Best Grease for Carbine?

[Cecil]

Straight up USGI lubriplate. Breakfree works great on black guns but it's not for me on my WWII rifles.

[mrMONEYman]

So where would one fine some USGI lubriplate???

I remember last time I was at a gun show and there was a guy selling some M1 Garand cleaning kits - which included a little bottle of grease (thick brown looking stuff). Would this be ok to use on an M1 carbine.

[ulflyer]

Theres all sorts of good oils and greases suitable for carbines and the one listed below is something highly thought of by 1911 owners. I use it on mine and have put it on some of the carbines I have shot lately. It really sticks to the rails, slides, bolt sliding areas really well. A tiny bit goes a long ways.
Ultimate Gun Lube - $4.99 : Berryhill Custom LLC, Quality Gun Parts

[John Kepler]

I use the old standby miltary grease. I have a tube of tetra but have not taken the plunge to the new tech. yet.

Hint: My 1960 Bel-Air and 1967 Corvair Monza ALL run 10 times better on Mobil 1 Synthetic than the dino-oil they were designed for....WWII-era P&W R-2800 radial aircraft engines make 15% more horsepower and double the time between Majors when operated with Delvac Synthetic oil....ALL my Service Rifles are run on Tetra! Time and technology march on....what was "high-tech" 50 years ago is garbage you wouldn't lube a wheelbarrow with today!

[Magyar]

It really sticks to the rails, slides, bolt sliding areas really well. A tiny bit goes a long ways.
Ultimate Gun Lube - $4.99 : Berryhill Custom LLC, Quality Gun Parts

If this is Wilson's, repackaged w/o their name: it sticks too well! I used this product on my pistols; it hardened so much in the cold weather I needed a "putty knife" to remove it. I'll pass on this one....
Personally, I prefer RIG +P grease....

[Bubba-7]

Guys, the bigest problem is too much grease or oil. You know too much is left in the can and not on the gun. It all works till it wears off.
I had a guy, who had a very dry white bag collector grade Winchester stock. He was so proud that he had oiled with synthetic motor oil. I guess he thought the stock was now good for 10,000 rounds. It may be too.

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Hint: My 1960 Bel-Air and 1967 Corvair Monza ALL run 10 times better on Mobil 1 Synthetic than the dino-oil they were designed for....WWII-era P&W R-2800 radial aircraft engines make 15% more horsepower and double the time between Majors when operated with Delvac Synthetic oil....ALL my Service Rifles are run on Tetra! Time and technology march on....what was "high-tech" 50 years ago is garbage you wouldn't lube a wheelbarrow with today!

I agree John. I use modern lubes too. JMO

BTW, we use the best, most modern lubricants on all the WWII at our hangar. At $50.000 - over $100.000 each for a rebuilt engine, we take the best care as possible.
(Plus, there's more serious problems than a jam if these old parts don't work together properly)

I just dug these old photos of a 'Saturday at the Hargar' out of an old file.
(It was saved as 'Engine Work' and came up while searching for subject)
Lot of fun then. Work on planes, cookout with family, and fly whenever possible.

The engines are both checked carefully and the aircraft flown for a 'training flight'
Training flights were mostly for fun, but pilots need to be kept current too.

PS - The last photo is one of the pilots and he's not being paranoid.
(Well maybe a little!) He's just keeping an eye out on the #1 engine because it had some problems we'd just repaired.

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

Harlan,

Only one of the Corsair????? What would "Pappy B" say about that?

[ulflyer]

Magyar: why do you imply Berryhill's lube is repackaged Wilsons, unless you know that for a fact? From everything I've read on 1911 forums, Dave Berryhill has an impecable reputation and doubt seriously he'd risk that for the few bucks he makes off the lube.

[Magyar]

If this is Wilson's, repackaged w/o their name

Did you see the "If this.."?
After I responded and being "old & feeble", I had Berryville & Berryhill mixed up in my mind....After Wilson started to become famous and have associates branch out on their own using the Berryville, Ark. address; that's why I jumped on this thinking it was the same...My bad...
You are correct: this is not the same product...Thanks..