How to lubricate your Shotgun. 

Thought what the hell, I’ll click. Rewarded with the most thorough explanation and demonstration of the application of grease on the net. Gotta tip my hat to you!

I'll miss the old intro, but I love this new one. Feels like the beginning of an exciting new chapter to the channel.

Great video. I always pull the chokes and regrease Those as well.

Cheers. Happy to support no nonsense, straightforward talk.

Thanks so much for this! I had no idea where to start with grease and oil, but your demonstration was clear and well-explained. I used a white lithium grease stick and some Rem oil. I think I used too much grease in places where it wasn't needed, but wiped it off. It is a brand new 20 ga OU Beretta, and I was having some trouble breaking it open and closing it. I followed your instructions and now it works like a dream. Also, as some of the other comments mention, you don't come across as a smug know-it-all like so many other videos, and I appreciate that.

This is how the pro's lube em up I clean my guns every time I shoot my team says I'm crazy to clean every time. Been doing it all my life.

I bought a Browning Ultra xs in Nov 2022, I have put a few thousand shells through it, still was stiff as a board, I was using 3 in 1 oil to lubricate it once a week, went online to forums asking for advice on why it's still stiff to break the barrels open, was bombarded with the same advice, buy rubbing compound and polish the contact points to wear them in etc, watched this video and saw the grease so did that today and its now spot on, breaks easily with a flick of the thumb release, well played sir well played indeed.

Great video: delivered with modesty and true experience. Very helpful for a new shooter wishing to preserve his gun for years to come - especially given the cost. Keep up the good work and hope you reach the subscribers target.

Nice my Citori manual states exactly what to grease and what to oil. Nice video spot on.

A no nonsense video gets a thumbs up from me 👍

Cleaning has always been a big part of the fun for me, not sure if that’s weird. Beautiful perazzi

Cheers Lloyd 👍 Any chance you'd do a video on how to set up an adjustable comb and what sight picture to obtain?

Thanks! From USA California, bought a b694 ACS based on your reviews of the 694. Shot it for the first time this weekend, Shoots like a dream. Best Wishes. N

No idea how many arguments I’ve had about using grease vs oil. How folks can’t understand that oil by definition flows as is meant to be replenished from a reservoir is mind boggling. Also it’s important to remember that grease comes in different weights. Generally I use a 0 weight on firearms except for bolt action locking lugs that do see very high sheer forces. A toothpick dab of 3-4 weight grease works well. Generally I like to use Q-tips to apply 👍🏼👍🏼

Another great video, showing how it SHOULD be done, IMHO. I've lubricated my guns this way after every shoot.

Good vid again Lloyd. Now I'm including some parts in lubricating time after shooting season. You have a new subbed. Best regards from South of Spain.

Slick video Lloyd

Great video! I am newb when it comes to the maintenance of o/u; however, your description of of “friction” helped a lot in understanding the points of concern! Even your comments on fore arms was excellent! Thank you and keep up the great work!

From Michigan I thoroughly enjoy your content, i need to set up a station like yours.

Another beast video thanks ! Just bought a brand spanking new 694 and I’m looking for info on how to prepare it for use (remove the shipping grease etc). Thanks !

Have a silver pigeon, gets cleaned every time I use it and use the beretta white grease , everything gets some the fore end latch , behind ejectors , ejector spring on end , around the knuckles , on the locking lugs and around the mating surface ,also feed wood with some beretta wood oil

I would just add a few comments please. 1) I ALWAYS clean my shotgun after every outing. 2) I wipe all mating surfaces( the bearing surfaces) with a clean tissue, even after only a few shots you will see the grease is dirty, dirt equals wear. 3) I recommend SUPER LUBE. multi purpose synthetic grease, it is relatively expensive but lasts YEARS and is clear so you can see the dirt when you wipe the bearing surfaces.. 4) put just the minimum grease on the ejector kickers and other surfaces as no point in wiping the excess off. 5)Remember a lubricant is stopping two surfaces from ACTUALLY touching , there fore minimising wear.

