lock lubrication

[Yankee]

What is your preferred lubrication for internal and external lock parts?

 

[akroguy]

Grease on internal parts and a little light oil on the frizzen bolt. A dab of grease goes on the frizzen foot where it bears upon the spring. In general, if it slides grease it. If it rotates, oil it. Not a matter of high importance just use something but not in excess so you don’t end up oil soaking your stock.

 

[Grimord]

In the warmer months I do as Akroguy does, but in the colder months I use graphite on the internal parts so as not to stiffen up in sub freezing weather.

 

[ADK Bigfoot]

I use a drop of oil on the internal moving parts after cleaning, and a dab of all-temp grease under the frizzen toe. The only time I have had a frizzen fail to snap open (other than a dead flint) is when I forgot to lube that toe.

ADK Bigfoot

 

[Phil Coffins]

Break Free CLP as needed on most metal and Mobile 1 grease where grease is desired.

 

[James S]

Graphite with a small amount of oil this time of year.

 

[Pete G]

If it slides, grease
If it rotates, oil

 

[hanshi]

With my locks a diet of a good gun oil for all these uses works fine.

 

[Flintlock]

Olive oil, it's what I use on my patches, bore lube and lock. My guns get used and cleaned a lot otherwise they would get white lithium grease or a dab of motor oil now and then.

 

[LongWalker]

Remember those little cups of grease they used to issue with the M1 Garand? For almost 40 years now I've been using that grease to lube the frizzen toe, just a tiny bit at a time.

 

[TDM]

If it slides, grease
If it rotates, oil

Can’t go wrong doing this as has been said above.

 

[ohio ramrod]

For locks I prefer the old time premium oil : "Sperm Whale Oil" NASA even used it to lubricate the bearings in the Hubble telescope. While you can't buy the real stuff anymore unless it is documented to be "pre 1968" Dixie sells a synthetic made from jobolo beans that is quite effective.I have both the real stuff and the synthetic and can't tell the difference in using it.

 

[Yewbender]

Bear oil/grease

 

[Snydly]

For locks I prefer the old time premium oil : "Sperm Whale Oil" NASA even used it to lubricate the bearings in the Hubble telescope. While you can't buy the real stuff anymore unless it is documented to be "pre 1968" Dixie sells a synthetic made from jobolo beans that is quite effective.I have both the real stuff and the synthetic and can't tell the difference in using it.

I still have about a third of a cup of Sperm whale oil. Been using it extremely frugally . So very slick that a patch lubed in Jan will still be slick in Dec.!