What oil to use on a firearm is one of those things that we will be arguing about forever.'
To throw another possibility into the fray that I don't think has been mentioned, I like to use Mil-Comm MC-3000. Mil-Comm describes it as a "semi-fluid lubricant". I call it a cross between oil and grease because it's fluid like an oil, but has a little thicker viscosity like a grease.
It's not like some grease which can be pasty, but more like a thicker oil. So it doesn't dissipate and vanish like regular oil, but then it isn't pasty like a grease that can attract dirt and debris and hold it. It isn't thick enough to behave like a grease, but can be applied by the drop just like oil.
I like to use it on slide rails because it remains there longer, but doesn't quite cause the drag that a grease can especially on some guns like CZs and 1911s, or 2011s where they have precision fit full length slide/frame rails. I even use it on polymer pistols in combination with a grease by putting a dab of Mil-Comm TW25 grease on the actual frame rail lugs and then using the MC-3000 on the actual slide rail. For me it gives the performance of a good oil without the potential problems caused by a heavy grease.
Maybe I go overboard, but I generally use three different lubricants on most firearms. A very thin bead of TW25 grease on frame rails, Mil-Comm MC-3000 on the slide rail or any other place that you want a slightly thicker lubricant that doesn't disappear, and Mil-Comm TW2500 oil on most anything else that you want a thin coat of oil on.
What works for me might not work for everyone, so let the controversy continue.
To throw another possibility into the fray that I don't think has been mentioned, I like to use Mil-Comm MC-3000. Mil-Comm describes it as a "semi-fluid lubricant". I call it a cross between oil and grease because it's fluid like an oil, but has a little thicker viscosity like a grease.
It's not like some grease which can be pasty, but more like a thicker oil. So it doesn't dissipate and vanish like regular oil, but then it isn't pasty like a grease that can attract dirt and debris and hold it. It isn't thick enough to behave like a grease, but can be applied by the drop just like oil.
I like to use it on slide rails because it remains there longer, but doesn't quite cause the drag that a grease can especially on some guns like CZs and 1911s, or 2011s where they have precision fit full length slide/frame rails. I even use it on polymer pistols in combination with a grease by putting a dab of Mil-Comm TW25 grease on the actual frame rail lugs and then using the MC-3000 on the actual slide rail. For me it gives the performance of a good oil without the potential problems caused by a heavy grease.
Maybe I go overboard, but I generally use three different lubricants on most firearms. A very thin bead of TW25 grease on frame rails, Mil-Comm MC-3000 on the slide rail or any other place that you want a slightly thicker lubricant that doesn't disappear, and Mil-Comm TW2500 oil on most anything else that you want a thin coat of oil on.
What works for me might not work for everyone, so let the controversy continue.
