Browning a5 problems

Don't do it. I may catch a lot of flak for this but the Browning A5's made in the last 10-12 years have been horrible. Multiple cases of them being sent back to the factory for not cycling, Browning shipping people extractors, etc. If I'm paying damn near $2000 for a gun, it better damn well work out of the box.

bri1590 Discussion starter. 17 posts · Joined 2007. #1 · Dec 21, 2009. Need help!!!!! I have a Browning A-5 "Sweet Sixteen" made in Belgium, with a fixed modified choke. At least it has two stars on the barrel. I have patterned this gun with lead #6 and #7 1/2 at 40 yds. from a bench. The patterns run about 38% or cylinder bore.Don't do it. I may catch a lot of flak for this but the Browning A5's made in the last 10-12 years have been horrible. Multiple cases of them being sent back to the factory for not cycling, Browning shipping people extractors, etc. If I'm paying damn near $2000 for a gun, it better damn well work out of the box. The new A5 12 gauge shotgun with a 3 1/2" chamber will shoot all 1 1/8 oz and heavier factory lead and steel 12 gauge, 2 3/4", 3" and 3 1/2" field loads. However, due to variations in the manufacture of ammunition, and to help ensure reliability, always use ammunition that is powerful enough to cycle the action completely. The KINEMATIC DRIVE ... 427 posts · Joined 2010. #10 · Nov 22, 2017. My suggestion would be to visit the browning site . 1st you should be able to find the date of manufacture and perhaps determine a model . 2nd you can download the manual .read it cover to cover .from there you should be able to disassemble the gun and diagnose the problem .The Browning A-5, the most important semi-automatic shotgun ever made, is likely also one of the most misunderstood shotguns, despite its 110 year history. There is an amazing amount of misinformation and misunderstanding about what it was, what it is and what it does. Although at its best in the field, the A-5 won its fair share of National ...

Learn how to date your Browning Auto 5 12 ga. Breakdown of Browning A5 for troubleshooting light load cycling issue.The gun has 100 00 round / 5 years warranty that it will cycle send it back to Browning . thinking the issue may be with the recoil spring/tube inside the stock .a friend of mine had similar issues with his Benelli M2 . when the gun was taken apart there was some dirt and sticky lube inside the tube once cleaned and lubed with a light oil the gun cycled as it should . my A5 has been flawless ...For shooters having problems with post 2012 A5 ejecting,extracting. Browning has a new bolt head and extractor. This is a new design got it from Mid West Gun works the part # B1182200A7 and it's cheaper than original. Gun works now no problems. The original bolt extractor has been discontinued.2020. 34. ; . John Browning’s Auto-5 was the world’s first semiautomatic shotgun, a design he considered his crowning achievement. In my last two shotgun columns I wrote about John Browning’s first two shotgun designs: the lever-action Winchester 1887 and the Winchester pump-action 1897. This month we’ll take a look at his third — the ...First, you need to understand how the Auto 5 works. When the gun is fired, the barrel and bolt recoil, locked together. At the rear of the stroke, the barrel unlocks and comes forward, driven by its spring, the one under the barrel. The fired shell is held by the bolt extractor. As the barrel moves forward, it pulls away from the fired shell ...Pamlico .22LR. I looked at an old A5 this week to buy and it had a cracked forearm on it. This got me to thinking about the Browning A5 's and Remington Model 11's I have looked at in the past and have noticed that more of the A5's are cracked than the Model 11's. It is just the ones I have seen or is this world wide.Don't do it. I may catch a lot of flak for this but the Browning A5's made in the last 10-12 years have been horrible. Multiple cases of them being sent back to the factory for not cycling, Browning shipping people extractors, etc. If I'm paying damn near $2000 for a gun, it better damn well work out of the box.Sep 18, 2021 ... This olden golden piece has issues. Let's get it back into working order! We discuss the issue and the problems we found inside.

My New Browning A5 Problem. Discussion in ' Browning Auto A-5 ' started by DJDAWG, May 29, 2017 . Page 2 of 3. < Prev 1 2 3 Next > DJDAWG .22LR. …A-5's have a latch on the left side of receiver that flips to the rear to lock bolt in place. flips forward to release bolt. You use your thumb to flip it. Try that. I hunted with an A-5 for a few years. KA-BAR USMC 1st. Mar. Div. "67-69". Re: Browning A5 stuck bolt [ Re: Nsheeh ] #6710482. 12/29/19 11:06 PM.A5 Ultimate. View Hi-Res Image. Upgraded autoloading hunting shotgun. Beautiful walnut stock with satin finish. Engraved alloy receiver with satin silver finish. Fiber-optic sight, humpback receiver, recoil operated kinematic drive. FIND A DEALER TO PURCHASE.Apr 4, 2016 · shootbrownelk. 9688 posts · Joined 2014. #6 · Apr 5, 2016. I agree, I have an old Browning A-5 Magnum that the previous owner dismantled to install a shell limiter in the magazine for the 3 shell limit for waterfowl. I got the gun for a song because it never functioned correctly. AFAIK you're right in that Invector+ barrels are overbore and Invector not. Can't say anything about it making much difference outside the theoretical realm, but overbore barrels can cause problems with fibre wads, be aware of that. That's the reason I don't want them. kumpe, Jul 10, 2018. #3.

