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Ah yes...the gunsmiths 'secret' to controlling rust....an oily rag.

Well a lot more posts and information has come through regarding rifle bolt lubrication.

I've decided to now apply a...

Hmmm I thought this would be an easy question to answer....you know....oil or grease?

Now we have everything to only grease the lugs, to only use oil, to don't use anything just wipe the bolt down...

Yeah ATF works well... just that it's toxic which turned me off it.

Ok I'll just put a very small amount on the lugs from now on and nowhere else on the action. Hope you two are correct :thumbsup:

Just the lugs? You don't oil or grease the bolt?

Who uses oil or grease on the bolts of their rifles?

I smear a small amount of marine grease on the rifle bolt cocking cam, lugs and the slide rails the bolt moves on.

I never use oil on the...