werid moly lube and barrel question

[BMG50CAL]

for the last few years i was lubing my rifles and barrels with this moly paste lube use for carbon racing brakes. I would clean the rifle then after the barrel was clean i would put a little of the moly lube on a patch with a little bit of hoppes oil run the patch thought the barrel. then dry patch it out. So it had a very very light coat.

I never really get any copper fouling and the barrels clean easy as hell. I have no idea if the moly lube/oil thing had anything to do with it or im just lucky.

I started doing thing cause after a rain it was the only lube i had to keep my rifle from rusting one day. i kept doing it cause there was almost no change from a clean barrel shot to a fouled barrel shot.

Any ways im almost out of the moly lube paste.

What do you guys use to lube your barrels after a cleaning?

 

[The Mechanic]

Re: werid moly lube and barrel question

HbN is the new moly

http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1308079&gonew=1#UNREAD

 

[Ramius]

Re: werid moly lube and barrel question

Light patch of oil (I use Mobil 1) followed by a clean dry patch to remove excess.

 

[okiefired]

Re: werid moly lube and barrel question

The same thing I clean with, Kroil.

okie

 

[AUJohn]

Re: werid moly lube and barrel question

How do you know there is no copper?
What are you cleaning with?
How are you removing the molly build up to see if there are layered copper/molly coats?

 

[okiefired]

Re: werid moly lube and barrel question

I use Wipe Out when I feel like it (which isnt very often) for the copper. I dont sweat it though. Like I said, I use Kroil for cleaning. I've had a lot of experience with Kroil and I know it is a great product. I never have and probably never will use molly.

okie

 

[427Cobra]

Re: werid moly lube and barrel question

Could you maybe post a picture of the moly paste, that may help us find soemore for you, I use a couple different kinds of it on the 737's I work on. I have never used Moly in my shooting, I use HbN, everything I have ever read say moly builds up in layers, and very hard to remove, moly attracts moisture and traps it, I suspect HbN does those things to but nearly as bad, and HbN is a far better lube.

 

[Hummer]

Re: werid moly lube and barrel question

Even worse there is two kinds of moly, inhibited and un-inhibited. The inhibited made by Sandstrom in Port Byron, Illiois is extremely expensive and what is required in mil spec greases. The uninhibited is subject to corrosion related problems and is quite cheap, like 1/10th the cost but then again you get what you pay for.

I figured out using moly coated bullets early on was building up in my throats so I quit it.

Now I use Mobil 1 and /or Ed's Red. I leave it in gas systems to keep the carbon soft.
I don't worry about removing copper until I detect a build up being detrimental to accuracy. For instance I have one rifle that shoots exceptionally well for about 25-8 rounds then one land about six inches from muzzle starts to load up. I can see it with bore scope.
On the other side of the barrel the bullet contacts the grooves about 75% so there is a tight spot there. Can feel it with cleaning rod but wear signs prove it. Up until the build up starts I am running fine.

I can see applying it to the barrel and letting it "sit there" but to keep adding to the problem by shooting more and more bullets can't be beneficial in the long run. When I shot moly bullets I could feel the build up with cleaning rod in the throat.

 

[BMG50CAL]

Re: werid moly lube and barrel question

I dont coat the bullets with moly so it cant build up.

ive bored scoped the barrels and no copper. Reason i started using the moly paste was i had one rifle that after a few shots would shoot like crap and the barrel looked like a copper pipe. i tried the moly as a last thing before i smashed the rifle. It worked so i started using it on my other rifles too.

I have no idea what the name of this stuff is. I got this stuff like 12-15 years ago all that is left is a blank tube. i know it was about 30 or 40 dollars back then which i thought was a ripp off for like a 1 or 2 oz of grease.

Im thinking of just switching to (HbN is a far better lube) or just lubing the barrel with hoppies oil and calling it a day.