Best lube for AR?

[Lefty223]

... there is nothing better on blued steel than Hoppes #9! As a 10 year old I thought it was nectar of the God's. I keep a can around just to bring back childhood memories.

^^^^ THIS ^^^^ ... but uhhhhhhh, straight Hoppe’s is a ‘bore cleaner’, not a lube! My Dad had an Irish Setter bird dog that would go nuts whenever he pulled the ol’ shotgun out of its storage location, as that dog knew he was a goin’ hunting! I even bought an old ‘collector’ bottle of early 1950s vintage Hoppe, as it still had Benzine and other chemicals in it that the EPA has since banned ... but boy, the aroma is AMAZING!

For lube, I too am a Slick 2000 fan.

[RugerMKII]

My version of Ed's Red
one quart of Mobile 1 Synthetic
one quart of K-1 kerosene
one quart of Dextron III ATF
one quart of Hoppe's #9

Why I chose these products? It is what was in my garage and handy, except for Hoppe's #9. I really like the smell of Hoppe's and I have been using it since 1973. Old habits are hard to break.

[markm]

I can't believe SLIP 2000 is popular. Every one of their products I've tried is worthless.

[jbjh]

I can't believe SLIP 2000 is popular. Every one of their products I've tried is worthless.

Probably because of Pat Rogers endorsement. He loved that stuff.


Sent from 80ms in the future

[Failure2Stop]

Sigh...guess we were due for a lube thread.
It is 2020 after all...

[TomMcC]

Lube threads...the light shining in the darkness.

[kirkland]

I can't believe SLIP 2000 is popular. Every one of their products I've tried is worthless.

I agree, I tried Slip 2000 EWS side by side with Mobil 1, on two different guns. The Mobile one rifle was noticeably slicker and the lube stayed around much longer, the slip 2000 rifle dried up, the slip evaporated or something. I can lube a rifle with mobile 1, shoot 500 rounds through it, put it away dirty for a couple months, take it out again and shoot another 500 rds through it and it's still slick with mobile 1, if it was slip it would have long since dried up.

[RUTGERS95]

strong marketing and lack of common sense is strong in this thread

[kirkland]

No love for Rem oil?

[NickySantoro]

Fifty years ago we had LSA. Since then I've used mostly CLP. It's more about how and when than what you use. I've found that those with the most intractable opinions are those high speed, low drag "operators" you find at gun shows wearing size 48 camo pants, black Tee shirts showing off their jiggling man boobs, and "tactical" footwear flattened out under the load.