Rance - SASS # 54090 Posted July 30, 2022 Posted July 30, 2022 Fellow ‘73 cowboy shooters.. With your ‘73’s with modern smokeless powder (non black powder) Are you running your brass carrier lubed or dry? If lubed.. what type of lube? Thanks Rance
Ripsaw Posted July 30, 2022 Posted July 30, 2022 Lubed, Rem Oil or similar on sides of carrier and the bolt.. A gun grease on the end of the lifter during installation.
Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life Posted July 30, 2022 Posted July 30, 2022 A touch of Mobil 1 red synthetic on the tip of the lifter after cleaning and the sides/front/back of carrier dry. No need for oil/grease in the carrier well with smokeless. Same for brass or aluminum carrier. Regards Gateway Kid
Fretless Posted July 30, 2022 Posted July 30, 2022 Hornady One shot lube and cleaner, leaves a dry lube.
Silver Rings SASS # 27466 Posted July 30, 2022 Posted July 30, 2022 I have a 45 Colt and in aWin 73 they produce a bunch of fouling. Wet is the only way for me. I use Breakfree CLP. Hornady one shot doesn't work for me. SR
I. M. Crossdraw, SASS# 8321 Posted July 30, 2022 Posted July 30, 2022 I run it dry. Running it wet will quickly pick up more crud much sooner. If you want to use lube, use a dry lube instead, wipe excess off.
John E. Law Posted July 30, 2022 Posted July 30, 2022 8 hours ago, Possum Skinner, SASS#60697 said: Wet. Small spritz of Ballistol. I didn't know you could "spritz" something with the viscosity of Ballistol. I'm gonna steal one of the wife's perfume bottles, dump it, and give it a whirl JEL
Possum Skinner, SASS#60697 Posted July 30, 2022 Posted July 30, 2022 I imagine in dry, dusty climates running the carrier dry (or with a dry-lube) would be best, as grit would tend to stick to the lube.
August West, SASS #45079 Posted July 30, 2022 Posted July 30, 2022 As already suggested by Fretless, I use Hornady One Shot Cleaner-Lube. It is black powder compatible and, therefore, doesn't have to be cleaned from the gun when switching between propellants. If the carrier ever gets gummed up during a match, I use Ballistol to get it going again. But, once using Ballistol during a match, the gun quickly gums up again. It must be continuously re-lubricated every two stages after that. Wet lubes are like a magnet to carbon and dust, so for me they are emergency use only. Fortunately, Hornady One Shot will get a gun through many matches with smokeless powder and most of a single match with black powder. All this is dependent on wind (dust) and humidity levels.
Griff Posted July 30, 2022 Posted July 30, 2022 21 hours ago, Rance - SASS # 54090 said: Fellow ‘73 cowboy shooters.. With your ‘73’s with modern smokeless powder (non black powder) Are you running your brass carrier lubed or dry? If lubed.. what type of lube? Thanks Rance Dry, and well clearanced in the mortise, since I also shoot BP in them.
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted July 31, 2022 Posted July 31, 2022 Lightly lubed with just a drop or two of Mobil 1, 5 - 30 Motor Oil. Synthetic BP/SUB/smokeless compatible.
Dusty Devil Dale Posted August 1, 2022 Posted August 1, 2022 Generally, if it slides, I grease it lightly. If it rotates, I oil it lightly. On the carrier I use one drop of oil on each side, over a very light coat of grease to lighten the viscosity. It seems to work fine, but the grease makes it messy with light-loaded .38 rounds that burp residue rearward.
Rance - SASS # 54090 Posted August 1, 2022 Author Posted August 1, 2022 Thanks fellers.. Seems out of 11 replies.. 9 use some sort of lubricant.. Reckon I’ll take that input and use it..
"Big Boston" Posted August 1, 2022 Posted August 1, 2022 I lube the lifter arm, that's it. The rest of the carrier gets cleaned with ISO (Isopropyl Alcohol). The lifter is brass and if the clearance is sufficient, it is just guided by the action cutout. I deburr the action frame and emery the lifter sides for decent clearance. I clean the surfaces of the action frame where the lifter fits with ISO as well. IMHO with the clearances between the lifter and frame, I see no need for lubrication, certainly not anything that will collect crud. BB
Ranger Dan Posted August 1, 2022 Posted August 1, 2022 I run my 2 44WCF dry, as there is little to no blow back and only need to clean the carrier once or twice a year. 38/357 on the other hand requires some lube or the carbon builds up and it gets "sticky". Ballistol or CLP as both break down the carbon.
Sarge Posted August 1, 2022 Posted August 1, 2022 I run mine wet with what ever lube I have available at the time. Everything from RemOIl. to Ballistol, to CLP to MobilOne. After every match I blow everything out with chlorine free brake cleaner and re-lube.
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