timwarner wrote:mmcnx2 wrote:I've been told by more than one high end gunsmith that good lube serves two purposes, one obviously is lubrication but the second and actaully equally important it wicks contaminants away. To serve the second purpose the lube needs to leech out, thus I've been told not to use high temp grease because the contaminents stay on the parts and basically you creat rubbing compound. Instead they contend it is better to let the lube run out fo the joint and reapply fresh.
grease is good for loading machines, bad for guns. See my above post for more detail.
Good for collecting grit, dirt, and metal fragments too...................
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