Frog lube?

[MJR]

Anyone else tried this? I've been using it on my stalking rifle and it seems to work well as anti corrosion.

[John MH]

Snake oil, but then I'm a sceptic.

[Mike357]

I use it in my 10/22 and my Marlin and it works great if applied properly. I like the smell too.

[John MH]

As I don't have much hair I certainly don't have any need for a hairdryer so I won't be applying this any time soon. It is however endorsed by Chris Costa so it must be good.

[Mike357]

Hot air gun or the oven will do. I don't care who uses it, I tried it, it works and that's all that matters to me.

[John MH]

Glad you're happy with it and you can eat it as well if you get really hungry.

[terryh]

Now you've come to mention it, I could never actually work out WTF a USDA approval has to do with a gun lube, and the 'Green' bit is well, stretching things a bit - a 'Green' gun = oxymoron

 

But if it works then what does it matter?

 

T

[Mike357]

I think it has more do with the way it can be shipped rather than whether it's "green"

 

I use C2R as we'll and that doesn't smell nice, wasn't invented by a Navy Seal and has no marketing hype. As I said, if something works then why not use it?

[bradders]

Anyone else tried this? I've been using it on my stalking rifle and it seems to work well as anti corrosion.

There's another thing you may consider that does a very similar job,

It was very popular years ago and It's called an oily rag

 

Now you've come to mention it, I could never actually work out WTF a USDA approval has to do with a gun lube, and the 'Green' bit is well, stretching things a bit - a 'Green' gun = oxymoron

 

But if it works then what does it matter?

 

T

Maybe it's from the food industry

[MJR]

Bladders I don't think the action would sit well with an oily rag under it but the frog lube seems to fit ok. What thickness of oily rag do you use in yours?

[The Gun Pimp]

Snake oil, but then I'm a sceptic.

+ one.

 

All you need is a good cleaner to remove the powder-fouling from your barrel, another for copper, some bolt-grease and Bradders' oily rag!

[bradders]

Bladders I don't think the action would sit well with an oily rag under it but the frog lube seems to fit ok. What thickness of oily rag do you use in yours?

I can make you an oily rag FOC and post it to you

 

What's your address?

 

[MJR]

Thanks guys but I haven't heard (bar one) from anyone that's tried it, just sceptics? I haven't actually tried it as a cleaning agent, was hoping someone had already.

Bladders, thanks for the generous offer but I've already got loads of oily rags in the workshop, if you'd like extra let me know and I'll send you some down. What SAE would you like?

[Tiff]

PCal on here I believe uses it in his .22lr CMMG, seems to work very well for him.

[John MH]

Must admit I haven't used it and don't intend to, my rifles all run fine as they are with ordinary mineral gun oil the same as used by the MoD. My semi-auto .22LRs run well without it as well, they get dirty and then you clean them.

[bradders]

PCal on here I believe uses it in his .22lr CMMG, seems to work very well for him.

In what way?

My own .22 works very well with any lube or no lube at all

[Tiff]

In what way?

My own .22 works very well with any lube or no lube at all

 

Not sure to be honest, just remember him mentioning it up at the Roundhouse the other week in passing conversation. I'll drop him a line about this thread.

[6.5shooter]

You cant beat plenty of lube imo

[PCal]

Yep, use it on my CMMG. Warm up the working parts with a hair dryer, apply the frog lube and then buff off. Do this 2 times a year. It helps to prevent carbon adhering to metal and so heavy carbon build up is easily wiped off. Didn't use frog lube for the first 500 rounds I put through the rifle and the carbon was stubborn, after applying frog lube I found that the carbon was easier to remove.

 

I also use it to precondition the bore of my .308. Before using frog lube I found that a clean bore would take around 8-10 rounds to 'settle down'. By applying one patch of frog lube followed by a couple of dry patches, my POI is correct from the first round and stays consistent there on. Have used this method for most of this year, thats over 1000 .308 rounds and so you could say its tested. That being said, a method that works for my rifle may not work for another.