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Old07-06-2011, 01:22 AM #1
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What is the difference between gun grease and lubricating oil? What are they for and when would one use one over the other?
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Different parts require different lubes. Gun oil is a liquid at room temp. Gun grease- think of Crisco or vaseline.
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at the end of the day I bought a base Hoppe's cleaning kit, it has solvent, a spray oil, and a gun grease. I just want to know what to clean my 1911 with and with what grease, oil, solvent to use what on what on.

I cleaned the whole field strip with solvent, put a thin layer and wiped it off of oil, but left enough to know that oil had been there, and put grease on things that go click.
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http://www.firearmstalk.com/forums/f15/oil-firearms-18219/#post161729

http://www.firearmstalk.com/forums/f18/what-your-favorite-gun-lube-27562/#post290429

http://www.firearmstalk.com/forums/f57/tools-response-1911-lapping-sticky-39165/#post455603

http://www.firearmstalk.com/forums/f12/what-do-you-use-clean-lube-your-gun-4644/#post25591

http://www.firearmstalk.com/forums/f57/just-got-my-springer-1911-what-else-do-i-need-38560/#post446741

http://www.firearmstalk.com/forums/f33/help-please-13168/#post98003

http://www.firearmstalk.com/forums/f51/say-i-have-no-gun-oil-what-do-i-do-35811/#post406102

http://www.firearmstalk.com/forums/f14/gun-cleaning-lubing-34726/#post391534

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Grease has no place on the AR Rifle!Good Lube only!

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Grease has no place on the AR Rifle!Good Lube only!

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Great to know!!! Good thing I'm cleaning a 1911 pistol than lol!
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