Versatile SlipStream

This piece of feedback, from We The Armed, really shows how versatile SlipStream really is. This stuff works great on folding knives, fishing reals, and anything else that has moving parts. Really great comments here. Thanks to the author.

I received my Slipstream kit from Crusader Smithy a couple weeks ago and have tried it on a couple things.

S&W M&P40- The trigger on this gun has a lot of moving parts which of course creates friction and a poor trigger pull.  When I first got it I put a little Super Lube on the contact points, it improved, and have run it that way for about the last 500 rounds. 

While I had it open last week for a little inspection I decided to put some Slipstream Lube (grease) on the trigger group but for some reason it did not want to stick, could be the Teflon in the Super Lube that I had only wiped off.  Rather than try and clean it off, I decided to try some Slipstream Oil instead.  Definitely an improvement and the trigger is smoother than ever.  If the oil stays put then I see no need to try the Lube.

Snap On Folding Knife- My younger son was out shopping with Mom and picked up one of these low grade Chinese made knives at the store.  He showed it to me when he came home and I couldn’t believe how stiff it was.  It really disappointed me that Snap On would put their name on this.  An idea popped in my head to give Slipstream Oil a try.  We saw an instant improvement which keeps on getting better and leads me to the next item…

Benchmade Mini-Griptillian- This has been my daily carry for over five years.  If any of you carry a folding knife you know how much pocket lint collects on these things, adding oil only makes it worse.  After seeing the effect that Slipstream Oil had on my son’s knife, I decided to try some on mine.  This knife is pretty well built and is smooth but the Slipstream Oil made a huge difference.  The knife now feels like it is running on ball bearings made of glass.  Typically when I lube this knife it feels great for a couple days and then the lint soaks the oil right out of it.  I have not seen any indication that this is happening.  Everytime I open it I am amazed at how well it feels.  You guys really need to market this to the knife people out there.

Kimber 1911 conversion kit- This kit is a lot of fun and accurate but is finicky about the ammo that it is fed.  It likes its loads a little more towards the spicy side.  I pulled it out to head to the range last week and before I put it on the Kimber frame, a few drops of Slipstream Oil were added to the rails and contact points.  At first it did not feel like much of a difference when running the gun by hand.  George said that sometimes it takes a little bit for the stuff to “soak in” and he was right.  When I got to the range and loaded a mag I could start to feel a difference.  I ran 6 or 7 mags of bulk Remington through the gun with zero hiccups.  It normally likes this load but you could tell that the slide velocity was much faster.  Next I am going to try the Federal bulk which it typically chokes on.

I find the Lube (grease) to be a bit thick but I have some areas I want to try it.  So far everything I have tried the Oil on has worked better than expected.  The two biggest things were the Kimber kit and the Benchmade.  Definitely a big difference.  Oh, I almost forgot, that logo is pretty nice too. 

THAT’S MY GIRL

My bride just hit her liberal sister with this one:

“did u know that some said that a black man would be president when pigs flew and wouldn’t u know that within 100 days of taking office…swine flu”.

THAT’S MY GIRL. Sometimes she comes up with the best material…Sounds like a Jay Leno bit huh?

Thank You Veterans

I hope the pictures have said it all. Happy Veterans Day. We love you all and can only say a humble thank you.

Gunshow

The gunshow this month is going to be great. I’m really excited to be setting up at it for the first time. We have some great stuff planned for it. I have my Marketing/Senior Trainer there who promises to be Billy Mays back from the grave…minus the whole zombie thing. That is going to be fun to watch. We will have a couple sample bottles of SlipStream there and we’ll be doing demo’s on folks guns then and there. Nothing like watching the rickety gun you just bought become a smooth operator in one minute or less. Man I love this stuff. The miracles it creates inside guns is simply incredible. You would think it was consecrated oil for guns or something. A couple waves of the bottle and your weapon is blessed and ready for action. But I digress. The show is going to be great. I don’t yet know where they will have us set up inside yet. I do however have a way for you to find us.

