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I have to tell you, we came into this review in a world of confusion and we were BIG skeptics!
By the end of our studies we realized two things:

1) We are still a bit confused (about it's molecular effects)

2) We really like this stuff!

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Here is the box as it arrives at your house





MolyFusion comes in two forms.

1) A paste used to "treat" metal and change it's surface molecular makeup.
This can be used in barrels, on moving parts such as bolt rails, and sear/hammer connecting surfaces, or anywhere a better lubrication method is needed.



2). An Oil form which contains a nice gun lube plus a solution of Molybdenum.
The oils small particle fill size (10-50 nanometer) helps fill microscopic cracks, holes and surface dents to provide a smooth slick metal surface.

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According to it's promoters, MolyFusion (in the paste treatment) will do several things to help improve your guns performance.

We will now examine these claims, one by one:

A). MolyFusion changes the surface metal's molecular makeup to give the metal surface a slick, super low friction performance, even under high pressure.
To make it simple, MolyFusion makes the metal itself almost seem slippery.
This can come in handy in many applications, if it performs as they claim.

B). MolyFusion also makes the metal and the treatment of it, very heat resistant (up to 2200 degrees.)
While this comes in hand in areas like engine perfomance, we really do not see how this will help the average rimfire .22 or .17 caliber rifle.
That type of heat just does not come into play while hunting or at the range.
The exception would be full auto guns, but full auto .22's are few and far between.

C). Molyfusion is self reacting, which simply means, if the gun is at or around room temp, the application will work without any additional help. (We did find it helped to heat the parts to 120 degrees in an oven)

D). MolyFusion, as a super lubricant agent lasts a long time and is extremely durable.

E). Molyfusion eliminates copper and lead deposits in the barrel, and is a great corrosion protectant.

f). MolyFusion reduces "felt recoil" and first shot flyers.
Thus, improves accuracy.

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Lets take a look at each of these claims and see what our studies actually demonstrated.

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A). MolyFusion actually changes the surface metals molecular makeup to give the metals surface a slick, super low friction performance, making the metal almost seem slippery.

So what did we use to test this, and what did we find out? Well, Several articles have been written on MolyFusion with many claims of how it made guns "work better" through less friction and higher lubrication leaves. But we could not find many articles that went beyond "feel" and into actually scientific testing.
Our studies found some things a little different than the other reviews.

We first considered the claims of how the surface metal was changed, and how this created less friction.
So we decided for a good testing material, what better surface to experiment with than machine cutting tool bits.
These already come ground and highly polished to extremely tight tolerances, so much so, that they come to the table already "feeling" slipery when laid upon each other.
We wanted to see if molyFusion could improve on that lack of friction with the help of our old scientific friend "gravity".

We took several sets of highly polished 5/8 x 5/8 x 4 1/2 inch in tool bits, and treated them with three treatments of MolyFusion for optimal optimal enhancement, while keeping several other sets "clean" of any lubricants.


After letting the bits stand for a day, all bits were cleaned and degreased with a strong citrus based cleaner. Next, sets of 2 bits were laid flat, and slowly raised at one end to see at what degree metal to metal surface tension would break, and the top bit would start to slide off the bottom bit.
The degree at which contact between the tools brake should be a great indicator of the actual friction resistance of the metal surfaces, both treated and untreated.

After being laid flat at 90 degrees, the untreated top bit started sliding when one end of the bottom bit was slowely raised to 74 degrees.
Next we tried the MolyFusion treated bits.
Here the treated top bit started sliding when the bottom bit reached an 80 degree angle.
Of course we repeated this experiment several times and all friction brake points were seen with-in 1 degree of each other.

We were pretty impressed, as this was a large gap, especially considering the tool bits were very highly polished to start with.
This did demonstrate the MolyFusion metals tendancy to act with lower friction levels almost as if it were highly oiled.

Next, we then buffed up the side of a tool bit with a grinder leaving a slight rough side and applied MolyFusion.
This time, the top tool bit started to slide at 77 degrees, even better than two untreated but highly polished bits.
This really demonstrates the reduction of metal to metal friction in unpolished surfaces. This is the level of friction relief that can be obtained using MolyFusion on matching or contacting surfaces, including the inside of rifle barrels.

