Cold weather oil.

[dakor]

I use Tri-Flow.

 

[Rsadams]

Sewing machine oil is the best gun oil there is because it never varnishes up but i use redline brand 0wt engine oil now. I always have a bit left over from my drag bike and it lasts forever on bolt carriers that do super duty and doesnt seem to attract grime

I was forced to use 3&1 oil once after a fire were the house burned and I had to leave my guns after rescuing them at families house for a year... I lubed them with the oil before storing them it's all I had at the time... It gummed and varnished up so bad it was horrible to remove even glued the bolt shut on an automatic.. It took forever to get it out of my guns... I have thrown away every bottle I could find after that...

We always called 3&1 sewing machine oil but maybe this isn't what your speaking of... As far as 0w weight oil I am thinking of going over to that instead of buying slip 2000 ewl next time....

 

[Barlow]

Best I've found for cold weather, no oil. Barlow

 

[Intheshop]

Not a specific "gun product",just something I stumbled into(loooong story,steeped in historic pres work)....Texaco type L rustproofing.

On machine restoration/preservation/daily driver.....a whole bunch of parts are left,"in the white".Normally these are of a medium to high polish.The above type L is the only thing we've found that in a day to day working environment,protects bare steel and C.I. from rust.It's similar to cosmolene in it's consistency but differs in that....#1,you don't glob it on and #2,you halfarse "buff" it back off.More like,wipe it on sparingly,flip the rag to a dry side and take off any excess.This is based on a reasonable amount of slickness(big buffer/polishing machinery) on the bare part.You can still find vintage tins of it.A pea sized amt would easily do all the handles on a BP.I never bothered with MSDS (though we take that pretty dang seriously) on it.It's one of those products that I sorta don't care,we ain't eating it? and have lots of better kill you dead chemicals anyoleway.

 

[dickn52]

I have been looking all over the internet on oil that will still protect against rust and still lubricate in below zero temps and not collect dust/dirt. Getting in and out of the truck, leaving the rifle in the truck and snow builds up a large amount of moisture on my rifle. I have always oiled and then wiped the rifle almost dry but it still seems to collect a large amount of dust/dirt. I have tried slip 2000,fp-10, hoppes and barricade. Barricade and fp-10 seem to almost dry and have the lease amount of dirt after a while. I was told to try butches gun oil but it seemed quite thick for cold weather. What are some better options?

Mil spec LSA. There are two grades temperature wise though. If the Army can use it in the arctic warfare schools and Vietnam, then it's ok with me.

 

[M-61]

Local hunters in Cambridge Bay Nunavut (Canada) use seal oil. The temperatures there can easily fall below -40°. Generally staying lower than -25F at this time of the year. And the locals hunt year round.
Some will wipe gasoline and let it evaporate but they may have different safety standards.