Just like grandfather taught me, mineral oil and paint thinner. When I inherited his 1915 Favorite and the Ben Franklin .22, they were in great shape even after being stored in an unheated cottage for 50 years after he passed. Thanks for keeping the old ways alive.
GunBlue, you are indeed the guru of all things GUN. I love your emphatic, no-nonsense approach to such issues as "how to oil a gun." You are the master of the K.I.S.S. method.
I’m happy to see you my dear friend that you are happy and healthy thank you for sharing your knowledge with us so thankful for you god bless you and your family looking forward for your next video
I echo, it's good to see a new video from you, even though you already have a few on this subject. You deserve a million subs for the amount of expert advice that you have provided us over the years. I admit, I was in the camp of high-priced designer oils, and over oilers until you came around. I bought two, one-quart cans of LSA within minutes of posting a video on it. It has become more expensive since then, I have given a fair amount to friends and family, and I'm only about halfway through the first can. Thanks for the new post. Your expertise never gets old..
I was a munitions/weapons specialist in the Airforce. My father was a .50 gunner in WWII. He also spent most of his life working and hunting with firearms. The one thing he always said, emphatically and was reiterated to me in the military was that a weapon was "stored oiled and ran dry" (clean and wiped thoroughly with oil, inside and out). If it was stored in an oil cloth as you have there, just wipe down the parts w/wrap before using/after storing and, as you say, "a drop of oil on the slide/action and you're good to go." This has proven true and effective my whole life. Never any premature wear on friction parts and any few malfunctions limited to ammo issues. 😊
I watched your video on AR cleaning & lubricating. Ive never heard of LSA up till then. I ordered a quart of it & went by the Bushmaster manufacturers recommendations posted in the manual. That LSA is great stuff!! I noticed how much easier it was to clean it after using LSA. Thanks for that!!
Great advice. Most newcomers always over oil their firearms....I was guilty at first. Then I watched video from guys like you and now I have oil that will last 10 lifetimes.
Excellent advice sir. Glad to see you back. Hope your summer was great. I got to spend time with all of my 12 grandkids and their energy makes me feel old. LOL But well worth it. The first thing they usually say when getting out of the car is "can we shoot guns granddad?" to which I always say "you bet!". With oiling firearms my granddad always said " less is more".
Back in 1974 in Army Basic they taught us to buy a Shaving Brush to apply a very thin coat of oil .I've been doing this ever since and always had good results.
With all we have these days, for everything, it's easy to sit in one spot spinning your wheels while thinking you're making progress. I think the smartest folks in our newest generations will be the ones who actually learn to balance all of the new tech with the great knowledge and wisdom that has come from all the previous generations. Wonderful video.
about 6 months ago I bought a S&W model 57 a beautiful gun. I have not shot it yet because I wasn't sure what I needed to oil you cleared it up for me. thank you
Glad to hear from you again. Your advice about not over-oiling your firearm is golden! Every tip you gave in this post was clear and easy to understand. The flannel wiping cloth has been one of my mainstays forever. As always, you give any gun owner what he/she needs to know about handgun care! Glad to see a new post from you. I hope Murphy’s doing well, take care and be well!
So glad you posted one like this again. I remember about 4-years ago or so watching one of your videos and you were talking and educating about the exact same thing. I've even talked to friends of mine and people I'd see around and when this topic came up I'd tell them about you and what you suggest, I've been doing this to my firearms a few years now and there's been a few give me a hard time over it:) HA! They'd say, 'well that might be all you put on your guns but mine's gonna need a little bit more loving...' or something like that. I knew I understood you the first time around and food safe mineral oil is the wiseman's gun oil:) HA! Nice to see another fine video...
Only semiautomatics I own are my Ruger Mark 1 & 2 .22 pistols. Just wipe them with my tattered old Silicone gun cloth I've had since about 1980. Some time around '82 or '83, I remember accidentally dropping it in a pan of Hoppe's #9. I wrung...wringed...wrang... whatever...it out and hung it up to dry. That wonderful smell lingered in my garage for weeks, as I recall! Still using it!! Never have cleaned the bore. Still more accurate than a rifle. For my revolvers, a one minute dunk and swish in #2 Diesel fuel, which is ESSENTIALLY 5 or 6 parts kerosene and 1 part mineral oil. Let it air dry on a stack of newspapers, preferably a newspaper with an extremely anti-gun editorial policy. The diesel evaporates, leaving a thin film of oil. Wipe off the exterior with the 44 year old rag. Lead in the barrel? ONE swipe with the old Lewis Lead Remover. If it works, don't fix it!!🥸 Thank you Mr. GunBlue for sharing your knowledge and years of experience with us. MAGA
I use 4 tiny drops of wilson combat ultima lube on all my semi auto handgun rails. Works great and it's thick enough to stay where I want it without making a dirt collecting mess like less viscous oils do.
I concur with you completely on lubricants. I learned in the Marines 50 years ago about the dangers of over-lubrication. Seized actions serve no one. By the way, my Nam friend, I would still like your input on how best to address an “idiot scratch” on a blued Colt 1911. Any words you have in that respect would be appreciated. 🇺🇸
Thanks and good to hear from you. Oh, boy. Such scratches are really a heartbreak. I'm afraid that the only acceptable solution is to have the factory refinish it, if they do such work. It's the best way.
I have enjoyed your videos for a long time. Thank you for all the information. I appreciate you. I live in the heart of the Redwood country in Humboldt County. I have collected a lot of beautiful tiger stripe curly redwood that I would like to send to your friend no charge. I would just like to help him out, I would get a kick out of it
So many YT channels advising people to use much more oil on their firearms. One even recommends grease on your AR-15. I went through the trial and error of gun oils, and basically, settled on one lubricant, Gunzilla, which will actually dry to a slippery film. Who wants gun oil in their pants when you are concealing your firearm. I stopped trying different lubricants after watching you lube your AR-15, with LSA lube, and seeing the small amount of it you used. Have seen some of those old rifles with the oil stained stocks from the oil running out of the action and into the wood stock during storage.
Wheel bearing grease is stiffened oil. It's unnecessarily messy and can inhibit the operation of parts. It's used on wheels because it remains in place on parts under rotational forces.
How you go about oiling an antique firearm where the steel is nowhere near the same hardness as modern guns? I ask this because I have a 1907 mfg win 94.
Despite having fewer hardened parts, they perform just as reliably and require no different care. Oil has destroyed countless millions of stocks on rifles by dry rot. In general, apply oil with a cloth and never oil a moving part more than the oil that will fit on the end of a needle. I'll do another video on such rifles soon.
Just remember this, guns like a Glock need even less oil than you watched in this one, same with my Sig hard plastic just a good wipe down with a 100 percent flannel cotton rag, and if you have to use a drop or two of oil just along the slide as you watched Gunblue 490.
Love ya ol buddie. Remind me so much of my uncle that got me into guns. Btw my nickel mod29 needs those grips yours has. -3….8 3/8’s. I bet you’d like this fn special police .308 ol friend sold me….man what a tack driver..🫡matt
