No. keep it clean and dry..outside yes, very light coat for protection.

 

Yes- from the owner's manual-
. Lubricate the cleaning brush with gun oil and insert it into
the barrel via the chamber (opposite the muzzle end).
2. Wipe powder residues and oil from the barrel bore and
chamber with cleaning patches.
3. Clean exterior surfaces of the barrel with a brush coated
with gun oil.
4. Remove dirt from guides of
the frame, inside and outside
of slide, recoil spring guide
and recoil spring with a brush
or cleaning patch. Lightly
lubricate same surfaces with a
cloth impregnated with gun oil
or gun grease.
5. Lightly oil bores of the barrel
and chamber. Remove any
excess lubricant.

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I stand corrected. I do oil, but run cloth through several times.

 

Oiling barrel

Oops....found answer in user manual......lightly oil.

 

Thanks for the answers to oiling inside of barrel. My new cleaning kit came with a wire brush that looks like it is copper. When manual talks about a cleaning brush do they mean this wire brush? Is that for the inside of the barrel? I am not "Mr. Handy"....so just taking the gun down was a major accomplishment for me.

 

wire brush is for inside barrel. You can use a toothbrush or buy brush that is tooth brush like at most gun stores.

 

I would suggest you go to a range and ask one of the people working there to show you how to clean and lube your new pistol ..

Explain that your a new shooter never owning a gun before and most if not all would be happy to show you and answer all of your questions .. they would also guide you to what you will need to clean and oil your new weapon ..

A dirty gun can cause many problems that you wouldn't be able to understand what was going on and the sudden cause of a FTF or a FTE ..

 

Look for a YouTube vid on cleaning your model gun maybe a couple to verify.

 

Other than the inside of the barrel - finish cleaning with whatever bore cleaner you use (Hoppe's #9 etc), run a dry patch, then oil a patch lightly are run that through.

For the gun, if it slides grease it, if it turns oil it. So the outside of the barrel gets greased. Grease is a thickener and oil, the thickener helps keep the oil in place.

Lube is like religion, lots swear allegiance and stick by a brand or type. You know, "I've been using XX brand for 40 years and no wear." But really it's more about keeping it cleaned and lubed with any number of lubricating products. There are lots of companies simply repackaging some bulk lubricant (even cooking oil) into tiny containers, labeling it "Gun Goop" or some such, and bumping the price times 10 or even 100 or more and raking in the money.

I use Super Lube synthetic grease by Snyco - they make a good oil too. It's translucent white, so doesn't stain like some greases with lots of color dye added, has a broad temperature range, so doesn't thicken up quickly in the cold, and is slicker than snake snot on a flat rock.

For the outside, I use Mobil Way Oil, there are many of brands of way oil, formulated for the machinery ways (tables, sliding bits). Way Oil offers excellent corrosion protection and tends to stay in place well. Besides I've got a 5 gallon pail of the stuff.

I could repackage the way oil and call it gun butter (oops, gun butter is already taken and selling for $8 for 1/4 ounce), okay I'll have to think up another name. I'll be generous though, and sell my gun snake oil for $5 an ounce - oops, that's taken too.

 

I run the mop down after I oil it, or I spray the mop with oil and then run it down the barrel.

 

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I use the SIG instructions that hodge reprinted, with one exception. I use Slip2000 EWG grease on the outside of the barrel. My P238 runs flawlessly, and, with 1K rounds through it, my barrel looks like new. (I also put grease on the circular cut-out at the rear of the recoil spring guide rod, and the surface of the cam that raises and lowers the breech end of the barrel in recoil.)