Good simple video on the basics - no one shows you this stuff when you start shooting! Great channel keep it coming

Thank you from Philadelphia. This was very helpful!

brilliant film lloyd,i clean my 525 after every outing.only one thing to mention,at the start of your film,i thought is that brandy or boiled linseed oil,got the answer at the end😂😂.keep up the good work and stay safe.

I was using small drop of oil and grease on my 525 and s×s akkar. This just confirms its fine what I've been doing🤘

Every owners manual says to clean after each use, so I do it 🎉.

Hi, I use a grease product branded as Inox PTFE on all the bearing surfaces where as with sliding parts such as ejectors, choke threads and cocking slides in the receiver, I use an aerosol lithium grease from CRC as it’s the only one in Aus that I can find with a application straw. Without a straw it makes too big a mess. I use lithium grease as it’s rated for high temp and extreme pressure. The Inox MX6 grease is a”clear” food grade product and comes in a small tube.

I use GT85 because its cheap and works well it also contains PTFE, and is safe on wood and plastics, also a bit of Silicon Grease on the joints.

I use parker super lube synthetic grease, and spread it in a thin layer with a paint brush. Change it out every other shooting session.

Grease is cheap, I redo it every time I’ve shot the gun Great video Loyd cheers

Good stuff mate,I enjoy giving mine a good clean after use,got my daughter a little 410 so I end up doing both

Thanks....seen it now and have ordered some, used Blaser own brand on my F3....really expensive

Very much enjoyed the new video Lloyd ! Like the new intro to your fantastic channel I was very lucky to get a trip at Purdey 4 years ago, there I was told vaseline was the best thin to us. So I’ve been us it & it works well sir. My 725 pro sport is deep cleaned every weekend 👍

very well explained. so different in Australia. as always very enjoyable

Great example , keep up the good work from Australia 🇦🇺

Thanks for another good video. One of the sadder things I'd seen shotgun wise was a Citori where the former owner either didn't know about proper care or worse didn't care. Something had gotten into the hinge area and ground a nasty groove into the hinge and barrel where the two meet. I bought the gun after a gunsmith had fixed things up but I was always bothered that damage happened due basic lack of maintenance.

A good phrase I heard, mainly for machinery is : grease is cheaper than metal. Tbh, I clean my gun every time I use it, whether one shot or a hundred shots, I renew the grease every time, it's a tiny bit of extra work for a bit of fresh grease. I f it looks dirty, then there's already crud in there working away like a bit of valve lapping paste....

Excellent video mate...... I just purchased a new Beretta A300 Outlander Semi Auto. So I'll be ordering the grease you recommend. Thank you. 🇬🇧👍🏼🇬🇧

That Perazzi is beautiful

Excellent content...50 or 250...clean them EVERY TIME...a fine shotgun is a legacy...as much proof of your existence on this planet as your children & grandchildren when it’s passed from you to the next generation...

I’m constantly pulling my guns out to admire them practice mounting and what not and make sure there looking good and well oiled if I had the guns you have I might sleep with them lol

Excelente video Lloyd!! Saludos desde Argentina 🇦🇷

Grease on load bearing moving parts, oil on non-load bearing moving parts.

Awesome video! New to the sport, just purchased an ATA 686B 12G over/under shotgun, and have also just watched your comparison and thoughts, again, great unbiased video, newly subscribed 👍 Cheers from Australia

Que un profesional como tu no sepa dónde se engrasan las armas me sorprende,porque dejas de hacerlo en uno de los sitios más importantes, que es en donde el arma realiza el cierre, que es donde, en caso de la perazzi entran los muñones ,es decir la parte trasera del cañón donde se realiza el cierre al entrar la llamada H. Si no se hace, en poco tiempo la palanca de apertura se sitúa en el centro debido al desgaste del cierre, y en ese caso habrá que proceder al cambio de la pieza denominada H. Saludos.

