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<blockquote data-quote="Rod Snell" data-source="post: 2818061" data-attributes="member: 796"><p>"Running wet" is appropriate, or even necessary, for guns that have long metal to metal contact, such as 1911s slide to frame. It is especially true with ones with say, stainless slide and aluminum alloy frames (e.g. Sigs) to prevent galling.</p><p>However, it does NOT mean you have to pour oil all over and into the whole gun. It does mean using an appropriate lube where the sliding friction exists, and using enough to cover the whole sliding surface with a barrier film. It is the friction contacts, especially the sliding areas, that need to "run wet." Any good lube will work; I happen to like Brownells Action Lube.</p><p>I recently had a new owner of a 1911 at a match that literally had dipped the whole barrel in oil, and that's just not necessary, because the soaked non-friction areas just catch grit (our bays are sandboxes) and gobs of lube inside the chamber cook and gum up when you shoot it. That gun was malfunctioning because of excess lube in the wrong places. You can put lube on the<strong> rails </strong>until it squirts out when you shoot and that will not cause malfunctions.</p><p></p><p>By the way, WD40 is not the best choice to put inside guns because it ages to a varnish residue..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod Snell, post: 2818061, member: 796"] "Running wet" is appropriate, or even necessary, for guns that have long metal to metal contact, such as 1911s slide to frame. It is especially true with ones with say, stainless slide and aluminum alloy frames (e.g. Sigs) to prevent galling. However, it does NOT mean you have to pour oil all over and into the whole gun. It does mean using an appropriate lube where the sliding friction exists, and using enough to cover the whole sliding surface with a barrier film. It is the friction contacts, especially the sliding areas, that need to "run wet." Any good lube will work; I happen to like Brownells Action Lube. I recently had a new owner of a 1911 at a match that literally had dipped the whole barrel in oil, and that's just not necessary, because the soaked non-friction areas just catch grit (our bays are sandboxes) and gobs of lube inside the chamber cook and gum up when you shoot it. That gun was malfunctioning because of excess lube in the wrong places. You can put lube on the[B] rails [/B]until it squirts out when you shoot and that will not cause malfunctions. By the way, WD40 is not the best choice to put inside guns because it ages to a varnish residue.. [/QUOTE]
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