balistol oil over 100 years old and excellent quality can only recommend it excellent vid thanks
georgewashington92 1 year ago 2
@georgewashington92 I do use ballistol for cleaning, and for lubing on other guns. It's recommended to use grease lubricants like lubriplate or tetra on M1A/M14 type rifles.
exodipus 1 year ago
great video. i'm not sure exactly how important this is but i've heard that if you hold the rifle upside down when cleaning barral it will keep any lube that you may have used out of the gas tube and piston. i'm no expert but that's what i read. props on explaining things very clearly.
ShotgunKirk 1 year ago
@ShotgunKirk Yeah if you aren't taking it completely apart then that's a good idea, I think the manual even says something to that effect.
exodipus 1 year ago
Great Video! Thanks. How often would you say you want to do this? After a certain amount of time or after a certain number of rounds fired?
cydonia21 1 year ago
@cydonia21 I'm not an expert by any means, and I hope this doesn't sound like a cop-out, but "when it needs it" is probably the answer. I would say, clean and lube it and listen to what it sounds like. You don't want to hear metal scraping on metal. Also look at the grease that's on there.. if it looks like it has a lot of dirt or brass specs in it, then it probably needs some attention. Keep in mind that you can clean the chamber and bore and somewhat in the action without taking it apart.
exodipus 1 year ago
@cydonia21 Also if you have a national match model, or if you've had yours bedded, then listen to what Springfield has to say. They don't recommend taking those models apart very often as it will eventually loosen up again and defeat the purpose of bedding it in the first place.
exodipus 1 year ago
nice video...very thorough!
thumbs up
kind of strange that the piston was designed to run dry with no oil.....but i don't know anything about rifles....
gwargwar1981 1 year ago
@gwargwar1981 Yeah it sounds strange at first. The reason is that it's not just gas that gets siphoned off, but carbon too. If there's oil in there, the carbon will merge with that and it'll get all gunked up much faster than without.
exodipus 1 year ago
@exodipus
100% correct, all gas operated guns demand NO oil on the gas piston.
hogenshinyu 1 year ago