I was taught to put a dab of grease in the slide grooves of the pistol to prevent wear, facilitate racking/actuation and extend life (I thought that lubrication was basic moving parts wear prevention...)
I was talking with one of my friends who came over while I was cleaning my carry gun. I stopped by a range after work and put about 50 rounds through it. So I finish with the cleaning and put in a little grease into my slide grooves. He told me that putting grease in the grooves was the most dumbest thing he had ever heard. I pointed out that the sentence he just said was the dumbest thing I had ever heard. He then proceeded to say that he never greased a firearm. Oil while cleaning yes, but never greased the slide or anything. Yes, I am fishing for confirmation that I am right, because he got very offensive and then defensive about it. But this is the way I have always done it without issue.
Sidenote: If you do use grease.. What do you use? If you don't.. Why the heck not?
I thought this was common sense, please tell me he is unique and just needs a little educating.
This was several hours ago, and he just left, didn't want to post it up with him here. Let him cool off first...
I was talking with one of my friends who came over while I was cleaning my carry gun. I stopped by a range after work and put about 50 rounds through it. So I finish with the cleaning and put in a little grease into my slide grooves. He told me that putting grease in the grooves was the most dumbest thing he had ever heard. I pointed out that the sentence he just said was the dumbest thing I had ever heard. He then proceeded to say that he never greased a firearm. Oil while cleaning yes, but never greased the slide or anything. Yes, I am fishing for confirmation that I am right, because he got very offensive and then defensive about it. But this is the way I have always done it without issue.
Sidenote: If you do use grease.. What do you use? If you don't.. Why the heck not?
I thought this was common sense, please tell me he is unique and just needs a little educating.
This was several hours ago, and he just left, didn't want to post it up with him here. Let him cool off first...