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- From: hays@SSD.intel.com (Kirk Hays)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: alternative chemicals for lubrication and getting the lead out
- Message-ID: <BzMqs4.H73@SSD.intel.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 00:00:59 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Intel Supercomputer Systems Division
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- In article <1992Dec20.123949.9406@cbnews.cb.att.com>, lvc@cbvox1.att.com (Lawrence V Cipriani) writes:
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- |> Any comments on this ? Mine are in [square brackets].
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- How can I resist?
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- |> "One of the most overlooked methods for lubricating firearms after
- |> cleaning is to use air conditioning refridgerant oil. A/C refridgerant
- |> oil is one of the finest, odorless lubricants available. As mentioned
- |> in previous articles WD-40 can do more harm than good and transmission
- |> fluid (Dexron) also has it [sic] downfalls. Because it's meant to be
- |> used in transmissions, transmission fluid has coloring added to it
- |> [I don't follow that logic - lvc]
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- The coloring makes leak detection easier. Nothing more.
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- |> For a penetrating oil, the best I have found is another automobile product
- |> called Heat Riser Solvent. It comes in a spray can and will penetrate and
- |> dissolve rust or corrosion in a heartbeat.
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- Remember that gun blue is nothing but (*gasp*) RUST!
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- I'd be cautious with this stuff around non-stainless guns.
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- Kirk Hays - NRA Life.
- "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to
- do nothing." -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
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