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    Default More about WD-40

    It has a long history of not being kind to guns. I agree but have experienced good things when used on some guns. I was at a machine gun shoot in Hot Springs Ark. and the guys next to me were shooting a WWI French Chauchat machine gun. It would hang up and not extract the fired case.

    The next day the gun performed excellently while being doused with WD40 while firing!

    Recently I got good results by spraying my sub sonic .22LR lightly before loading in the TX22 magazines. It is much easier to do that than extreme clean the gun!

    JMHO

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    Rem oil spray...light spray on M1 and 1911 just before sustained shooting

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    i think that gun needed a lubed feeding system

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    I no longer allow WD near my guns.
    Years ago, I used it on my M1 . . . .and it gummed up the rear sight adjustments . . . . . .turning to a “tar-like” substance that made it impossible to turn the knobs!

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    that Chauchat could have been doused with any lube and run better,

    no to the WD,


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    I use WD-40 to unloosen frozen bolts and screws.

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    Just for grins and giggles....

    Unloosen = tighten

    Untighten = loosen

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    Quote Originally Posted by tmark View Post
    I use WD-40 to unloosen frozen bolts and screws.
    Quote Originally Posted by PWC View Post
    Just for grins and giggles....

    Unloosen = tighten

    Untighten = loosen

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