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Old July 19, 2010, 03:16 PM   #4
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Agree with both the above. You want to be sure you are broken in for reliability first. A thin oil, like 3-in-1 is just fine for that. Keep reapplying it every 25 rounds or so and cleaning every 50 or as needed until break-in is done. 500 rounds of hardball is a common break-in schedule. Most feed or other failures happen in the first 200. You want to see at least that many go downrange without a hitch before you rely on the gun.

Once the break-in is done and any glitches fixed, then think about warming with a hot air gun and burnishing in Mil-Comm TW25B or you could apply Moly Fusion, or you could soak three days in Sprinco Plate+ Silver (though this will darken Parkerizing; it's also a great spring treatment). All those bring about lubrication that doesn't easily come off. Sprinco's Machine Gun Lube is one of the best general slide and function lubes and using it in addition to any of the above will give very long wear.
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