Bailed my P365 out of CA DROS jail today, looking forward to shooting it but want to be sure it's lubed properly.

I searched for discussion of this but saw nothing definitive, in fact didn't find a significant discussion of this issue. I've gotten from Flork and Bruce Gray that grease should be used on slides of semi-auto pistols; but the Sig manual says only CLP.
Did I miss something?
What say the many 365 owners here?

JMO of course, but my opinion is that what is important, is to keep your gun cleaned and lubed. I don't think it makes a "hill of beans" worth of difference what brand of cleaner or lube or grease you use. Use one of the name brands that you find more comforting (or smells better or has better applicator, etc.) and don't worry about it after that.

Most of the differences in gun cleaners and lubes is simply marketing. If one product was really so superior to all the others, the others would soon go out of business. Again, just my biased opinion... mike

Dealers choice, Doc.

Lubing the barrel and barrel hood are more important on striker fired guns. Lube on rails is good. Grease on rails is good. Do what makes you feel good.

I don’t remember the manual saying CLP only. Interesting.

I’ve always used grease on mine and it works perfect.

Grease last all year while CLP dries up, so I’ve always preferred a light grease here in south Florida.

I was an oily guy for years... then I came to this web site and the 'experts' say put grease on the rails and oil the rest (I think) and so I converted. I'd suggest over lubing it at first and then tame it down over time. I am still a grease the rails guy but I just use some marine outboard gear grease.... so you might be better to check with others...

but you know about experts.... I was taking a class a few years back out in the desert of Nevada and one of the instructors pointed out how oily my Sig was and that it was going to jam from the dust being kicked up by the folks shooting up wind... he was wrong... but then the guy I was rooming with required after each day we go back to our room and clean our weapons before we went out to eat. He's a retired Marine D.I. Master Sgt.

I treat my P365 like I do my Glocks and Walther striker-fired polymer framed guns. I clean and lightly lube them with whatever I have on hand. Right now that happens to be Slip 2000, but I've used several popular products over the years like Breakfree CLP, G96, etc. I only grease the rails on my 1911s, Berettas, and classic Sigs. I don't do any really long range sessions anymore, so that's enough for me.

What's a manual?

When it comes to alloy frames guns I prefer grease over CLP; most CLPs burn off way too quickly for my liking. With strikers it's typically steel riding on steel and I'm less concerned about burning off the oiling, but that's due to decades of Glock ownership and if a competing striker can't do the same sort of punishment, then it isn't worth the time or effort.

From what I've read on this site and some other places, over the last couple of years. I now use "extreme weapons grease" on the slides, oil elsewhere.

I have some little bottles of Hoppes oil with needle tips, so guess I’ll use that.
Thanks all for the advice.

I'd hazard a guess SIG doesn't want you calling to say your gun doesn't work because you loaded it up with God knows what kind of heavy grease.


For ME, all slides/rails get grease. What and how much can vary depending on what it is.

https://hurleysgold.com/

I use this on everything now,including my 365XL He's a forum member and in the classifieds. Hray

I say everyone overthinks lube.

I used gun oil for a long time. I went to grease on the rails for carry, to try to avoid anything seeping into clothes.

As long as you’re not using froglube or sticky WWII axle grease you will be fine.

I use M-Pro7 on everything I dont think all this worry about lube is worth the trouble.
Use a good quality oil and call it a day. Just my opinion.

I grease the rails of my carry gun to keep it lubed, did the same with my duty gun. Otherwise, I clean my guns and oil them and they sit in a safe, so there’s little chance for the oil to run off.

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Originally posted by cas:
I'd hazard a guess SIG doesn't want you calling to say your gun doesn't work because you loaded it up with God knows what kind of heavy grease.

That was going to be my guess.
Everyone wants their new gun to run reliably on the first visit to the range.
Oil and warm to hot loads will help w/ a new RSA.
Switch to grease and plinking ammo after that.

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Originally posted by BuddyChryst:


As long as you’re not using froglube..

Now see.. I love Frog Lube on the rails of a few of my pistols, but just match guns where I lube them, shoot the match, wipe them clean and reapply. lol

I use RIG Stainless on mine.

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Originally posted by cas:

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Originally posted by BuddyChryst:


As long as you’re not using froglube..

Now see.. I love Frog Lube on the rails of a few of my pistols, but just match guns where I lube them, shoot the match, wipe them clean and reapply. lol

I bought a PPQ off a local guy. He’d used FL. I worked hard to get it all off and thought I had. Until one day I went to the range (outdoor) in 40 degree weather. The PPQ had light primer strikes. Turns out the genius had applied FL even to the striker/channel and it gummed up in the cold weather. I didn’t like FL before that; it definitely convinced me I was right in completely avoiding it. Aside from the BS marketing.

To me, FL is the end result of people wanting to find some magical lube instead of just realizing after basic oil, it’s really diminishing returns on improvements. Instead of snake oil, use actual oil.

But, your money, your stuff. I’ll never willingly use it.

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Originally posted by sjtill:
I have some little bottles of Hoppes oil with needle tips, so guess I’ll use that.
Thanks all for the advice.

I think you'll be just find with that. There's a lot of advertising dollars being spent just to get people to buy or endorse specific oils or greases.

Have had my P365 since 2018 and it gets lubed like every SIG I own: clean with CLP, grease the rails and wear points. No issues.

That said there's no reason why you couldn't use cleaner to clean and then add the step of lubing the appropriate points with gun oil. I think they just wrote the manual references to CLP to simplify the writing and save referring to specific points to lube.

While you're on the maintenance page of the manual, if you haven't already, do take note where they mention the 2500 round replacement recommendation for the recoil spring assembly. The only malfunctions I've ever had with mine were when I'd put far more than 2500 rounds through it, and those stopped instantly when I replaced the original assembly.

It's so much fun to shoot it became one of my favorite range guns. As a result it gets more use than it would if it were just my carry pistol. Hope you like yours as well.