Browning Lube Shot - Quartermaster

Guns Magazine, August, 2002 by Jim Gardner

Browning's Lube Shot is a darn good lubricant and preservative Every time I've put it to use in the field it has done a fine job of loosening a sticky revolver cylinder or hosing off the accumulation of carbon from a recalcitrant AR-15 bolt carrier.

I wish I could speak knowingly about the excellence of its chemical formulation and how it works by generating a unique barrier film on ferrous surfaces or some such techno-drivel -- but I can't. All I can tell you is that it comes in a nifty container and I always keep the pocket-sized canister in my shooting bag.

Lube Shot comes in novel packaging that looks like a shotgun shell. It doesn't leak and destroy the other contents of my shooting kit and frankly, that's why it has stayed in my gear bag. I must admit though that it really has performed splendidly in the various uses to which I've put it.

Besides the obvious task of lubricating dry surfaces, I've used it as a bore cleaner in the field with complete satisfaction. Perhaps the harshest test was when I applied it liberally to a very dirty pair of percussion revolvers. The weather was exceedingly humid, and circumstances kept me from inspecting those guns until late the next day. I fully expected to find them ruined, but to my delight they weathered the experience without so much as a spot of corrosion. Outstanding!

The small version of lube shot is non pressurized and is said to be good for over 200 metered sprays. The large 8 ounce version is pressurized, and using the supplied spray tube will do a fine job of rinsing out a fouled action. Retail is a modest $6.99 for the 8 ounce can and only $3.99 for the pocket version. Go see your Browning dealer and toss one of these little "shotshells" into your range bag. You'll be glad you did.

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