Stevens 335 Disassembly - grease?

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  • boss66tcode

    a bit of an Eddie Haskle
    Sep 8, 2008
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    in 'da hills
    I have a Stevens 335, 1930's era, gun books show only 2000 made over a 10 year span.
    As I have the receiver apart and have found the trouble spot, I notice tons of 80+ year old assembly grease which has since totally dried up, mostly on parts such as hammer springs, and friction/wear surfaces such as a safety leaf spring to receiver. The question:

    What is the best thing to use upon re-assembly? I suspect regular wheel bearing grease would suffice since their are no plastic/composite surfaces to worry about. Any other suggestions from folks here?
     

    Jimbob2.0

    Ultimate Member
    Feb 20, 2008
    16,600
    I tend to use clp for light action lube and tetra on all bearing surfaces. The tetra is a little pricey, but what it does is stays put! Which I really like, I hate tearing down a gun to find all the lube at the back of the action (which isnt great for the wood either.

    Tetra, store it upright for 5 years and shoot with confidence that everything is still lubed!

    I used to use rig but have stopped, its great for anything you want to archive but a pain to clean off. Eezox or even CLP provide plenty of protection for any reasonable indoor environment and only need reapplied once a year or so and you can still take it out and shoot it right away
     

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