We have a wall booth and will be sporting our new Crusader Banner. We’ll get it as high as we can so everyone can see it. Please, if you come to the show stop by and say hello.

Brittish have issues with the 5.56 TOO.

Bullets used by British soldiers ‘too small to defeat Taliban’

Bullets used by British soldiers are too small to defeat Taliban fighters, according to a report of a study of ammunition used on the front line.

Published: 7:23AM GMT 28 Oct 2009

 By Alastair Jamieson

A survey of more than 50 servicemen who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan concluded that the 5.56mm calibre rounds used by British soldiers ‘tailed off’ after 300 metres yet half of all Helmand firefights are fought between 300 and 900 metres.

It came as the wife of a British soldier who died in hospital weeks after being injured in a blast in Afghanistan paid tribute to her “best friend and wonderful husband”.

 

The study, co-written by Nicholas Drummond, a strategy consultant and ex-Welsh Guards officer, described British soldiers’ rifles as “not much more useful than a peashooter”.

Taliban marksmen use powerful 7.62mm ammo for their AK47 machine guns, according to a report of the study in The Sun.

Mr Drummond told the newspaper that a British soldier couldn’t attack the Taliban “with any certainty that if he hits the enemy he will kill or incapacitate him.”

The study claims the ammunition is easily stopped by car doors. It added that Javelin anti-tank missiles, costing £100,000 each, are often fired at lone gunmen. Only one in four British, US and German troops has been issued with guns using 7.62mm ammunition.

The report calls for guns that take larger ammunition to replace all standard-issue SA80 rifles, which many believe were exposed as inadequate in Iraq in 2003.

The Ministry of Defence told the newspaper the 5.56mm calibre rounds used by United States and other Nato allies are “proven to be both accurate and powerful.”

The article is thanks to the Brittish news article from the Telegraph. Original copy can be found at HERE

You know, I have issues with governments that pay no attention to the boots on the ground. The brass usually have earplugs in when it comes to the grunts. They always know better than those they send into harms way. NATO can deal with their own issues. I really don’t care what they do. I do, however, deeply care about the tools we give our servicemen to protect us with. It’s plain and simple to me. If the 5.56 sucks in all major engagements we are currently in then replace it with something that will work without several shots on a single target. I know they have more M14’s sitting in warehouses. Many have never been used. WHY ARE WE NOT ISSUING THEM TO THE GRUNTS??? That is one way to put more heavy hitting rounds where they need to be without buying new weapons. We just need to do the right thing.

More feedback

Alright, so I got the kit and 1st put it to use on my STI Spartan 1911, a great pistol made in the Philippines and assembled in TX.  Like all STI stuff, they make a great gun, but it always felt kinda gritty, even after several thousand rounds of USPSA Single Stack division.  Usual lube of choice was some CLP, maybe a touch or two of Hoppe’s Moly stuff.  Cleaned 1911 thoroughly, applied lube everywhere there were rails or wear showing and used oil on the remaining parts and trigger.  Cycled 20 or 30 times and it felt like my dad’s old match tuned Colt Gold Cup.  Tight, slick with no grit at all.  Waiting to take it out to TN state championship to see how it holds up under match conditions.

Next up is my Beretta 92FS, a police trade in with several thousand rounds through it.  Well worn, rattles just a little.  I’ve already replaced the trigger spring and mainspring with Wolff replacements, so that helped.  Same lube, it felt pretty slick already (to me).  Same deal, broke it down & cleaned it, applied lube and oil in all appropriate places and cycled the action a lot.  Wow, immediate noticeable difference.  No friction whatsoever.  Slicker’n whale sh** as my father would say.  Not much change in SA trigger pull, DA trigger pull feels cleaner, smoother.

