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

[dhw9am]

Olive Oil?

Lets see now, I have just spent hundreds of my hard earned dollars, on a new gun. I am now going to lubricate it with olive oil?
Naw, I think I will stick with Ballistol.

 

[MadTownGunny]

Keep it in the kitchen, I'll stick with Hoppes

 

[Manatee]

Olive oil is mildly acidic. Perhaps not the best thing to swab on a blued gun. And if a base is used (mineral oil for example is slightly base) salts can form.

For many competition firearms, I use Marvel Mystery oil as a lubricant. I figure if it will handle an air tool spinning at 18,000 rpm, it should handle the cycling I do with my firearms.

But, if I could only have one product, I'd probably use RemOil. Has a little teflon in it and works very well. Brownells Action Lube is also a pretty good synthetic grease.

 

[wwdkd]

I wouldn't try it. Gun oil is cheap and I would want to do anything that could possible effect functioning in a negative way

 

[jbrownrfn]

wow not sure why you would. What can of lube made for firearms cost six bucks... Why risk your firearm that cost hundreds if not even more over few bucks more... Plus olive oil isnt that cheap either...

 

[hrearden]

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.

When you say "Lucas lube" do you mean the red gun oil they make or the motor oil stabilizer? Honestly, I can see a little dab of the stabilizer going a long way in something that produces a lot of heat.

 

[ThoughtPolice]

It'll be a cold day in hell before I clean my guns with anything other than standard gun oil.

 

[Valvestate]

Acid, yes. I'd stay away unless it's all ya got and can't get a better lube. Just like engines, last ditch.