Last sub zero temps here I discovered Rig Grease, while great for staying put were applied, caused malfunctions when cold. Going to leave a similar gun to my carry gun in the wood shed Tues night and shoot it Wednesday morning. Lube is going to be simple Hoppes gun oil. If that fails I may try thr Otis cpl stuff on Thursday morning. Anyone do this or am I a nut? I just want to make sure, if needed, the gun goes bang as many times as it needs to.
I use very little lube on my carry guns. That being said, just about any light oil will work. Buy a quart of synthetic ATF and a needle oiler. It will work just fine, and you'll not have to buy gun oil for the next 20 years.
Light use of hoppes or light use of rem oil work for me. I clean my daily carry about once a week if I don't fire her. Lint,dust and wood shavings build up in mine over the week, I try to blow it off by mouth before it goes in my waist band every time. But anyway it seems the less lube on a clean gun the better when it's cold
I use a product called- Magnalube=G. Good down to -50 deg. My hunting rifles get that for the bolts/ FP springs. Doesn't take much, just a dab will do ya.
Never did update this. It didn't get as cold has they were predicting that night. I think, if I remember right, it got down to a low of -3°. By the time it got light enough to shoot it was 5ish. Hoppes worked fine at those temps. Maybe it will get cooler next winter.
After my arm surgery and for about a year I couldn't rack a semi auto so sold my herd and reverted back to what I started with in the Sheriff's Posse, wheel guns. Carry what works best and practice with what you carry. I am a minimalist with lube. Not in firewood though!!!!!!
I've always used Hoppes gun oil. The field wipes are my favorite as they are very easy to get a thin coat of oil on everything quickly and evenly.
One on the way for WWW, thanks I hit a clearance sale on pre-oiled wipes years ago and loaded him up, (no idea of the cold rating) but they are now gone and it's MUCH colder here than down there.
Saw a whole case of this at an estate sale last summer for a few bucks. Didn't buy it and now kicking myself. Big demand in some areas!
I use Slip 2000, it’s a CLP, if I remember correctly it’s good to somewhere south of -100*F to north of +1,000*F. There are plenty of good extreme cold weather mil-spec CLP out there.
