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I don�t feel old until I get off of it.

You guys running �Nam era freebie lube might want to pony up for some of this when the time comes that you run out, or, it turns to varnish. The people who build Kolar guns think highly of it:

http://www.cmdlubeoil.com/

Tip of the hat to the gentleman from Louisiana.

Best,
Ted

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If we are throwing back....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zmxSMIN3-WI

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How about it, O.C.? Care to answer keith about how you got the cases of bore cleaner free? Certainly it wasn't from the military.????

SRH

Just bought a new can of Fluid Film this morning. Many uses around the farm and I clean shotgun bores as well as wipe guns down with it. Solvent-free, lanolin based. Developed during WWII. I have to go to John Deere dealer to get it. Anyone else use it?

Use to use FF on the frame of my truck each fall takes 4 cans to coat it. Common for Ford and Toyota owners to use it to help with the frame rot in the salt belt. Couple of years ago switched to a Canadian Snake Oil. Find out soon if it worked or not just got the 7 year recall for frame inspection and replacement if needed. Toyota, Ford you are on your own. FF is sticky (why it is sprayed on frames) and attracts dirt it would not be my first choice for a lubricant.

Giacomo Arrighini the famed Perazzi gunsmith that came over from Italy in the early 70's to work at the Ithaca factory on Perazzi's swears by Triflow. And it is what I use. His SIL has taken over the business now and IIRC he recommends Slip 2000. Neither of them use grease no what the guys in Italy say. Either way I feel it is most important to keep it clean. Wipe the old off, whatever you use, and apply new often.

I use Triflow on my guns can get it at most bicycle shops because many of the bike racers use it on their chains. I was introduced to it in the yards in Washington State in the late 70's. Trying to break free a bolt on a steam pipe flange and had drenched it in Monkey Piss. The penetrating oil the government provides you in a green can made by the lowest bidder and is worthless. A sandcrab seen me struggling with it and he walked over and gave the bolt and nut a shot of Triflow and said try it now. Almost killed myself when I hit the slugging wrench with the sledge hammer and the wrench spun all the way around and came close to hitting me. Lubricant or penetrating oil I have been a big fan of Triflow since.

One way to turn a Benelli duck gun into a single shot in really cold weather is to use Rem Oil. Never had a problem with Triflow in the cold. No matter how cold, on any of my guns.

Benelli�s are mostly single shots in my world, all four seasons.

Best,
Ted

When I first moved to Mn. bit more than 20 years ago looked for a skeet field and found one in Winona over by the River. Met Dave Erickson back then there for the first time. Sometimes we would be the only 2 shooting and would discuss with each other for the next week to make sure we had someone to pull for the other.

Right before hunting season opened pulled in one evening and the place was packed with pickups mainly with Wi. plates. Couldn't even find an open space on a rack to park my gun and noticed every gun was a Benelli. I said out loud what is up with all the Benelli's? They looked at me like I had 3 eyes and finally one guy said because anything else in the duck blind eventually becomes a single shot around here. They all laughed in agreement. They were all duck hunters tuning up for the season. Most only shot a round or at most 2. Quite a few of them ran the field.

Most those guns were pretty beat up. But they all worked flawlessly. Although today there are a few others out there that can give them a run for the money. My main waterfowl gun always has been an Ithaca 37. My BUL and Cordoba always seem to go bang when I pull the trigger too though.

Cold Iron,

Don�t ever ride an old Honda.

You�ll end up in a ditch. (along with the fat chick that was on the back)

https://youtu.be/lOTEErZXvAo


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Cold Iron,
I have used Tri Flow for guns and Tri Flow for bicycle chains. The latter just yesterday. But I am doubtful they are the same thing or maybe their formula changed over the years. Both had teflon, but the former was suspended in oil I believe, while the latter is some other milky fluid that evaporates quickly leaving just the teflon behind - which has a lot of bike chain advantages. My Tri Flow bottle that I used for guns is still around, but I have refilled it many times over with NAPA ATF instead.

Anyway, there may be more than one version of it out there.

A Benelli needs two, and only two, things to run 100%.

1. A shell with enough oomph to compress the inertia spring.

2. A drop of light oil between the bolt body and the rotating bolt head.

And that's it.

It is, truly, the most reliable auto ever made.

Lol, I remember that night!