Winchester grease

1972RedNeck · December 17, 2024, 11:22 PM

What grease does Winchester lube their new rifles with?

**44 AMP** · December 18, 2024, 04:43 AM

I have no idea, but my understanding is that factories do not "lube" their new rifles, they use a preservative grease. While it has some lubricating properties, it is not intended as a lubricant, but as a preservative.

New guns may sit on the factory or dealers shelves for a couple years or more. Often less, but sometimes more even a lot more, if the specific model and caliber aren't all that popular.

SO, the factory uses a preservative grease, expecting and instructing the user to clean it out and apply a proper, correct lubricant before use.

Swifty Morgan · December 18, 2024, 08:43 PM

Based on a lot of recommendations, I started using Mobilgrease 28, which is made for aviation. I got little syringes with pointy tips.

December 17, 2024, 11:22 PM	#1
1972RedNeck Senior Member Join Date: December 8, 2015 Posts: 374	Winchester grease What grease does Winchester lube their new rifles with?

December 18, 2024, 04:43 AM	#2
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 30,440	I have no idea, but my understanding is that factories do not "lube" their new rifles, they use a preservative grease. While it has some lubricating properties, it is not intended as a lubricant, but as a preservative. New guns may sit on the factory or dealers shelves for a couple years or more. Often less, but sometimes more even a lot more, if the specific model and caliber aren't all that popular. SO, the factory uses a preservative grease, expecting and instructing the user to clean it out and apply a proper, correct lubricant before use. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

December 18, 2024, 08:43 PM	#3
Swifty Morgan Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2018 Location: FL Posts: 634	Based on a lot of recommendations, I started using Mobilgrease 28, which is made for aviation. I got little syringes with pointy tips. __________________ Selling a gun is like selling a child, without the relief over not having to pay for college The Bill of Rights was written largely to prevent rudeness. Infringement doesn't have to be catastrophic to be intolerable.