What do you guys lube your Sig 1911 rails with? I should be getting my Nightmare shortly, I use slide glide on all my P series. Thanks!

On my 1911s I use grease on the rails and oil on the lugs and around the muzzle, and a drop on the disconnector and one down in front of the cocked hammer. Reapply oil as needed to the barrel hood, muzzle, and let some run down the rails between strips/cleanings. YMMV

On my 1911 Nightmare, I first wiped it clean with alcohol, then, once dry, I wiped it completely with Lucas CLP. I grease with Lucas grease a la Flork. I put CLP down the barrel and wipe off. She runs as good as or better than my Ed Brown after more than 500 rounds.

I only use oil on 1911’s as JMB intended.

Slide glide.

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Originally posted by 1KPerDay:
On my 1911s I use grease on the rails and oil on the lugs and around the muzzle, and a drop on the disconnector and one down in front of the cocked hammer. Reapply oil as needed to the barrel hood, muzzle, and let some run down the rails between strips/cleanings. YMMV

More or less my method too.

SlIDE GLIDE (Lite) and FP10.

I do the following on all my 1911's. After field stripping and cleaning, I use grease on the rails, with oil in slide grooves, barrel, hammer. Once a year I do a detail strip and clean, grease the sear, light coat of oil on other internal parts.

Liberal amounts of frog lube, cycle a few times, the wipe off excess. A drop or two of oil as necessary on small parts. I figure that if it stays clean while being carried, fires reliabley, and sweats a little hot lube after a range trip, then it’s good to go.

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Originally posted by Kravashera:
Liberal amounts of frog lube, cycle a few times, the wipe off excess. A drop or two of oil as necessary on small parts. I figure that if it stays clean while being carried, fires reliabley, and sweats a little hot lube after a range trip, then it’s good to go.

Have you ever shot it in temps below 40 degrees? Cuz the previous owner of my PPQ apparently used FL and even after I though I get it all off, it gummed up and malfunctioned. Never frog lube.

Grease.

I use TW25B or M-Pro-7. I also use the Lucas grease.

On a few occasions I've used Aeroshell 5 because it was handy.

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Originally posted by BuddyChryst:

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Originally posted by Kravashera:
Liberal amounts of frog lube, cycle a few times, the wipe off excess. A drop or two of oil as necessary on small parts. I figure that if it stays clean while being carried, fires reliabley, and sweats a little hot lube after a range trip, then it’s good to go.

Have you ever shot it in temps below 40 degrees? Cuz the previous owner of my PPQ apparently used FL and even after I though I get it all off, it gummed up and malfunctioned. Never frog lube.

I have not, and given that I live in Phoenix, I am not likely to anytime in the future. However, that is good info to know, thanks!

I've heard and read complaints about FROG LUBE on other forums, but I have no personal experience with it. The reviews did reinforce my continued use of SLIDE GLIDE (Lite) for the rails and a quality oil for elsewhere.

DAN WESSON recommends FP10 for it's pistols. I tried it and liked it so it complements the Enos product. SLP2000 is another good oil lube. I am also in AZ so I want something that will last.

I've always greased my Sig, Beretta and 1911 rails (even the 1911s whose manufacturers who only recommend oil). Since I normally take 2-3 pistols on each range trip, it's rare for any one gun to get more than 150-200 rounds before I clean and re-lube it, so I'm sure oil would work just as well. I've been using Slip 2000 products for a while now, including their EWL grease. It does what it's supposed to do and doesn't smell bad.

+1 for the Lucas grease on the rails.

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Originally posted by sns3guppy:
Grease.

I use TW25B or M-Pro-7. I also use the Lucas grease.

On a few occasions I've used Aeroshell 5 because it was handy.

I'm a big fan of Wilson Combat synthetic oil. It's thick enough to stay put yet more like oil than grease.

I only use Lucas oil on all my guns anymore. Especially 1911's. I used to fall for the grease sales pitch and have found that a decent oil serves my purposes a lot better.

Thanks! In the past, I've oiled 1911s as taught in boot camp. This is my 1st Sig 1911. It did come with grease on the rails, so I'll continue the practice.

My 1911s get lubed up like a Saigon whore on Saturday night.
Oil on the sear/fire control parts, grease like SlideGlide or Wilson Ulitma II grease, (really a VERY viscous oil), on the slide, barrel locking lugs...pretty much everywhere else.
If there's no snow in the state, I use a heavier grease, if colder, I switch to all oil.

I don't carry a 1911 anymore, so I don't really care if the lube migrates but it MUST stay there for the entire time I'm shooting.

I was taught...if it slides use grease, if it rolls use oil. With some exceptions, but those are for the individual to decide.