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Grease v Oil

Bassbob said:
I use Lucas ED too. I'm looking for something more semi fluid really.
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Maybe try Fire Clean. I used to use it years ago.

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Bassbob said:
As much as I would love to say I started this thread to invoke brutal debate, in fact I did not. I started this thread because there is a handful or two of guys here that really know AR-15s ( I do not count myself among them incidentally) and I have read a few articles lately about using grease on very specific parts of the Bolt carrier and bolt as well as the mating surfaces on the upper receiver. Assumably we are not talking about grease on the gas rings, extractor, locking lugs or firing pin, but primarily the rails, sides of the gas key, cam channel and upper half of the cam pin. I would also assume cold weather would not be a condition one would use grease in.

And hey, if a fight breaks out that's just icing on the cake.


For the record I have always used SEAL 1 or bore solvent, followed by gun oil or CLP in the barrel and CLP everywhere else.
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Bassbob, I know you are probably tired of this topic now but when I read your posts I reached out to my son who deployed with 5th Group SF several times to Afghanistan to see what they use. They saw their share of combat mostly direct action ops. So, the Army issues a CLP called Radcolube to all soldiers. He said it works OK but you need a lot of it and it does not adhere well to moving parts very good. The guys that buy their own stuff including him was Weapon Shield or Pro Shot CLP and grease. They would use this on their M4’s and the squad automatic weapons the 240 and 249. For the MK19 and 50 cals it was some kind of thick white grease unknown brand. He said that on all moving/sliding parts they used the grease and everything else was CLP. He added that the Ranger units also get there own products but he was not sure what brand it was. He did tell me that on earlier deployments he and others used the Frog lube and it was terrible. I hope this helps as these guys have deployed and used these products first hand and would know and be honest as to the results in combat.
 
Honorman said:
Bassbob, I know you are probably tired of this topic now but when I read your posts I reached out to my son who deployed with 5th Group SF several times to Afghanistan to see what they use. They saw their share of combat mostly direct action ops. So, the Army issues a CLP called Radcolube to all soldiers. He said it works OK but you need a lot of it and it does not adhere well to moving parts very good. The guys that buy their own stuff including him was Weapon Shield or Pro Shot CLP and grease. They would use this on their M4’s and the squad automatic weapons the 240 and 249. For the MK19 and 50 cals it was some kind of thick white grease unknown brand. He said that on all moving/sliding parts they used the grease and everything else was CLP. He added that the Ranger units also get there own products but he was not sure what brand it was. He did tell me that on earlier deployments he and others used the Frog lube and it was terrible. I hope this helps as these guys have deployed and used these products first hand and would know and be honest as to the results in combat.
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I use and like Weapon Shield. I only put a little grease on slide rails. Something about putting grease on an (AR) bolt just doesn't seem ok to me. I did try something with the Seal 1 which I haven't done before and that is to put a little on a rag and wipe down the barrels of a few of my (striker) handguns with it. Wiping off the excess, but leaving a light coat. I'll see how it reacts over time and then decide if I want to do something similar on some BCGs.
 
Bassbob said:
I use and like Weapon Shield. I only put a little grease on slide rails. Something about putting grease on an (AR) bolt just doesn't seem ok to me. I did try something with the Seal 1 which I haven't done before and that is to put a little on a rag and wipe down the barrels of a few of my (striker) handguns with it. Wiping off the excess, but leaving a light coat. I'll see how it reacts over time and then decide if I want to do something similar on some BCGs.
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Sounds good brother don’t mean to bug you I just that info would be useful.
 
Honorman said:
Sounds good brother don’t mean to bug you I just that info would be useful.
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You ain't bugging me my man. I started this thread to get all the info I could about it. I'd still like to get a hold of some of that LSA just to see for myself. Lots of people seem to like it.

In reality I have been using mostly Lucas Extreme CLP on all my ARs for a few years now and it works just fine. So it's really more of a solution looking for a problem I suppose.
 
Bassbob said:
You ain't bugging me my man. I started this thread to get all the info I could about it. I'd still like to get a hold of some of that LSA just to see for myself. Lots of people seem to like it.

In reality I have been using mostly Lucas Extreme CLP on all my ARs for a few years now and it works just fine. So it's really more of a solution looking for a problem I suppose.
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OK brother my best to you
 
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