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Hakan Spuhr told me to. Inquestioned him further and he reiterated this even providing a photo so language barrier wasnt a possiblity.Seriously, who put this idea in your mind?
Hakan Spuhr told me to. Inquestioned him further and he reiterated this even providing a photo so language barrier wasnt a possiblity.
Nopepossibly the coating of oil on the rail scope interface limits the effect of surface imperfections (dirt, rough ceracote, spray painting etc) on clamping force.
it may allow the clamps to "slip by" and have the clamping force on more stable material, not just on a "peak thats grabby"
'Cause Hakan Spuhr...silly!Maybe I am missing something but how in hell is this actually a discussion??
Absolutely NO reason for oil on the rail.
Touché good sirWhat if it's an Anschutz 1913?
What if it's an Anschutz 1913?
HA!!Touché good sir
'Cause Hakan Spuhr...silly!
I can see oiling a steel rail for corrosion resistance. But what other practical purpose could it possibly serve? From the physics standpoint, how does adding lubricant to a mating surface make a metal part LESS likely to slide? Think of a semi-auto pistol: you lubricate the slide/frame mating interface (rails) to reduce friction and aid the slide’s movement, not to impede it.I’ll go against the grain and agree with spuhr.
I actually do add lube on all mating surfaces between my rings and scope rail and have been for some time now.
There is a reason.
If something seems stupid but it works.... it’s not stupid.
Here’s my .02, If what you’re doing already works, don’t change it.
Pretty simple.
I can see oiling a steel rail for corrosion resistance. But what other practical purpose could it possibly serve? From the physics standpoint, how does adding lubricant to a mating surface make a metal part LESS likely to slide? Think of a semi-auto pistol: you lubricate the slide/frame mating interface (rails) to reduce friction and aid the slide’s movement, not to impede it.
How do you know that lubing your rail “works”? How do you measure the improvement?
I’ll go against the grain and agree with spuhr.
I actually do add lube on all mating surfaces between my rings and scope rail and have been for some time now.
There is a reason.
If something seems stupid but it works.... it’s not stupid.
Here’s my .02, If what you’re doing already works, don’t change it.
Pretty simple.
Exactly. it's like trying to fix potholes on the road by filling them with water.If that’s the reason I don’t buy it. If it’s some other secret reason do tell.
It doesn’t make sense. If the parts don’t mate adding oil will do nothing. The peaks and valleys will have a coating of oil but in no way will that “even out” the metal. All you’re doing is reducing the friction where the metal does mate. This cannot possibly create a more stable or solid mount.
Exactly. it's like trying to fix potholes on the road by filling them with water.
I'm not saying it's supposed to act as filler or increase friction - that's the opposite of what I'm saying. Lubrication decreases friction, which is the opposite of what you want when the goal is to have the part stay in place and not move.Missing the point of the lubrication. It isn’t supposed to act like a filler or leveler to improve the mating surfaces...nor is it supposed to increase friction or stability.
I'm not saying it's supposed to act as filler or increase friction - that's the opposite of what I'm saying. Lubrication decreases friction, which is the opposite of what you want when the goal is to have the part stay in place and not move.
I understand what you’re getting at but the thing is it’s not the solution to the problem.
If it was such a big deal (optics moving and your zero shifting from bumps) then the solution wouldn’t be to add a lubricant so the mount it can return back to it’s original position (or closer to its original position than without it) it would be to size the wedge so there’s no physical movement possible front to rear on the picatinny rail when it’s clamped down, which has been done before and since its inception hasn’t become to industry standard or norm or even been widely praised as the solution to every body’s optics moving (even though it does solve that problem).
So since it hasn’t taken off I’m going to go out on a limb and say it’s not enough of a problem to bother lubing your rail to avoid it because if it was such a big deal, the solution below exists and you’d just buy one of these if you were actually really concern about it and constantly had that problem.
So lubing the rail is garbage as far as I’m concerned.
You can't prove that it works.I’ll go against the grain and agree with spuhr.
I actually do add lube on all mating surfaces between my rings and scope rail and have been for some time now.
There is a reason.
If something seems stupid but it works.... it’s not stupid.
Here’s my .02, If what you’re doing already works, don’t change it.
Pretty simple.