Lubrication
 

The US Army used to issue a small container of grease to go in the stock of the M1 rifle. The grease was selected after testing shown it to be the best all weather grease. The grease is white lithium Lubriplate available at any Auto Parts store.
As for a general lubricant, cleaner and preservative oil I use GI CLP (cleaner lubricant preservative) or equivalent. Seems to work well for me in many different applications.

I tried white lithium grease on the hinge knuckles of several of my original Parkers as well as on three Repros and couldn't even close the guns I tried it on. The particles or molecular structure of that stuff is just too coarse.





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My 20 ga. repro after 30 years still will not go together if i am too liberal with grease on the knuckle. An almost invisible film is all it will allow. The gun may have 3000 shells through it but is still as tight as the day it was made.

I always use Vaseline on metal when graffing wood, bedding or filling cracks in the wood. I like the wood attached to the metal when making repairs. A coat of Vaseline on the metal keeps the wood from becoming attached. Vaseline also makes those vintage orange recoil pads look great!