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Synthetic Motor Oil as a Gun Lubricant
« on: September 06, 2012, 11:34:44 AM »
Thought I would share this letter with all of you in regards to oiling/maintaining an AR-15.

http://www.survivalblog.com/2012/09/letter-re-synthetic-motor-oil-as-a-gun-lubricant-in-teotwawki.html
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Re: Synthetic Motor Oil as a Gun Lubricant
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2012, 01:45:00 PM »
As someone who has been using CLP for a few years now, it looks like I might be trying new things..... Thanks for the interesting article.
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Re: Synthetic Motor Oil as a Gun Lubricant
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2012, 03:36:51 PM »
I'm going to try this out, it seems like an interesting way to clean your AR.
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Re: Synthetic Motor Oil as a Gun Lubricant
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2012, 08:46:45 PM »
It's a lubricant made to operate in a high-heat, high-friction, piston-driven environment powered by near-explosive combustion and full of carbon fouling. Sounds like a gun to me.

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Re: Synthetic Motor Oil as a Gun Lubricant
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2012, 08:54:44 PM »
You can use vagisil too. Anything slippery as long as you have enough of it.


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Re: Synthetic Motor Oil as a Gun Lubricant
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2012, 08:55:55 PM »
You can use vagisil too. Anything slippery as long as you have enough of it.
   I might have to try that
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Re: Synthetic Motor Oil as a Gun Lubricant
« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2012, 08:59:01 PM »
You can use vagisil too. Anything slippery as long as you have enough of it.

I do have a lot of Vagisil lying around...
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