This thread has long since become a thread not about lubrication.
...and needs to be put to rest.
This thread has long since become a thread not about lubrication.
...and needs to be put to rest.
Actually, sounds like it might be just fine for a firearm. I don't think firearms are all that demanding. I haven't managed to wear one out yet.
Agreed! All I ever used was CLP (BreakFree) in the military. Every rifle I was issued had a small bottle of the stuff in the stock. I use it today, zero malfunctions when applied and I don't see the need to run the risk to void a warranty. If is was a survival situation, I would more than likely use a motor oil. But I see no need to do it now.
Ufff...
Is there an Executive Summary of that document?
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Results in Brief
From 1988 to 2006, the military services tested and evaluated MILITEC-1 11 times for various uses, including as a small arms cleaner, lubricant, and preservative; a metal conditioner; a general purpose lubricant; or a lubricant additive. Although the product passed early tests as a lubricant additive in the late 1980s, it did not pass 9 of the 11 tests and evaluations. These tests ranged from a limited demonstration of performance characteristics to a comprehensive assessment of the product with regard to military specifications. The product has not passed any tests and evaluations for a small arms cleaner, lubricant, and preservative, metal conditioner, or a general purpose lubricant. In 1988 and 1989, MILITEC-1 passed Marine Corps and Navy tests and evaluations as a lubricant additive, but it did not pass a subsequent test and evaluation as a lubricant additive in 1994. Militec, Inc., continues to market its product for use as a small arms lubricant to DOD, and asserts that DOD’s current product specification is flawed. The Army disagrees that its military specification is flawed and has extended to Militec, Inc., the opportunity either to demonstrate how its product has been modified to conform to the current military specification for a small arms lubricant or indicate why the specification should be modified, according to DOD officials. However, Militec, Inc., has not done so.
DLA did not follow applicable DOD procedures when it assigned NSNs for MILITEC-1 in 1993 and again in 1995 in that it did not first obtain approval from the military services as required by DLA procedures, according to agency officials. However, the agency did follow applicable procedures when it subsequently canceled or blocked NSNs in 1995, 2003, and 2007, according to DLA officials and our review of available documentation. DOD officials told us that their procedures require DLA to obtain approval from the military services prior to assigning NSNs, to ensure that a product meets military specifications. The services did not approve the assignment of NSNs for MILITEC-1 in the 1990s, yet because of the department’s push toward the use of commercial off-the-shelf items, the product was assigned NSNs by DLA in 1993 and did get into the supply system. Soon after, however, in 1994 DLA initiated action to cancel the NSNs because of a lack of service support. In that respect, DLA did correctly follow applicable procedures on the occasions when it either canceled the product—that is, removed it from the federal supply system—or halted its purchase throughout the 1990s and continuing to 2007, according to DLA officials.
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The product has not passed any tests and evaluations for a small arms cleaner, lubricant, and preservative, metal conditioner, or a general purpose lubricant.
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Meh! Metal against metal, mobile 1 red grease. Parts flopping around in contact but no real stress mobile 1 motor oil. I have been using synthetic oil since the the seventies. Started out with using it on my personal vehicles then migrated to my business vehicles (tractor trailers w/refrigerated units. My wife's car has 260,000 k on it and if you look at the top half of the engine it's like it came out of the dealers show room floor. Had a Toyota with over 180k when I had to change the head gasket, you could see the factory honing marks on the cylinder walls. My Toyota tundra oil changes are recommended at every 10k. Have a 1988 sea Ray boat and have used synthetic oil in it since I've gotten it and still runs with great oil pressure and uses no oil . More concerned about the block rusting out on it. My guns... Synthetic all the way.
Not the same stuff I was using. Now I like Lucas Extreme gun oil and grease.