Olive oil as a good pistol lubricant? Give me your thoughts!

[EvilKidsMeal]

That stuff can fix anything.

I hear tell that when Popeye has a stiff joint that what he soaks it in.

I know I'm a bit late, but still...

 

[jwh20]

Heard from a guy from a guy that olive oil is as good as anything you would pay for as a pistol/rifle lube. What do you all think?

While you're pondering over that question, watch this guy eat cotton candy backward...I can't stop watching.

I Can't Stop Watching This Dude Eat Cotton Candy In Reverse

If that was all you had I'm sure it's better than running it dry. But it's not good as a mineral-based lubricant. Olive and other vegetable oils spoil (i.e. become rancid) but the worst problems are:

1) They breakdown and form a sticky "sludge" on contact with air. This gums up the workings of mechanical devices and could leave your firearm inoperable when you need it most.

2) They burn at relatively low temperatures. So any oil in contact with the parts of your gun that get hot will smoke and burn and form carbon deposits which also will interfere with operations.

Both of these are why use on a firearm is not a good idea.

Use a good quality GUN oil. If you are just have none availble, use a high quality machine oil or even motor oil. Don't use vegetable oils or WD40. WD40 is more solvent than lubricant.

 

[JR50]

Originally Posted by printcraft


That stuff can fix anything.

I hear tell that when Popeye has a stiff joint that what he
soaks it in.


Nobody is going to remark about this post!? Nobody?

Pure frigin
genius right up there, gentlemen...

LEaSH,
I think many of the people here are simply too young to know about Olive Oyle.

 

[Niles Coyote]

I’d be afraid of gaining weight due to Italian food cravings...



If you are hard up for firearm maintenance lubes run to the auto parts store and get some heavy weight synthetic motor oil and grease.

 

[hANNAbONE]

just because something says "oil" in their name doesn't mean it's a good gun lubricant.

Keep the olive oil in the pantry and for Caesar Salads and grillin' pork loins and steaks.

YMMV

 

[rvb]

wouldn't it "cook off" easily given the temps we can see on the barrel/rails/lugs? If desperate, maybe it would work. I'll stick to my synthetic motor oil. Not much more expensive, and meant to go on high-temp high-friction applications vs keeping my spaghetti from clumping...

-rvb

 

[Robert Richardson]

NO WAY.

 

[lucky4034]

That stuff can fix anything.

I hear tell that when Popeye has a stiff joint that what he soaks it in.

Damn... It took me a second but this is probably the funniest thing I've read online in a long time

.

GTFO

 

[gregkl]

Nothing like a pistol full of rancid oil.

This. Keep the organics away from your firearms. Good synthetic lube made for firearms may cost more than a gallon of EVOO, but you don't use much and it lasts a long time.

This is tripping over dimes to save a nickel IMO.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Olive oil has a low smoke point (better the quality the lower the smoke point) and its flash point is just over its smoke point.

It won't stay on your 1911 long.

Go buy some Kellube, SLIP2000, Lucas lube, melted hinge grease, inter alia and leave the olive oil for cooking.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Absolutely, but only for Beretta and Tanfoglio pistols.

 

[indiucky]

That stuff can fix anything.

I hear tell that when Popeye has a stiff joint that what he soaks it in.

Thanks dude. Three minutes after reading that it finally sank in and I spit out RC and Sausage, Egg, and Cheese biscuit onto my keyboard.

Shop just opened and I have a f%$#ng cleanup on desk 8....

I would rep you and still may if I can get tis meal out of my keyboard.

That was not kewl man...Not kewl at all...

 

[redgreenrider]

I might try dropping my whole pistol in my Fry Daddy next time I cook up some cheese sticks. Slick gun plus tasty treat = score!

 

[gregkl]

Absolutely, but only for Beretta and Tanfoglio pistols.

Good one!

 

[ashby koss]

A great way to oil your food after shooting it and before cooking it!

 

[Movealongmovealong]

It doesn't degrade metal/plastic. I was just wondering what you all thought about it. There are better/other options, but that doesn't mean you're not wasting your money on lube that does the job for 10$ more. Also, if you haven't seen the guy eating cotton candy backward..I will give you all another chance:

http://deadspin.com/i-cant-stop-watching-this-dude-eat-cotton-candy-in-rev-507709103

Have a great weekend INGO Brothers!

It seems like it would be a poor idea. There are many good biodegradable lubricants out there now (Froglube and Triflow Green/Soy come to mind) which have tested properties and in-the-field experience showing that they work well enough for the job.

Keep in mind that biodegradable oils will lose much of their needed properties within DAYS of application. In the case of Triflow Soy, that openly state that it will completely break down in less that 28 days.

 

[jerryv]

Nothing like a pistol full of rancid oil.

+1.. what he said. I'd avoid the olive oil unless I was planning to eat the gun.

 

[oldguyguns]

The folks who sell firearms lubes and cleaners are not dummys--one would think they have chemists and metallurgists working for them. If olive oil was really good they would be selling it ---

 

[SERparacord]

Bacon fat is much better for guns.

 

[singlesix]

It seems like it would be a poor idea. There are many good biodegradable lubricants out there now (Froglube and Triflow Green/Soy come to mind) which have tested properties and in-the-field experience showing that they work well enough for the job.

Keep in mind that biodegradable oils will lose much of their needed properties within DAYS of application. In the case of Triflow Soy, that openly state that it will completely break down in less that 28 days.

False. Ballistol for example. For those that care to read: http://www.ballistol.com/1_Ballistol 2010 Amazing Story Flyer PROOF3.pdf