Comments on: Lubrication of Sig Sauer pistol rails

By: Running Sigs wet - SIG Talk

Running Sigs wet - SIG Talk — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:39:24 +0000

[...] I usually follow the folks over at Gray Guns when it comes to my Sigs. Here is a link to what he has to say regarding grease and lubrication: Lubrication of Sig Sauer pistol rails : Grayguns by Bruce Gray [...]

By: vanessa B

vanessa B — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:06:55 +0000

thanks bruce.

the manual of my pro2022 did not cover lube at all, i knew though, to keep it greased from reading you past articles. now to just get one of you p220 10mm’s.

By: DaveH

DaveH — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:18:20 +0000

Thanks, I’ve been using Glide slide and love it, you just confirmed I have been doing it right by accident on my 220 and 226. I use the light glide slide in the cold winter and seems to work well. I normally do not clean my pistol evey day, looks like I will step up my maintance schedulle..thanks for the heads up.

By: Grease the slide? - INGunOwners

Grease the slide? - INGunOwners — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:42:39 +0000

[...] at heaving shooting. For carry a bit dryer but I still use grease. I use MilCom and Tetra… Lubrication of Sig Sauer pistol rails : Grayguns by Bruce Gray Guide to Sig Sauer pistol inspection : Grayguns by Bruce [...]

By: Bill Barnum

Bill Barnum — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:56:44 +0000

Thank you.. Currently I own a XD Service 45, I CC with a Milt Sparks VM2 holster and considering the move to the P220.

Thank you so much for all of the information you provide. Should be reaching out to you and your team to purchase upgrades after the purchase.

By: clarkster from oregon

clarkster from oregon — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:13:04 +0000

Question : just got another sig 556 book does not show much except to lub. where friction points, shiny spots on bolt, carrier, etc. can you explain on gas tube , spring return etc. and the gas control , and tube do I : lubricate the big long spring ?? the firing pin can’t ( I say can not be taken apart for thorough cleaning, it has a very hard pressed pin in place and I will just saturate with cleaning solvent then spray with rem. oil ? What have I missed on lubrication of 556 -223 Can’t wait to play with this, think payed a little too much too 1100.00 slightly used no scope or attachments, what do you think ?

By: John C

John C — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:47:25 +0000

I noticed I have rail wear on my p229…I always have cleaned and lubed w/ CLP but never heard of greasing the rails. I will now but I would like to have the rail repaired…does Sig cover this repair to your knowledge? This is purley from firing the gun. Never have dropped or otherwise abused this fine weapon.

By: Randy G

Randy G — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:54:45 +0000

Thanks for the lube article, it is always intriguing to find out what top professionals use.

I first started to use grease (Brian Enos slide glide lite) on my police duty gun (STI Tactical). I had been using it on my USPSA guns it it is great…until it snows and is in the 20′s and 30′s. It then runs sluggishly slow. I have had jams on my competition guns, so I stopped using it on my duty gun.

I live in the mtns of Colorado and it gets cold here. I use FP10 oil on my duty gun now. I would grease the rails before a training day on a warm day, but found out that grease on the rails on a cold winter day/night may slow the slide and cause a malfunction. For my competition guns, I now add some oil over the grease when it is cold out, and that works great. For my duty gun, I find out I have to reapply oil every couple months as it seems to disappear and get thin.

By: Chris J

Chris J — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:12:02 +0000

Thanks for a great article! I’m really looking forward to the information on lube points INSIDE the gun, on the frame. I recently did a detail strip pf my new P229 and reassembled using mostly a heavy weight oil. If it’d be of benefit to use grease in certain places, I’d love to know where. Thanks again!

By: Bill Beamon

Bill Beamon — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:08:10 +0000

Unlike some guns which have interlocking grooves for the frame and slide, the P250 has just four bent-over ‘ears’ which ride in the machined groove in the slide. That’s not much of a bearing surface. I would suppose that lubrication is even more critical for this pistol.