Re: Synthetic Motor Oil to lube their AR 15?
OK, those that do use Mobil 1, you DO realize that you CAN use other oil, right? Sure, Mobil 1 is quality oil, but man, there are SO many other synthetics out there...Castrol, Valvoline, Quaker State, Amsoil, Royal Purple, etc...I can assure you, when in regards to using on a gun, its not gonna matter what brand oil you run.
If saying that Mobil 1 is the ONLY choice for gun oil, might as well say that you can ONLY run Mobil 1 in a car. Obviously, not teh case.
ATF..well, ATF has EXCELLENT cleaning properties in it, and is a great cleaning product. When I take a motor apart, that has some crud built up on it, or plan on reusing, like say a set of roller lifters, I will soak the lifters in ATF instead of motor oil. ATF keeps them lubed up (so no surface rust appears) AND it cleans them. Is it thick enough to properly keep an AR lubed up and prtect from wear? That I dont know.
I do have a question though:
Above, someone had mentioned that motor oil was not "thick" enough, instead, need to run some differential oil instead.
Well, that being said, what about engine assembly lube?
Ive got some Ultra Slick ASsembly Lube made by Permatex that I use on crank and rod bearings and lifters, and rocker arms, when assembling a motor. it is specifcally made to adhere to whatever it is you are applying it to and provide lube upon start up, and no metal to metal contact. Anyone "in the know"
knows that once you apply motor oil to a part, it will jsut "run off" and is why you dont use it when assembling a motor. You use assembly lube.
So, when assembling a motor, you apply it to bearings, and lifters and what not, to prevent that dry start up (yes, you stil want to do a "pre-lube before start up), so has anyone conisdered using that??? If you can use grease as mentioned above, would think assembly lube would be OK as well? So, anyone??
Also, I found a deck of cards ready for target practice at a 1000...