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3 in 1 oil

Post by stan da man » Thu Oct 13, 2016 3:39 am

saw a guy that said all he ever used for YEARS is 3 in 1 oil - is that all i need ?? don`r remember what oil we used in the ARMY
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Re: 3 in 1 oil

Post by DWD445 » Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:47 am

stan da man wrote:saw a guy that said all he ever used for YEARS is 3 in 1 oil - is that all i need ?? don`r remember what oil we used in the ARMY
NOT recommended by Me, Mobil1 works great, or most OTC gun oils. 3 in 1 is too thin IMO ;)
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Re: 3 in 1 oil

Post by Sir Henry » Thu Oct 13, 2016 11:00 am

Three and one might be too thin but it allows you to use it in very cold weather. Rem Oil it also very thin and I suspect is the same thing. A lot of manufacturers will market the same product under a different name for different uses. Sewing machine oil is just 3 and 1.
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Re: 3 in 1 oil

Post by clovishound » Thu Oct 13, 2016 2:39 pm

Word on the street is that 3 in 1 will eventually degenerate into a gummy mess over time. Traditional gun oils don't do this. Probably not a problem on areas that get cleaned often, but I would definitely not take a chance on it for internals, like trigger assemblies and such. A bottle of Remoil, or other firearm specific lube is cheap enough. I would stick with that. I have one of the tiny bottles of Rem oil I picked up over a year ago for around $2. I clean 3 to 4 firearms a week. I still have some left.
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Re: 3 in 1 oil

Post by JEBar » Thu Oct 13, 2016 3:41 pm

my grandfather used 3 in 1 oil and so far as I know, it never let him down .... until a couple of years ago I used Hoppe's #9 and Rem Oil, they worked well for me .... I'm now using Ballistol and have been delighted with its performance
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Re: 3 in 1 oil

Post by Les » Thu Oct 13, 2016 4:15 pm

There must be literally millions of firearms around the world that have never seen anything other than 3-in-One oil. It might not be technically 'correct', but it usually does the job if you don't have anything else.
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Re: 3 in 1 oil

Post by Sir Henry » Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:15 pm

I think people are missing the fact that 3 in 1 is just a market name and they make a dozen or more types.
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Re: 3 in 1 oil

Post by ditto1958 » Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:05 pm

I've seen lots of guys who use 3-in-1. A firearm is not a Formula 1 race car engine. Pretty much any oil, bacon grease, Crisco, snot from your nose, or even none at all (at least with Glocks and AK-47's) will work in a gun, and the gun will be just fine.

The important parts of guns, the ones that move against each other, are made of high quality steel, and they won't harm themselves.
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Post by RanchRoper » Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:09 pm

Bacon and guns sounds like a good time to me!
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Re: 3 in 1 oil

Post by Sir Henry » Thu Oct 13, 2016 9:30 pm

ditto1958 wrote:I've seen lots of guys who use 3-in-1. A firearm is not a Formula 1 race car engine. Pretty much any oil, bacon grease, Crisco, snot from your nose, or even none at all (at least with Glocks and AK-47's) will work in a gun, and the gun will be just fine.

The important parts of guns, the ones that move against each other, are made of high quality steel, and they won't harm themselves.
I have found if you use too thick of an oil in cold weather that it turns too thick. Granted there are places you put grease but they make a special grease that while it goes on thick it doesn't get thicker in cold weather. Keep in mind cold weather to me means single digits.
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