Shooters Choice vs tetra-lube?

Shooters choice is great stuff, but you have to be careful where you use it. I use it only on slide rails of pistols and the slide arms of my shotguns.... Literally just put a dab on contact points and let the physical slide action do the rest. Never had a problem. I think it just might be too thick for use on more intricate parts like Revolvers.... I keep it as light as possible there.

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Shooters Choice vs tetra-lube?

Interesting actual serious question: i always used an recommended Shooters choice gun grease. Within about a month, i have TWO firearms that had been properly stored for about 6 months and the Shooters Choice dried out and turned gummy, messing up one revolver so bad i had to totally strip & clean...

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I use Mystic Disc Brake Wheel Bearing Grease to lube my Browning BuckMark and M1 Rifle. It works great, and it's cheap. It doesn't dry out. One can lasts forever.

Thompson/Center Breech Plug Grease also works well for certain applications. I haven't used the two you've asked about.

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Okay, aside from that, I've heard tetra lube works wonderfully... but believe it or not, what I find works on my firearms, is Marvel Mystery Oil applied with a swab (don't just plunk the parts in it, and apply it fairly sparsely). The stuff works great... for me at least.

Try the Marvel Mystery Oil. It seems to work just dandily for my guns.

You do need help with this one, don't you! OK, this is what my experience has been: Ever since some of that Tetra crap ruined the finish on one of my wood stocks I won't go near Tetra anything.

I do use Shooter's Choice grease; but I only use it on guns that I've got in active service. I agree with you it DOES dry out and become gummy. Know what? It's nowhere near as slippery or durable as what I have come to regard as, 'the king' of all gun greases: Sentry Solutions' 'Hi-Slip' grease.

Hi-Slip does NOT attract or hold dirt of any kind. No dust, no grit, no sand. It remains exactly where you place it, and does not migrate during use. It is, also, extremely extremely slippery. I have actually felt my slide speeds increase after putting it on a gun! In comparison SC grease seems like glue - Really!

There are two caveats to using Hi-Slip grease. First, it's expensive; and, second, you should avoid skin contact as much as possible. Wear Latex gloves when you clean and use it ON THE INSIDE of the gun and not the outside. Every firearm I have that's in longterm storage is treated with Sentry Solution's 'Smooth Kote' and Hi-Slip grease. I'm able to reach into my gun safe and pull out a gun that's been in storage for 3 or 4 years and just, 'go to town' with it.

Anytime I know I'm going to have a 300 round + day at the range, I'll stop, first, to apply a dab of Hi-Slip to the gun's interior parts. Now, as for Rem Oil? I won't allow Rem Oil anywhere near any of my guns. Why? Because Rem Oil is EXTREMELY INVASIVE; and with today's, 'Wal-Mart quality' range ammunition - all with unseal cartridge mouths and primer pockets - I will NOT risk creating a stoppage or a misfire because of the firearm lubricant I've got on the gun. (And, yes, this has already happened to me!)

My two favorite, tried and true, gun oil lubricants are Ballistol, 'Sportsman's Oil' and (Ready?) Wal-Mart pharmaceutical grade mineral oil. I use the mineral oil for: an upset stomach, constipation, and lubrication of any pistol I have in active use.

Polymer frames absolutely love pharmaceutical grade mineral oil, and so does human skin! To my absolute amazement, the same stuff you use to wipe a baby's bottom is, also, a decent barrel cleaner! (Not a perfect cleaner, but, certainly good enough for expedient daily use and short term storage.)

I regularly go through bottles of mineral oil; and the best part is that: (1) It won't harm any gun's finish. (2) It is completely non-invasive and suitable for use with today's unsealed, 'range quality' ammo. (3) When the oil is clean, it's completely non-toxic, and (4) happily mineral oil is absolutely CHEAPER THAN DIRT!

Tetra Gun Grease

I'm not really a fan of tetra's, but I do prefer cardinals over neon's. They're very striking with the full red stripe rather than the half of one the neon's have.

For basic fire arm cleaning dont use Hoppes or Otis (unless you can buy enough of it) but you Blaster PB Penatrting Catalyst . Smells wierd but this cost around $6 /11oz can . Also this was once used for gun cleaning kits at one time. It will clean, lubricate ANY metal. Just be careful with plastics and non metal surfaces.

Also look up Blaster's other products as they might have the right solvent for your fire arm

I've never used it but I've heard it's great stuff if you can get past the smell.