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MODIFY YOUR RUGER 10/22

BASIC 10/22 RIFLE LUBRICATION INFORMATION



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We are going to start by introducing you to the very first Lubrications steps in ownership of your rifle.

With proper lubrication, your rifle will last forever, and perform better than you would imagine.


As you can see from the picture below, there are many types of lubricant available and the choices can be very confusion, so lets simplify things a bit.

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From left to right we see:
1) RemOil - a combination oil & teflon spray.
2) Dry Graphite Spray - like a crushed pencil lead dust mixed with a liquid that evaporates.
3) Rem DryLube - a teflon spray with NO oil. Goes on wet and dries real quick.
4) Millcomm t-25b gun grease - (Tony Kidd uses this on all new triggers) comes in an ejector tube.
5) Dupont dry teflon lube - NOT a spray, but if a fast drying liquid that leaves only the teflon residue.
6) Hoppes - lubricating gun oil.
7) Lubriplate #105 grease - standard industrial "white lithium" grease.
8) STP Silicone Spray - another variety of a "dry" spray-on lubricant.




So what is best?

That is easy, and all depends on which rifle area you are working with.

There are three main areas of a 10/22 rifle that need lubrications:

1) Receiver/Bolt group
2) Trigger Unit
3) Barrel.

Lets start first with the Receiver/bolt group.

Due to the high amount of ammunition ignited in the Recieve/Bolt area, ANY lubrication that contains OIL is going to also attract dust, grit, and powder gum.

It is CRITICAL that you only dry a 'DRY" lubricant in these areas!

Dry lubricants contain Teflon, Graphite, Silicone or other agents that are dry or powders, and are sprayed with a mix of liquid chemicals that evaporate leaving only the lubricating powders attached to the metal areas.

These are very tough and do not easily rub off, so the lubrication effect can last for a long time.

While both Graphite and Silicone work quite well, neither is as good long term as a dry spray containing teflon.

Several companies market dry lubes based on teflon including elmer's, superlube, and a few others.

We prefer the rem-dry lube (By Remington) simply because it can be found at just about any walmart in the country, though ANY dry-lube based on teflon with no oil should work as well.

Please do not confuse rem dry-lube with RemOil.
Remoil is NOT a dry lube and will cause your parts to gum up.

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As for the trigger unit, these parts undergo a different level of wear and stress, and a grease is a much better selection. Burning powder does not have as much contamination here, and parts are hard to gum up.

Several type of military type "gun oils" have been used here without much success.
They tend to allow parts to rust, and lose there lubrication properties after a short while.

The two best greases we found are as shown here:


1) Good old white lithium grease, used by machinists for years for metal to metal contact.

2) A specific military variation under the name Mil-comm T25b that is also known as "tony
Kidd Grease" as tony uses it in the amazing match trigger units be builds. That in itself speaks
very highly for this brand (which we offer at CheapGunParts.com ).
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We have found that this grease retains it's lubrication properties a LOT longer than normal white lithium grease, and also protects the metal parts from rust and wear MUCH longer.

As such, we use Mil-comm T25b in all our rifles trigger contact points, and it gets our recommendation for your rifles too.

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One Note: If you do install a new hammer or hammer kit, do NOT lubricate any of the contact points until you have shot at least a brick through it (500 rounds). This gives the parts a chance to wear-in and then they will operate even better after lubrication.


The last area to lubricate is the barrel.

We mention this because barrels do not need lubrication to operate,
But when you have finished using the rifle for the day, we recommend you run a patch containing a good simple gun oil (like Hoppe's) through the barrel.
This will leave a thin preventative coating, so if your rifle does sit for a while, you do not have to worry about any rust forming in the barrel.



If this helped you out let us know and tell your friends!

If you have any questions let us know at ruger22@comcast.net



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