Lloyd as a new shooter I really enjoy your videos and love the gun reviews. Used them to help narrow down my choices of ones to look at so thanks for that. Is the grease in your link still the same stuff as it looks like a big tub compared to yours?

Yeahhh, only half way through but I like this. I will be giving it a go myself thanks mate. Subbed and liked, sent to other shooting friends.

Thank you! I use Super Lube. Also PTFE based grease.

Love the new intro Lloyd

thanks and it showed me Im doing it correctly for my DT11.

Hi Lloyd thanks for the reply I think in the uk Rizzini is still very game gun orientated in the uk I think you would like BR as you seem to like the bigger clay guns. I also like to shoot something a bit different that you don’t see very often on the clay grounds I like the drop out tigger 10mm parallel took a bit of getting use to. I’ve had a lot of the really good clay guns F3 pro dt10 & invictius. Guns are like whisky they are all good but some are better the others. Cheers Greg

Great video! Nice Browning. I just recently got a Browning Citori CXS. Just joined your Patreon. :-)

Good advice! However, you must change your oil!!!! In the last 20 years there has been significant improvement in lubricants! Oil is CHEAP when compared to a Perazzi. Cheers. Good shooting and Merry Christmas.

Thanks, great content. Cheers mate

good vid Lloyd, the perazzi is looking FINE!

American over here. Subscribed. Most of my friends also. Thanks for the vids during the rediculous lockdowns.

Thank you - useful stuff. What about hammers, sears safety etc though?

Cheers, Lloyd. Yank from Florida, USA here. Nice video; I like your style of explaining things . I have a Browning Lightning Sporting Clay's 12 GA. that I bought new about 2 decades or so ago. I haven't shot it for about 10 years, but prior to that, used it weekly for sporting clays and 5-stand. It probably has had a couple thousand shells through it, mostly Remington Dove & Quail field loads. The gun has been well maintained, and properly lubricated, but has never really loosened up... The hinge is almost as stiff today as when I first brought it home. I'm reluctant to have anyone "loosen" it up, since I'm concerned that they might overdo it. The gun shoots really well (I did respectably well in many competitions) and I'm planning on getting back into the sport. Any suggestions?

Fairly sure I was already subbed, but on checking, I wasn’t. Now fixed. A good video, Lloyd. Thank you. A question please if I may? Cleaning choke threads, how? Especially the internal threads inside the barrel? Your adventure would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Can you do a clean vid on semi auto 12 gauge. Thanks Lloyd. Bob

Grease or oil I don’t care folks but you need to do it. Recently found tiny orange specks deep inside on the hinge pins. Broken clays obviously so don’t assume it never happens clean and lube your guns you paid hard earned money for them.

Great video Lloyd ! Thank you ! What kind of grease did you use? Just some regular gun grease?

Hi Lloyd, a wise man told me to look for Pronatur engineer grease, which is what yours looks like (but can't find it anywhere to buy!). The stuff in your link isn't the same. Any tips on where to get the same stuff as you, as I've heard it's the nuts! Loving the content, 20 vids down, plenty more to go :D Oh, and congrats on breaking the 10k mark! :D

Great information. Cheers!

Thanks again Lloyd for doing this video after I asked the question on your Q&A very useful

yup, new intro music spot on..

Bit of advice please, the brake action lever on my 912k is very stiff and sticky. I do clean it reguarly and lightly lube it every other time i shoot

Nice video, thank you for your efforts. I have a question please. I can not get that grease you mentioned, but could I use the "Mobil XHP222" grease (the blue one)?

Thanks for this one.

Lloyd, good quick video. I started lubing, then moved to oil. Think I'd best go back to lube. Question - can you do a video for storing a gun long term?? I've got my SxS that I want to hand down to my lad, but that won't be for poss 5 years.

Thanks for this informative video!

