J.R.B. - thanks for the kind words. And I'll certainly have a look at your recommended Chevron grease. My ethnicity, frugality, and common sense totally agrees with your Brylcream comment.
Unmentioned in my original post, but picked up by Philbert, is that after each shooting session, the shooter should wipe off or otherwise remove the hinge pin grease which is usually contaminated to some degree after shooting. Prior to next shooting session, re-lube with the grease and you are good to go.
For the amount of time each hinge pin grease application is used, I really don't think the brand or type of grease much matters. The actual "stress" the grease is put to during firing and reloading is most likely at the EXTREME low end of the capability of these modern greases. We are truly living in the Golden Age of technology-chemistry.
edit: - Gnomon. If I had the volume of the recommended spindle oil you have, I MOST CERTAINLY would have kept using it until finished. However, my light useage SB Heavy 10 from AD1941 has cast iron bearings and needs all the "slip & slide" they can get, - so I opted for the Mobil 1 very light oil, based on its high repute on the South Bend Lathe BBS.
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