grease vs gun oil?

[jeepster]

im in the garage as im typing this disassembling my benelli nova and instead of simply oiling the bolt and carrier im putting white grease in the reciever.... makes more sence to keep water out.... im kind of a fumblefock and have dropped my gun in the water a few times....

to me makes more sence to grease the reciever than oil it.....



whats your guys oppinions/thoughts/experiance

i figure grease will last longer than oil and will keep water out alot longer... the nova has a plastic reciever.... only metal on the gun is the barrel and bolt

[shoot-em-dead]

 

[washelkhntr]

Tell us your not serious about this. I would use Break Free or WD-40 before I put grease of any kind on/in a gun. 

[Jamieb]

I never put grease in a gun.
I'd think it would gunk up pretty fast, dirt,dust,sand, or anything would stick to the grease.

[Armadillo]

 

[JackOfAllTrades]

Jeepster.. Get yourself some Breakfree spray lube. Grease is too thick, for many of the reasons listed above, but more in that when it's cold, will actually not lube as well as you'd hope. White grease in an outdrive is pumped in to fill the cavity completely, sort of under pressure. (Heavy grease is fine for wheel bearings, but not shotgun actions) It's too thick and will congregate in pockets of the machining and gaps of the action and not flow to the surfaces of the moving parts that are sliding against each other. You want something a lot thinner. If you want.. ATF or Mobile One synthetic motor oil would do fine too. A really good lube for shotties is Gun Slick spray.

-Steve

[FC]

White grease is pretty light stuff, as long as you don't get crazy with it you will be fine. My Sig has been heavily function tested down to about 15 degrees with moly wheel bearing grease as has my AR and my Baikal shotgun. There are some lighter more viscous greases made specifically for guns, you might look around and try some. If you are really worried about your gun malfunctioning you can always take a couple of rags with you and a can of CLP or whatever you've used in the past.

[rasbo]

no grease just breakfree

[BLKBEARKLR]

not only will it gunk up, but it the wrong sonditions, like cold it can actually freeze up.

[uplandhunter870]

not sure how bent you are on greasing the receiver, personally i wouldnt as it could cause the action to gum up and not cycle in a semi, but if it were me id use STOS.  used it when i was shooting a lot of trap, its a very thin food based grease. i use STOS on my krieghoff and SKB trap guns the stuff works greats its slicker than oil and stays put. you can find it on ponsness/warren's shotshell reloaders website not sure if a sporting shop would carry it its kind of a niche item

[WDFW-SUX]

I use grease/ break free on one of my shotguns works real good.

[jeepster]

yeaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh


that was the result of um.... being thirsty in the garage.....

i cleaned it out....


 

not my brightest move... seemed like a good idea at the time....

[luv2shoot]

If it slides use grease, if it rotates use oil. I've heard this is a good rule of thumb for AR's, not sure about shotguns. I have had great luck with Slip 2000 products. I believe Midway sells them. I have also used dry lubes that work well.

[follow maggie]

My shotgun's been swimming a couple times, too.  Break Free has always worked for me.