Gun Oil

[Carl Aldridge]

I have used FP-10 gun oil on my smokeless powder firearms with good results. Is this a good oil to use on blackpowder arms after cleaning ie. in the bore or the lockwork and all metal surfaces?

 

[musketman]

I have used FP-10 gun oil on my smokeless powder firearms with good results. Is this a good oil to use on blackpowder arms after cleaning ie. in the bore or the lockwork and all metal surfaces?

:imo: Any oil is better than none...

Once cleaned, black powder guns and centerfire guns are the same, guns made of metal... Oil them up...

Now, location is another thing, light oils work better in colder climates than heavier oils, oils that gum up will slow down a lock's action in freezing conditions...

 

[Slowpoke]

I use 10w-30 after I clean my rifles. I prefer Quaker State but I suppose you could use Valvoline if you were in a pinch. Or, you can be a sissy and use RIG.

SP

 

[cayugad]

Birchwood Casey Sheath or REM OIL with teflon for me and my rifles...

 

[Carl Aldridge]

FP-10(Fire Power-10)has an ingredient that bonds to steel and makes it slicker. It reduces copper fouling in centerfire rifles and when used as a cleaner it will remove lead fouling.When I originally posted this question I was wondering if the treatment in this lubricant would in any way react with blackpowder fouling and do harm to my bore. This is not a teflon based lubricant. Any insight on this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[leadball]

olive oil or vegetable oil in mine. Just make sure it has no sodium in the ingredients. when lubing for hunting, i clean said oil out and lube the bore with wwhats on my patch. vegetable or olive oil is for storing.

 

[jrdavis]

most vegetable oils gum up over time...do you just put it in your bore only or on your lock also? I've cleaned a lot of guns that people have brought me, with vetgable dried in them. Sure gums up the works!

 

[Markwhiz]

Roarin'54..........

I've been using FP-10 and Mili-tec oil in my Knight for over a year and have had absolutely no problems with doing so. Being More of a CLP product, they tend to not stay wet for extended periods of time, so if stored for long periods of time without use, running a fresh patch of it thru every month or 2 wouldn't be a bad idea.

Before I shoot, I do wipe out any of the lube with dry and alcohol-wetted patches - so the barrel is clean & dry for the first shot.

 

[roundball]

Nothing but natural Lube 1000 in the bores, military medium weapons oil everywhere else