Ive been a faithfull Remington oil user for 8-10 years now with no troubles to speak of.. until now. Back in the day i only had 3-4 weapons and they were fired and cleaned on aregular basis. Now i own many more and some weapons sit for years without being fired.
I was in my safe and pulled a a 870 that i have not used in over 2 years, matter of fact its never been out of the safe in two years. So out it came and i befan inspecting. I found what can only be described as looking like maple syrup on the weapon. The action and all parts still functioned smoothly and i found no rust. It was simply ugly looking at my weapon and it was covered in a nasty looking gunk. In short order i pulled out another weapon that had not been used in close to as long and found the same thing. Its clearly the old oil setting up and getting thick.
It cleaned up without issue but i dont want to have to think about cleaning up old oil gunk off weapons that are not used regular. and may sit 2-3 years without being pulled out of the safe.
Would anyone like to make any suggestions for longer term weapons oil storage without getting into packing greases and sealing bags ? there must be a better lube out there ?
Let me also say that for my weapons that are used monthlyand yearly, Remington oil is just fine, im completely satisfied with it.
Hoppes gun oil got my attention but you sure dont get much with purchase, and i do like a aerosol spray oil.. makes things faster, AND when your cleaning alot of guns, fast is good.
I was in my safe and pulled a a 870 that i have not used in over 2 years, matter of fact its never been out of the safe in two years. So out it came and i befan inspecting. I found what can only be described as looking like maple syrup on the weapon. The action and all parts still functioned smoothly and i found no rust. It was simply ugly looking at my weapon and it was covered in a nasty looking gunk. In short order i pulled out another weapon that had not been used in close to as long and found the same thing. Its clearly the old oil setting up and getting thick.
It cleaned up without issue but i dont want to have to think about cleaning up old oil gunk off weapons that are not used regular. and may sit 2-3 years without being pulled out of the safe.
Would anyone like to make any suggestions for longer term weapons oil storage without getting into packing greases and sealing bags ? there must be a better lube out there ?
Let me also say that for my weapons that are used monthlyand yearly, Remington oil is just fine, im completely satisfied with it.
Hoppes gun oil got my attention but you sure dont get much with purchase, and i do like a aerosol spray oil.. makes things faster, AND when your cleaning alot of guns, fast is good.
