Comments on: Lubrication of Sig Sauer pistol rails

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.

By: Bill Beamon

Bill Beamon — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:17:24 +0000

I have a new Sig Sauer P250 compact and like it. I am still getting used to the DAO trigger. Even though it is very smooth, it has a fairly long pull. Is it likely someone will make a DA/SA kit for it? Thanks in advance…
Bill Beamon

By: Tim Hecht (aka CWO4USCGRET)

Tim Hecht (aka CWO4USCGRET) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:25:07 +0000

Bruce – an excellent idea; I usually use grease instead of gun oil on my slides. I’ve always felt that oil is not going last as long as the grease. I have to remember to try to clean it more often though, especially if I shoot more the 100 rounds at one session.

By: Brad

Brad — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:29:15 +0000

I am a fairly new gun owner, and so far I have only had experience with gun oil. I also live in Arizona, and have been taught to lube very sparingly due to the excessive dust here. So I wonder, can grease be bad in this environment, since it will attract so much dust and sand?

By: Mike "Mickey3Gun" Andren

Mike "Mickey3Gun" Andren — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:44:37 +0000

Finally! I can now properly lube my P220 with confidence. To me, it’s mostly logical anyway, if metal touches metal, lube it. I can remember when I initially got my weapon back from Bruce and the guy’s after having the RRCDP package installed, I thought it was over lubed. But a quick call back to Gray Gun’s convinced me I was being a little to conservative. My dab of grease was smaller than their dab. (I guess size really matters after all….)

Great article and the photo’s, as always, speak louder than words.

By: Jerry B

Jerry B — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:13:49 +0000

GREAT article. I’ve always put a lot of lube on my guns, but frankly, based on this article, I was not always put it exactly where it should have been put….. Now I know better.

Please keep these kinds of articles coming!!!

BTW, if you are reading this and wondering if Gray Gun’s trigger work is worth the money, I can tell you it’s the very best money you will ever spend on your pistol. They’s worked on two of my SIGs and the triggers are (now) simply amazing. Gray Guns currently have three of my pistols for the same treatment; a Browning Hi-Power, a Kimber Super Match and and SIG Match Elite. Can’t wait to get them back!

By: Tom Henderson

Tom Henderson — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:09:24 +0000

OK and OK! What? Nobody has read this article yet? Maybe they read, but didn’t comment, even to say THANKS? Sheesh! Some people! THANKS GUYS!

QUESTION: My Sig P6 (pretend 225) seems lousy-bad for FAILURE TO FEED after it becomes warm. First couple of mags it seems OK with FMJ and JHP as well. Then, after it warms up, and USUALLY with NEW MAGS (very seldome OLD mags) designed for the real P225 (if it matters) it starts to act up. Won’t feed the third, fourth, fifth rounds. Next mag, won’t feed the third, fourth and may go OK for the rest.

I though it was ME getting tired. Maybe it is, but I can’t nail it down. I’ve typically used TETRA GUN GREASE. I tried a LOT and I’ve tried a LITTLE. I’ve done it as the article shows and I’ve done as “on-line experts” suggest (EVER’ONE IS AN X-PERT!) The issues still show up –again, usually after the gun warms a bit from firing.

I’m set to just dump it – telling any potential buyer about the issue and letting them know it MAY BE THE GUN or IT MAY BE ME. I guess I’m just tired of messing with it and sure don’t want to dump more money into a pit. I could easily have bought a new anything for what I have in this dog!

THANKS AGAIN BRUCE FOR THE ‘LUBE JOB”!