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JasonH wrote:Hey, quick and somewhat related question:

Do you all run a coat of oil in the barrel? I had one guy tell me he runs a patch with some oil through the barrel after cleaning the gun and another tell me that it just enables to gun to pick up residue easier.

I would just run a patch through and then a dry patch for a super thin coating of it.. but now I'm not so sure.

I keep a thin layer of some type of protectant (Eezox or Breakfree CLP usually) in the bore. I don't particularly care if it does make it easier to pick up residue, as I will always clean the pistol after use. I've seen enough rusty bores to know that rust, like ca-ca, happens....

PhilR.

I've used the same grease on the rails of three different auto's, and it seems to work just fine, and it won't run out like oil. One of these is a Glock, and although the common recommendation is to use oil (and very little of it), I decided to try the grease and it worked without any problems at all.

Since this stuff stays in place and seems to work fine, I will continue to use it on the rails, along with regular gun oil for the pivot parts and the portion of the end of the slide that surrounds the barrel....

PhilR.