5w20 synthetic motor oil

[meb351]

I ran out of CLP and needed to clean my AR. All I had was some of that High Performance Royal Purple Synthetic and hardly used any to lube it. Everything seems very smooth so we shall see.

[General Geoff]

Agreed with these folks, synthetic motor oil is, if anything, overkill for use on guns. And cheaper than oil marketed for use as gun lubricant to boot.

[billt]

All the lubricant any firearm will ever need. Bill T.

[mak47]

I don't see why it would cause any problems, but it won't affect the heat situation. That's just typical of AK's. Really of all guns, but you notice it more because AK's aren't exactly designed with comfort and ergonomics in mind.

If you want to avoid the heat, you can get polymer furniture from K-Var that has a heat shield built into the handguard.

I don't see how the oil would hurt anything, I'm sure it would be an effective lubricant, just won't help the heat situation.

[Datkid]

I used it on my ak today and lemme tell you there was a difference. It came with some grease when I bought which I thought wa good but when I put the motor oil on it, racking it was really smooth. I like it. I put 100 rounds down range, no problems at all.

[Datkid]

&& if anyone cares, I was shooting Justin Bieber

[Sikth]

I've been using 0W-30 Mobil 1 to lube the bolt in my AR with no problems! IMO it works a lot better than Breakfree CLP.

[Tim Ault]

I think the sooner people realize that oil is oil and grease is grease life will be cheaper. Granted, some oils have different purposes, but for what we do, motor oil and bearing grease is pretty decent. Grease can be a little more tricky, but still can be cheaper.

What people fail to see is a gun is a machine, like a car or bike. Moving parts on the car are faster, tighter, and just as hot. What makes motor oil bad?

YES ! exactly correct firearms are no different than any other machine with moving parts and exposed to the elements. It kill me to see what all these special "gun" lubes cost. A quart of oil and a tube of bearing grease are 5 lifetime supplies of lube.

[Captain Emo]

I just lubed my 1871 mauser with Mobile 1. It was handy and will do a fine job.

Now, I see AMSOIL advertised here. I changed the dif and tranny fluid in my wife's BMW last fall with AMSOIL. It was like I got a new car. Seriously, it was that good.

[Greywolf]

I use synthetic motor oil. My choice is 5W50, although that's hard to find and IF I ever run out of the two quarts I have, I may have to default to 10W40. I transfer it to a small needle oiler bottle from Brownells and add in some powdered molybdenum disulphide. IMHO it's far superior to any "gun" oil on the market.