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Originally Posted by fastbolt
I've never had one of my 36's or 642's have the steel yokes dry out in quite the same manner or so quickly, but the aluminum yokes in my M&P 340's have done so, even though they don't have the rougher surfaced titanium cylinders (PVD stainless) spinning on the yokes. I check them every year or two, and refresh the lube on the 2 yoke bearing surfaces as preventive maintenance, which restores easy spinning of the cylinder if they had started to 'slow' a bit.
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Thanks for that advice.
What do you use for lube? CLP? Is that really good for two years?
On most of my handguns, I use my own mix of 5W50 full-synthetic motor oil with super-fine molybdenum powder mixed in. It works for me, but I don't carry a revolver as a backup gun every day.