Oil for locks?

[Turtle]

   I use Accralube from Chambers flintlocks to lube my locks. It has worked fine, but I need to reorder some and wondered what you knowledgeable guys use and where you get it?
                                 Thanks, Turtle

[Lucky R A]

Mobil 1 synthetic, same as the Army Marksmanship unit. 

Ron

[EC121]

I use grease so it won't run into the wood.   What ever is handy on the bench.

[rich pierce]

Axle grease for me

[Hungry Horse]

Permatex Super Lube for me. It’s a clear light grease that stays where you put it, and doesn’t soak up the wood. Very slick, only takes a very small amount to slick things up.

  Hungry Horse

[M. E. Pering]

On the tumbler, sear and frizzen shoe, I use Hoppe's Gun Grease, and on axle-type parts, I use a synthetic clock oil made by Liberty Oil Products.

[alyce-james]

Somewhere in the late 1970's I purchased a case of WW II Military " Oil, Lubricating, 
Preservative, Light", in 2 oz belt tins. Ord. Dept. axs-702 (Rev. 1) made by Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Its been the only oil I have used in all my muzzleloaders, after  washing all metal parts including barrel, with hot water including my, cartage guns. AJ. 

[oldtravler61]

     Mobil 1 here too... Good stuff...!  Oldtravler

[Turtle]

 Thanks, mobile 1 makes sense. Doesn't the grease cause trouble I cold weather? I once repaired a malfunctioning lock whose fly was gummed up by thickened oil.

[EC121]

Don't know about temps.  I don't go out if it is below 35 in Alabama.  With a 2.5 month season I can pick and choose my days.  The lithium grease I use seems to stay soft.  I actually use whatever is around.  The parts on the lock don't move far.  No point in getting anal/ obsessive about it.  I do grease the frizzen spring and oil the screw.  The Appalachian Lock Hacker scolded me one time for not doing it and damaging the spring surface.  Wasn't even my fault(previous owner did it) but I got blamed.   

If the oil stayed there long enough to gum up, someone wasn't cleaning their lock after shooting.

[Gordy]

Amsoil Synthetic Gun Lubricant, available in aerosol or squeeze bottle. Amsoil sells this, it is specifically designed for Firearms. They also make a synthetic cleaner/lubricant. Temperature has no effect on this lubricant. Both are great products !!

[M. E. Pering]

Turtle... If you are using enough grease to cause problems in cold weather, you are using way too much grease.  Coldest temp I have ever had a muzzle loader out in was -26F, and had no problems.  That was back when I ran a trap line, and I had more fortitude than I had good sense.  Use only a very thin coating of grease, since that is all that is required.

Matt

[J.E. Moore]

I use clp and rig grease sparingly.

[tiswell]

Lucky RA,
     What weight mobil 1 do you use?
                                                                                     Thanks, Bill

[Greg Pennell]

I use Brownells Action Lube Plus grease on the axels and bearing surfaces, sear screw, frizzen screw, the mainspring cam, and the toe of the frizzen. It doesn’t take much. The rest of the metal surfaces of the lock and barrel get a light coat of CLP. 

Greg

[Daryl]

Once a year I put a "touch" of moly grease on contact parts. This stays pretty much for a whole year of shooting  including rendezvous, likely through 30 cleaning sessions of cold water  dry, then douse in WD40  shake blow and wipe the excess if that off and reassemble, repeating each time the gun is cleaned.
Moly grease works for me and doesn't seem to slow the lock in the winter time.

[Darkhorse]

Mobile 1 applied to tumbler notches with a Q tip. Fishing reel grease to frizzen toe and spring, mainspring toe to tumbler, sear spring to sear, tumbler axle. I use fishing reel grease because it was handy a few years ago and it seems to work well since.

[alacran]

I use Lubriplate on all friction points. It is a white Moly type grease.

[wmrike]

I use a clear, tenacious waterproof pump grease I bought (at NAPA?) years ago.  The locks get an annual treatment of this stuff.  It seems oblivious to water rinsing and WD-40 sprays.

I have contemplated using Lucas Red & Tacky.

[t.caster]

All of the above answers are great, but for some reason I have always used whatever gun oil I have on my bench. That would also include good old household 3-1 oil. Of course I wipe off the excess so it doesn't run into and soften the wood. I do use RIG grease on the frizzen cam & spring.

Maybe I've become adverse to greases because of quite a few of the guns I have had in for repairs, had a greased lock, and the grease had gummed up terribly, slowing the lock time and making it difficult to clean. This might not be a problem if the lock is serviced on a regular basis, but a lot of guys never take there locks out for cleaning, I have found.  Probably not the case with you fellows.

[bob in the woods]

I use bear oil, or grease, depending on the season. It is slicker than goose **** and works well for me.

[Marcruger]

I use Break Free to flush the lock when out of the gun.  Some use WD-40 for the same purpose.  I let it all drain off on a paper towel, and then wipe off all excess.  I add a tiny dab of grease at the pressure points Jim Chambers showed me.  Hope this helps.   God Bless,   Marc

[eddillon]

I use Moly-Slide.  My company makes and markets this product.  Moly Disulfide in a petroleum base.  The Moly Disulfide actually works its way into the bearing surface of the metal.  Good for sears, tumblers and frizzen and frizzen springs.  It can be burnished into the barrel for smoother loading.  Don't get it on that white living room carpet! You can buy it at www.neconos.com.  Mention ALR for discount.  If this needs to be moved to classified section, feel free.  I'll mention pricing there.

[Dennis Glazener]

I use Moly-Slide.  My company makes and markets this product.  Moly Disulfide in a petroleum base.  The Moly Disulfide actually works its way into the bearing surface of the metal.  Good for sears, tumblers and frizzen and frizzen springs.  It can be burnished into the barrel for smoother loading.  Don't get it on that white living room carpet! You can buy it at www.neconos.com.  Mention ALR for discount.  If this needs to be moved to classified section, feel free.  I'll mention pricing there.

I also use Molly-Slide great stuff and a little goes a Looooong ways, highly reccomend.
Dennis

[eddillon]

I use Moly-Slide.  My company makes and markets this product.  Moly Disulfide in a petroleum base.  The Moly Disulfide actually works its way into the bearing surface of the metal.  Good for sears, tumblers and frizzen and frizzen springs.  It can be burnished into the barrel for smoother loading.  Don't get it on that white living room carpet! You can buy it at www.neconos.com.  Mention ALR for discount.  If this needs to be moved to classified section, feel free.  I'll mention pricing there.

I also use Molly-Slide great stuff and a little goes a Looooong ways, highly reccomend.

Thanks Dennis.  Glad you like our product.
Dennis