What is the best oil?

[OneSelfLost]

Hey,

So I am wondering if there is one oil that may be better than another. I oil my mags about once a week, and before and after every day of play. Today, before playing, I pulled out my on/off to oil it, and it was BONE DRY. I only oiled it a week ago, took a few shots to cycle it through, and left it. A good oil, I feel, should not leave my O-rings dry after a few shots and a few days of sitting.

Any suggestions?

[georgeyew]

Many players considered KC Trouble Free one of the best oils in the old days. They have gone under but there is another company that bought the formula and is producing it, the name escapes me.

I have some KC left. But I am also using Superlube PTFE in some of my markers without any issues.

[OneSelfLost]

Actually K-C trouble free is what I am using..

[georgeyew]

And it is dry after a week? I've gone months without oiling my mags with KC and there is still oil on the valve parts.

[IrishRedneck86]

I personally use AKA extreme lube and it works great in my mags.

[Dover]

i can't get a lot of these name-brand oils up here in Canada, or more specifically my small town of Penticton BC

I work as head tech and senior ref / coach at an indoor reball facility, and i am very dissappointed that we have a rental fleet of about 40 PMI Piranha markers which run great, but every once in a while need a couple drops of oil in the ASA like the Manual sez.

Unfortunately when you are teching 40+ markers you want more than a little dropper bottle of oil, so i also read that light machine oil like sewing machine oil will work?

Ultimately what i am doing right now, instead of running these guns dry, is putting a few drops of air compressor oil in the ASA. The formula appears to agree with o-rings, which is is very important; my boss bought a spray-can of lube to spray into the ASA's and i think it ate the o-rings instead...

i used to own a car but don't anymore so i can't remember how to choose the lightest motor oil, would that work ?

[redlaser666]

Air tool oil is OK, but some are a bit thick. Motor oil is not good since most petroleum products damage o-rings.

I have used KC for a long time with no problems. The planet eclipse oil seems ok as well.

[Chrome]

Here is the URL of the company selling the KC formula:

http://www.candcsynthetics.com/

I've ordered direct from them before and had a good experience doing so.

[Hobbez]

I use air tool oil for my mags, have for years. I've had classic valves stay oiled literally for months in storage using this stuff. Its cheap, works good, and comes in huge bottles. Its my understanding that air compressor oil is a different animal than air tool oil, so I've never used it.

[Ando]

I been using Tri-Flow for the last 6+ years. It's easily purchased at any auto parts store, walmart..ect and 100% safe on the orings. Won't swell or brake them down one bit.

Most oils if left sitting for long periods of time will turn green/brown usually and gel up. The oil that came with the automag is one example of that and the reason why I stopped using it.

They have a whole Youtube channel on the stuff if you want to ck it out.

[Pneumagger]

Hey,

So I am wondering if there is one oil that may be better than another.

Snake Oil.
Makes just about any marker shoot flatter, further, straighter & more quiet.
From the 90's and early 2000's, autocockers used this exclusively.

[skipdogg]

I use autolube on my automags...

[Bear_Claw]

I just use hopes #9 gun oil. Always have its easily available cheap and has served my old ass guns for years without issues.

[maniacmechanic]

Snake Oil.
Makes just about any marker shoot flatter, further, straighter & more quiet.
From the 90's and early 2000's, autocockers used this exclusively.

I was thinkin he was lucky he lived in Canada ; lots of bears ; rendered bear fat makes the best oil

[Shirow]

I've been using AKA oil for a while, I haven't really noticed any functional diff between any oil I've used over the last 10 years though