Military Grease

[Josh]

I found this can of grease at a flea market, he had two, can anyone tell me what it was for?

 

[RicinYakima]

M1 and M14 bolts and raceways.

 

[Josh]

Is it thin enough to use on pistol slides and things like that? I thought it was a possible M16 grease but going by the date the M1 and M14 are more likely candidates. Thanks for the quick answer!

 

[RicinYakima]

If it is the white lithium based grease, you can use it down to about freezing. A little goes a long way, as in if you see grease, it is too much. If it is the brownish version, it seems to get "sticky" below about 50 degrees. This stuff was made to prevent galling due to high pressures during sliding movements. It works as well or better than anything you buy at the gun shop "skunk oil" counter.

 

[fiver]

it's good to wipe a smear on your press ram too.
put about 20-25% in some beeswax with a little [5%] paraffin and a tsp of alox.

 

[JSH]

Dapper Dan?

 

[9.3X62AL]

Little experience with many greases outside the automotive service realm, but from that realm I brought with me a fondness for the tenacity and lubricity of greases for high-stress and high-speed applications. I feel better about having RIG +P on autopistol slide rails than CLP, and like the M1 and M14 examples given above I like +P on the Mini-14s' bolt roller and slide surface. Not a glob--just a light film.

 

[fiver]

I'd leave the alox out for moustache wax.

but as is, it would make a super easy handling general purpose boolit lube.
2 stearates 2 mineral oils and 2 waxes.
it would handle anything up to 90-f and down to about 10-f and should leave a slight lube star.

 

[Josh]

I'd leave the alox out for moustache wax.

but as is, it would make a super easy handling general purpose boolit lube.
2 stearates 2 mineral oils and 2 waxes.
it would handle anything up to 90-f and down to about 10-f and should leave a slight lube star.

I don't know I would want to make this a lube, once I get the 2nd can I am lost as to finding more of it!

 

[RicinYakima]

You can find it in most better auto parts stores or machine shop supply houses.

 

[Pistolero]

I got two 5 lb cans of a red translucent aircraft synthetic grease about 20 yrs ago. Used it for aircraft
wheel bearings and a LOT more. It is perfect for guns, too. Slide rails on semiauto pistol, stays put,
does not deteriorate in at least a decade of standing, exposed to air, too.

Bill

 

[fiver]

white lithium grease.
it's a number-1 weight.
I use it in my moly complex lube, it comes out at about 17% total of the wax amount.