03-16-2021, 11:52 AM
Old Bob Wrote:A friend recommended the Cherry Balmz, so lately, I've been using that myself. When I was shooting three gun lots of competitors were using home-made concoctions based on Mobil 1 synthetic motor oil. It would have additives like STP or transmission fluid plus their own secret sauces. I ran my ARs pretty wet with RemOil mostly. I was constantly having to clean my glasses after each stage because of the spray back.As long as you keep your AR lubed, you can run your AR almost indefinitely. The only negative is getting oil sprayed on your cloths and shooting glasses. The gas pressure will blow any excess oil out the vent holes that ingress the carrier key, gas rings, etc.. Over lubing has been way over exaggerated with regard to reliability..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9bOT_d60LM
In the video link Montana posted, the narrator rubs grease all over the bolt & the carrier races & then dunks them in the motor oil. What happens if the motor oil gets up into the carrier key. Does the gas generated from firing blow the oil out into the bolt rings... or what? Oil & grease up in that carbon rich area seems like good place create some gunk that could jam things up.