I'm gonna open a can of worms here, but I have to, to protect the innocent.
DON'T use Rem-Oil! Rem oil is only good as a solvent for cleaning. I don't care what Remington says. I used to use Rem-Oil. I lubed the SIG 9mm (I keep loaded and at the ready for home defense) with Rem-Oil. I stored it at controlled room temperature in my TV stand for a year-and-a half. My buddies went shooting one day and I grabbed it and said to myself "It must have been over a year since I lubed this gun. I'll shoot it as-is to test the integrity of that Rem-Oil I've been using..."
And would you know the pistol JAMMED several times when I started shooting it! I stopped right there, unloaded it, and put it away until I could carefully inspect it at home. I took it apart and the gun was as a dry as a popcorn [censored]. ALL of the Rem-Oil had EVAPORATED! Now I don't leave my guns dripping with oil when I clean them, but this was unacceptable. It had a thin, but adequate film when I put it in the TV stand. I've never had ANY of the other oils I've used do this. Rem-Oil could get you killed if you lube a personal defense pistol with it.
Interestingly, We use a lubricant where I work that smells EXACTLY like Rem-Oil. I work in a steel mill and our fabricating department uses this oil on a production line to lubricate punches that punch holes in metal. Now, knowing how cheap my company is, this generic oil is used because it is CHEAP! I think Rem-Oil is the same thing as this generic industrial oil. Its all about making a big profit.
I've told this story here in the past. I'm telling it again because if I relied on that pistol with that oil to defend myself from a crack-head burglar or home-invasion practitioner, my beloved SIG, that had never jammed in 5000 rounds, would have fired once and stopped working.
One of the members here guided me to the lubricant "Slip 2000 EWL" a few years ago and I have never looked back. It is a mil-spec lubricant for helicopter chain guns. That's good proof for me.
Use up your Rem-oil to wash down gun parts. But please, If you want to make sure your gun oil will not fail you, try "EWL."
If you want to simply protect the finish from rust and lubrication is not your goal, WD-40 will outperform virtually ALL challengers. "EWL" is about the only gun oil that can compare to WD-40 when it comes to rust prevention.
I wish the BITOGer wouldn't have mentioned Aeroshell Fluid 18. Now I'm gonna have to have some of that!
DON'T use Rem-Oil! Rem oil is only good as a solvent for cleaning. I don't care what Remington says. I used to use Rem-Oil. I lubed the SIG 9mm (I keep loaded and at the ready for home defense) with Rem-Oil. I stored it at controlled room temperature in my TV stand for a year-and-a half. My buddies went shooting one day and I grabbed it and said to myself "It must have been over a year since I lubed this gun. I'll shoot it as-is to test the integrity of that Rem-Oil I've been using..."
And would you know the pistol JAMMED several times when I started shooting it! I stopped right there, unloaded it, and put it away until I could carefully inspect it at home. I took it apart and the gun was as a dry as a popcorn [censored]. ALL of the Rem-Oil had EVAPORATED! Now I don't leave my guns dripping with oil when I clean them, but this was unacceptable. It had a thin, but adequate film when I put it in the TV stand. I've never had ANY of the other oils I've used do this. Rem-Oil could get you killed if you lube a personal defense pistol with it.
Interestingly, We use a lubricant where I work that smells EXACTLY like Rem-Oil. I work in a steel mill and our fabricating department uses this oil on a production line to lubricate punches that punch holes in metal. Now, knowing how cheap my company is, this generic oil is used because it is CHEAP! I think Rem-Oil is the same thing as this generic industrial oil. Its all about making a big profit.
I've told this story here in the past. I'm telling it again because if I relied on that pistol with that oil to defend myself from a crack-head burglar or home-invasion practitioner, my beloved SIG, that had never jammed in 5000 rounds, would have fired once and stopped working.
One of the members here guided me to the lubricant "Slip 2000 EWL" a few years ago and I have never looked back. It is a mil-spec lubricant for helicopter chain guns. That's good proof for me.
Use up your Rem-oil to wash down gun parts. But please, If you want to make sure your gun oil will not fail you, try "EWL."
If you want to simply protect the finish from rust and lubrication is not your goal, WD-40 will outperform virtually ALL challengers. "EWL" is about the only gun oil that can compare to WD-40 when it comes to rust prevention.
I wish the BITOGer wouldn't have mentioned Aeroshell Fluid 18. Now I'm gonna have to have some of that!