I was browsing around the Sig forum and found some pictures of how guns are coming back from Sig's custom shop in terms of lubrication. It seems like they are using a lot of grease. I also found a couple articles saying that using grease rather than oil on the slide was a good call.
I had watched a couple youtube videos on how to clean, since I am new to this and had no idea, as well as the videos on Sig's site that explain how to clean their guns specifically. None of these really mentioned grease...they just said Hoppes oil on everything even though Sig does include a packet of grease with the gun and there was a bit of grease on the hammer coming from the factory.
So, I'm not overly concerned...I am a big auto detailing guy and have carried that fanaticism to cleaning my gun. I clean it every time I go to shoot and lube it well with Hoppes oil, but I am curious what people think about oil vs. grease on high wear areas.
FWIW, I do tend to shoot a couple hundred rounds per session because I am not currently a member of a gun club and thus don't get to shoot as often as I would like (working on that). But I have put 300 rounds through the gun in a session, and even did about 450 in a day when I went to a friend's gravel pit to shoot.
I had watched a couple youtube videos on how to clean, since I am new to this and had no idea, as well as the videos on Sig's site that explain how to clean their guns specifically. None of these really mentioned grease...they just said Hoppes oil on everything even though Sig does include a packet of grease with the gun and there was a bit of grease on the hammer coming from the factory.
So, I'm not overly concerned...I am a big auto detailing guy and have carried that fanaticism to cleaning my gun. I clean it every time I go to shoot and lube it well with Hoppes oil, but I am curious what people think about oil vs. grease on high wear areas.
FWIW, I do tend to shoot a couple hundred rounds per session because I am not currently a member of a gun club and thus don't get to shoot as often as I would like (working on that). But I have put 300 rounds through the gun in a session, and even did about 450 in a day when I went to a friend's gravel pit to shoot.