To no one in particular;
Before we start down the road that Petroleum based lubes are all wrong or all right for that matter let's get things straight.
It is known that heavy amounts of Petroleum oil and Petroleum packing grease left in the bore when a rile is fired with BP of the replicates the resulting deposits will become a hard almost tar like substance that fills rifling and plugs flash channels. That hard stuff can be very difficult to remove.
And not all oils and/or grease is 100% like a petroleum oil.
Ballistol is Mineral oil based, but the Mineral oil in that product is "severely treaded with water" or Hydrolized oil that readily mixes with water.
Axel Grease of old was heavily based with animal fats, and Water Pump grease is Lithium based.
While many use a gun oil to protect their bores after cleaning, everyone uses some means to remove all or most of the oil before shooting, the factor is how each individual treats his rifle bore and how much oil they use. Some just need a dry patch or two, others need to use a solvent to remove oils,,
I just wanted to add this before new guys read it and get the idea that any or all petroleum oil's and greases will be fine for lubes and end up with fouled bores and flash channels from excess oils/grease left in the rifle.
Not that I mind, I have bought and refurbished many a rifle that's sold because it won't shoot well, only to clean the gunk from the bore and re-sell it at a tidy little profit, :wink:
Before we start down the road that Petroleum based lubes are all wrong or all right for that matter let's get things straight.
It is known that heavy amounts of Petroleum oil and Petroleum packing grease left in the bore when a rile is fired with BP of the replicates the resulting deposits will become a hard almost tar like substance that fills rifling and plugs flash channels. That hard stuff can be very difficult to remove.
And not all oils and/or grease is 100% like a petroleum oil.
Ballistol is Mineral oil based, but the Mineral oil in that product is "severely treaded with water" or Hydrolized oil that readily mixes with water.
Axel Grease of old was heavily based with animal fats, and Water Pump grease is Lithium based.
While many use a gun oil to protect their bores after cleaning, everyone uses some means to remove all or most of the oil before shooting, the factor is how each individual treats his rifle bore and how much oil they use. Some just need a dry patch or two, others need to use a solvent to remove oils,,
I just wanted to add this before new guys read it and get the idea that any or all petroleum oil's and greases will be fine for lubes and end up with fouled bores and flash channels from excess oils/grease left in the rifle.
Not that I mind, I have bought and refurbished many a rifle that's sold because it won't shoot well, only to clean the gunk from the bore and re-sell it at a tidy little profit, :wink:
