My thoughts on AR-15 Lubrication

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[svt283]

What is this best for are guns? Slip 2000? Mobil 1? Or this stuff? :)

[PackPractical]

@svt283 both work equally well.

[pnq8787]

What should you use if you are in freezing conditions?

[PackPractical]

@pnq8787 If you are going to be in freezing conditions, I would probably want to use more of a liquid lube, or a thinner grease type lube. Then again, once you fire the gun a time or two, the gun and bolt start warming up nicely.

[PrinceMustDie666]

Packpractical i have read posts on other sites about using grease. A lot of people claim grease is too thick and noticably slows the bolt movement and some think it can even cause short cycles. Almost everybody has praise for mobil 1 oil and a lot of people use that instead, and many say never use grease. What is your opinion?

[PackPractical]

@PrinceMustDie666 the Mobil 1 is a great option too. In the end, oil all does the same thing.... it increases lubricity on the contacting parts. yes grease slows down the bolt more so than using oil, but grease will stay in place much better than oil. Grease is always greasy, but oil can sometimes dry :) I think that unless you are totally stupid with the amount of grease you use, there is no way to cause a short stroke on a properly build AR with factory ammo.

[ThermalSh0ck]

Heck I might give this a try

[mausershooter100]

The auto grease I have is quite flammable. Burns as easy as kerosene. No danger of the ar's gas igniting something like that?

[svt283]

I'm going to try them thanks for the info

[PackPractical]

@TexasDistortion when all the piston kits stop using proprietary parts and use standard readily available parts, then yes, that would work.

[TexasDistortion]

buy a short stroke piston system and be done with it.