3:40 Lube barrel 4:30 Lube action 4:59 Lube forend

Hi Lloyd great channel and information being passed on thank you. Quick question where do you get your grease from please. Cheers Andy

Great video What do you do with the chokes and how often do you remove and re-grease/oil them

Where do you get your grease from, and what brand? Please

Where can I find this grease in Canada? Can you recommend similar product, because Comma GR2500G Multi-Purpose Lithium Grease is not available right now in Canada. Thanks.

Lloyd great vid again the grease you use where when what and how much cheers

I imagine the internals of the action (hammers, inertia block, etc) just get some machine oil once a year?

Thanks for the info... good advice. Subbed!

I bought the 725 Sporting a year ago or so and it's been super tight since day one. I have oiled and greased as you have shown here too. In fact a friend of mine bought one on the same day as I did from the same shop and his was so tight that a piece of the wood from the forearm broke off as he was detaching the barrell from the action. Now he has to send the entire gun back to Browning. Is this level of tightness normal? We have both shot 1000 rounds or more and they have barely loosened up.

Having trouble finding the clear engineering grease you mention in your excellent video. Can you confirm the name and/or provide a weblink please - thanks :-)

I think you used the term 'engineering grease' but what is it and where do we get it? Is it an over the counter item which has a brand name or type? Good video though and as I have the same Browning I took extra attention.

I USE A Q TIP, WORKS REAL WELL!!

Hi Lloyd really enjoy your channel thought about doing it myself, but after watching your lockdown chat with Johnny from TGS our shooting background sound very familiar especially when you spoke about handguns as that was my main passion to handed in 14 pistol/ revolvers as I shot police pistol 1500 service A & B etc.. Still do firearms but claying is what I’m competitive at theses days I would be interested if you ever get a chance to review a Rizzini BR440 or 460 as I’ve just picked up a 440 32 inch adjustable sporter ,Rizzini not so big for comp guns in the uk. Im interested on your thoughts and also the TGS yildz pro black looks fantastic for the money although not seen one to handle yet but seems a lot of gun for the cash, would love to come up to Bywell sometime for a shoot & a chat. All the Best Greg

Thanks Lloyd. Just subscribed. Any chance on how you clean your barrel and chokes. I clean mine and my wife’s o/u after every outing. Only cleaning I do she says. 🙄

Where did you get that grease from? What brand is it? Looks a lot like the stuff that came in a little pot with my F3

Evenin' Lloyd. Popping into say hi now that subscribed. Browning man? Well done :D I use Tetra but have seen some wear marks appear on the 525 over the 5 years I've had it. Would you recommend regular grease over this ?

Many thanks for the informative video. How do you clean off the grease if it gets dirty?

Enjoy your new intro... I realize I wish I knew what you forgot... as a rule of thumb ... follow manufacturers recommendations

Thanks for the information.

You look like Razor Rudock , Great vid ,new sub

I recently got my License and I am watching all your video. Your content is great and I am so fortunate that i have opportunity to learn from your experience!! Thank you so much And if you could advise I am in market for Shotgun and i have shortlisted DT11 & Perazzi. What do you prefer?

How can I get the grease recommended here in the USA? Just found your channel and enjoy it.

Have you tried shooters gold it was developed for the military its great i have DT 11 I found out the easy way to take out trigger just the same way you did but you don't need the barrels on and it comes right out and in thanks love your RU-vid videos ☝️☝️☝️

Just a thought do you use an oily rag to wipe down the barrels before you put them to bed?

Good content as always mate, you usually find people either have a dry as a bone gun or it's the exxon valdez, how often do you break down to the action and clean/lubricate?

What kind of grease do you use and where do you purchase this from? Dave.

Great video. Just a question. In dusty desert conditions like military use or hunting. Would you run your guns dry, or lightly grease sliding components? From South Africa 🇿🇦

Great video as always! I clean my guns after every shooting at the ground or hunting, many times i find it hard to clean fouling inside the barrel, gunpowder or wad marks, is there an easy way to clean the barrels? I am using the Napier rod and brass brushes