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B). MolyFusion also makes the metal and the treatment of it very heat resistant up to 2200 degrees.

Like we said, we really do not see how this will ever help the average rimfire .22 or .17 caliber rifle.
That type of heat does not come into play while hunting or at the range and full auto .22's are few and far between.

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C). MolyFusion is also self reacting

This means, if the gun is at or around room temp, the application will work without any additional help. (though we did find it helped to heat the parts to 120 degrees in an oven)
We also found it takes up to 3 treatments to get top performance from MolyFusion.

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D). MolyFusion, as a super lubricant/protectant agent lasts a long time and is extremely durable.

To be honest, we don't know.
We have not had it long enough for a 1-year or similar long term test.
BUT, we did run 1,500 rounds through a barrel treated with MolyFusion, and saw no copper or lead residue as a result. We also ran tests for corrosion, and saw no reduction in prevention even after a two week trial with salt water on treated bare steel. Combine this with what several other shooters we know and trust have said, and we believe the claims of long term durability are a reality in barrel and gun parts use.

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E). MolyFusion eliminates copper and lead deposits in the barrel, and is a great corrosion protectant.

Yes, and Yes!
Like we said, we ran three whole bricks of copper dipped rounds through our test 10/22 Rifle (a brand we have seen leave residue in the past) and found no copper or lead deposits upon cleaning.
Keeping in mind, the barrel needs to be absolutely clean before MolyFusion can work its magic.

As for anti-corrosive testing, we have found in the past that treatment of fresh ground steel (like in our hex take-down bolts) with a blueing agent like Super Blue, will lead to massive rust formation on the steel with-in one day if a good protectant is not used after blueing.

The act of blueing metal is not to really color it, but to had a highly corrosive mixture that reacts with the metal causing the black/dark blue color. We simply blued some fresh ground bolt, then treated them with MolyFusion based oil and let them sit for a week.

After that time, no rust was seen, thus its anti-corrosive action was assured.
We then went a step further, and treated 4 freshly ground steel bolts and placed them in a saltwater bath.
1-week later, no sign of any rust or corrosion were present on the bolts.
Even so, we still believe NO treatment can be 100% effective in rust prevention, and suggests if you treat your barrel with MolyFusion, you still need to continue to use a lubricant for long term protection, be it molyfusion's brand mixed with there oil or another rust preventative.
Bare metal, even treated bare metal is still a long term invitation to rust and needs a protective oil coating.

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F). MolyFusion reduces felt recoil and first shot flyers improving accuracy.

We did see an improvement in first round flyers.
Overall, first and second rounds did stay direct to the target in our live-fire tests, but we did not see a "felt reduction" in recoil.
Keeping in mind that "felt recoil" is a very subjective area and a .22 really has little or almost no recoil anyway.
Tests in larger caliber guns (like a .45) might prove otherwise.

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The Bottom Line!

We came into this review surrounded with a combination of myths, confusing product information, and no idea what MolyFusion really does.

We found in our tests that it is a great product for treatment of barrels.
It eliminates copper and lead fouling like no other product we have seen.

It also is a great lubricant agent, though we did find some claims made by users on gun forums not scientifically repeatable.
For example, we removed the white lithium grease in the trigger system of a new Marlin 917V rifle, then gave the sear/hammer contact three treatments of MolyFusion. This was then followed with the MolyFusion Oil.
Before treatment trigger pull was measured at 1700 grams.
After MolyFusion treatment, trigger pull was actually Worse at 1850 grams.
It seems that in this case, the white lithium grease performs better as a trigger release lube than the MolyFusion.

This surprised us after reading so many claims in gun forums, stating that it drastically reduced trigger pull.
Please remember that all triggers are not alike, and it may work better on some triggers (like a ruger) that have more metal to metal contact area. In the Marlin, the metal to metal contact area is very small.

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Overall, We feel it is worth the money if you are a semi-serious hunter, or want to really improve your target shooting (and cleaning sessions), especially if you live near the sea (where salt lives in the air) or store your guns in semi-humid conditions..
One box of Molyfusion contain enough paste to treat three or four barrels. The box also contains a bottle of oil/moly mix that would be great as a general protectant.


Overall, we are very happy to recommend MolyFusion as a needed addition to your guns toolbox.


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THE BOTTOM LINE

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