Via Peter at Bayou Renaissance Man I came across this article on gun lubes and water protection. Basically a guy with the handle of “Rancid Crabtree” bought a bunch of stuff, documented his procedures, tested things, took pictures, and posted the results. I’m sure quibbles might be made about some detail or another of what he did, but it’s a lot wider that any other test I’ve seen, and makes at least as much sense as others I’ve come across. Food for thought in any case.
The View From North Central Idaho
Ramblings on explosives, guns, politics, and sex by a redneck Idaho farm boy who became a software engineer living near Seattle.
I don’t know if you have read any of them but Rancid Crabtree is the name of a character in most of Patrick F. McManus outdoor humor books. I highly recommended his books. I love his style of humor.
I am disappointed he didn’t include ancient LSA for his test. Seems a good item to include as a control since it’s been around for so very long.
Great article. Apparently I’ve been over lubricating.
Me, too.
We talked with the FrogLube folks at NRAAM, and they seemed quite convinced of their product. FuzzyKBP bought some of their stuff, and was generally pleased with it, and I guess I might have to look into it in the future too.
Didn’t Randy Taylor have some great comments about gun lube? Ah, yep:
http://vuurwapenblog.com/2013/08/31/my-thoughts-on-various-gun-oils-and-lubricants/