So after getting off work late last night I decide I’m just going to go ahead and do this to all of them. Two frankenstein AR-15’s, one Romy AK rifle build,  one Romy AK pistol build, a Remy 1100 and a Remy 870.  AR’s felt better in every way. Even used a bit of lube on buffer edges to cut down on some chatter.  Single stage standard trigger with Wolff springs feels awesome now, breaks cleaner.  Two stage Rock River trigger on tack driving AR takes up much nicer, can feel the break point without going over.  Well worn-in AK feels like it’s been given a day at the spa, that lube on the rails works wonders.  AK pistol always had a binding point at the rearmost portion of the action cycle, you actually had to take the palm of your hand and slam it forward….not so much now.  The single biggest improvement of any of my collection has to be the Remington 1100 shotgun.  This has been my principal 3-gun shotgun, so it has been (lightly) abused and is known for jamming occasionally.  I completely broke it down (even to pulling the trigger/hammer assembly out) and lubed/oiled every part I could find.  Good Lord!  This is a new shotgun.  Feels great, bolt moves like lightning.  Can’t wait to give it a run under match conditions.

Sorry guys, no video camera, just had to share the love.  I’m a fan.  I need a Slipstream t-shirt after you get a good logo.

Here we go….

Ok Crusader fans. Here comes the next evolution in visability for us. Tomorrow I am submitting our registration for the next local gunshow. We’ll be there promoting our training and of course SlipStream. The show is November 21-22. Don’t for get to stop by and say hello.

Farnam on American guns in Mexico

Mr. Farnam is in his usual groove with this quip. We’ve all seen the news footage of fully automatic AK’s and other interesting goodies that we simply can’t get here and yet we get the blame for it. You and I both know that it’s a bunch of drive by media garbage but they want to use it to take our 2nd amendment rights away from us. If you’re not standing up already and saying,”enough is enough”, to our socialist/one world government then now is the time. With that please read the following by John Farnam.

14 Oct 09 

 American guns in Mexico? 

 Amid frantic calls for the USA to “… reinstate the Clinton-era ban on ‘  assault’ weapons,” (based entirely on superficial appearances) and “…  stepping up investigations of American gun-dealers and owners, and more  strictly regulating American gun-shows” come dubious assurances that such atrocious federal actions in the USA “… will weaken drug-cartels, disrupting their illegal activities and making it easier ultimately to dismantle and destroy them” 

 On, please! Have we heard this rubbish before? Mexico’s “government” hardly inspires confidence, and, when they’ve been so demonstrably incapable thus far in dealing with their own drug-cartels, they can scarcely make a persuasive case that the situation will miraculously change with new, restrictive laws passed in America.

Either way, for any drug-cartel, with literally billions necessary to import cocaine by the ton, importing weapons from South America, Europe, and Asia is child’s play.

 A US Senator, and one of our students, noted when he recently toured our southern border that he observed a steady stream of cars and trucks crossing the border, heading south. None were ever searched, on either side!

One logically concludes that Mexico’s government is vastly more worried about interfering with the southern flow of American dollars than they ever will be about interfering with the supposed flow, in the same direction, of weapons!

For Liberals, justifying the degenerative extermination of individual freedom opens the door to progressive tyranny, for which they so earnestly, sincerely, and additively lust. On the way, their cockamamy rationalizations are comical indeed, as we see!

 /John

AAR

Listen live to Armed American Radio at the link provided. They are good freedom loving people who cling to their guns like the rest of us. That being said you’ll fit right in. I’ll be listening and I hope you will too.

Armed American Radio

Once again the Ogre will be a guest on Armed American Radio. These guys have their heads on straight and put on a great radio show. This week They will be talking with George about SlipStream. You see we sent the guys a AAR a sample of it and after trying it out they were impressed and wanted to have George on to talk about it live.

If you haven’t listened to AAR now is the time. They are a growing radio show that is worth taking two hours out of your Sunday for. They are live in 9 states, can be heard live on the net, all episodes are available on itunes, and they are picking up new affiliates all the time. This is a growing force fueled by concealed carrying citizens and sportsman nation wide. Come listen this Sunday from 6pm to 8pm mountain standard time.