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Browning 2000 Problems And Their Solutions - Guns For Hunt. The Browning 2000 is a semi-automatic shotgun first introduced by Browning Arms Company in 1980. It was designed to improve the Browning Auto-5, which had been in production since 1902. The Browning 2000 is chambered in 12-gauge, which means it fires 12 …As was mentioned above, there's rarely a reason to totally disassemble an auto-5. It's easy to take the stock off to get to the return spring, and trigger assembly out, and barrel off, and recoil spring assembly. You just need a good set of screwdrivers to keep from buggering up the screw heads.Rudolph31 .30-06. I’m just casually familiar with the new “A5”, but since nobody else has answered I’ll take a stab at it. The Owners Manual say all 3 1/2” chambered guns will cycle all 2 3/4” shells so long as they are at least 1 1/8oz. Maybe you need to go to a faster shell. Or maybe the gun will cycle your shells after it’s ...The new Browning A5 3½ inch is capable of harnessing that extra performance when so desired. Browning A5 3 1/2". Importer: Browning Arms Co., One Browning Place, Morgan, UT 84050: (801) 876-2711 ...Downeast NC. With any semi-auto shotgun the action spring in the buttstock can slow the action down in very cold weather when the grease/powder residue build up and act like a brake. I've experienced it with both an original Auto-5 and a Benelli M-2. Remove the buttstock and the action spring, clean the spring and the interior of the action ...

The A5 Sweet Sixteen is far more satisfying. The model of shotgun that never needs "fixing" or adjusting hasn't been made yet. But, since Browning did not have an opportunity to make things right, your question is unanswerable. I am not aware of any changes to the new A5 action at all. --Randy Guns & Shooting Online.Anyone have any insight on my problem? I'm planning on calling Browning this morning but wanted to see if anyone here had any thoughts or similar issues. For clarity, I did fully strip the gun and cleaned and oiled prior to shooting. So the gun has had a full cleaning out of the box.Though Browning hasn't done much with their A5 “Sweet Sixteen” beyond the one initial model, I do like it more than the 12s. Browning has ignored the 20 gauge with the A5 thus far. BANG FOR THE BUCK. I confess to feeling a bit sorry for generic inertia-gun makers, for most do the same thing with no benefit over the other.The new A5 12 gauge shotgun with a 3 1/2" chamber will shoot all 1 1/8 oz and heavier factory lead and steel 12 gauge, 2 3/4", 3" and 3 1/2" field loads. However, due to variations in the manufacture of ammunition, and to help ensure reliability, always use ammunition that is powerful enough to cycle the action completely. The KINEMATIC DRIVE ...Jwrong83 Discussion starter. 99 posts · Joined 2013. #1 · Jan 1, 2013. First off, hey everyone new to the forum. Got a new browning A5 about 2 months ago. Started out working perfectly but now it wants to Jam with 3" steel loads only. Been shot less than 200 times. It jams like its trying to load the next shell before the shot shell has had a ...The Browning A5 shotgun, designed by the legendary John Browning, stands as a testament to innovation and dependability in the world of firearms. This article delves into the rich history of the A5, a pioneering semi-automatic shotgun that has left an indelible mark on the firearms industry. Origins (Late 19th Century - 1902): John …The A5 cycled 1-ounce target loads with no problem as well as 1 ¼-ounce steel and steel and bismuth HeviHammer ammunition.When looking at the mag tube, it appears that the mag cap pushes down on the end spacer (movable end cap that the spring fits into) and this then blocks the last shell. Is there some way to fix this on my own. Install a shorter spacer, or follower,etc. Three of the 3" shells work fine as the over all length is shorter than 4 of the 2 3/4" shell.Then jam city. Shells wouldn’t load easily using speed load and after I emptied it I stopped using it due to the difficulties getting it to load. Once home I tried to release the bolt while taking it apart and the carrier release button wouldn’t budge. Broke out the screwdrivers and took it apart from the bottom.Nico Moraitis Copper BB. I received an 16ga A5 Browning Shotgun from a gentleman you bought it off the internet, needless to say he did not have a chance to inspect it before purchasing. It's obvious some parts are not original. The carrier screw does not match the frame perfectly. After loading the magazine, I pull the bolt to the rear to …

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Allow proper distance (eye relief) between a scope and your eye when firing a scoped rifle, shotgun or pistol. Do not use unorthodox shooting methods that could cause the rearward travel of the slide or bolt of a firearm to contact your eyes, face or hands.A C5 envelope, which is designed to fit an A5 paper, measures 6.4 inches by 9 inches. A5 is a paper size, not an envelope size. The ISO organization, which is an abbreviation for t...Auto-5 Light. Auto-5 Magnum. BT-100. B-80 & B-80 Plus. BSS. BT-99 Plus. Citori Plus. Citori Grand Prix Supplement. Gold 12 & 20 ga. Gold 3 1/2" 12 ga. ... and as such, is subject to wear and requires periodic inspection, adjustment and service. Browning firearms should be serviced by a Browning Recommended Service Center or by our Service ...Breakdown of Browning A5 for troubleshooting light load cycling issue.Dec 5, 2018 ... ... problems. And I didn't have any. Everything I shot at, except the dove that tried land near my blind, hit the water or the ice completely ...A5 Lightning. $1,849.99-$1,929.99. The Browning A5 is built to be the most reliable, fastest cycling, best performing and softest shooting recoil-operated autoloader on the planet and sits right at the top of the industry ready to create it's own legacy in the marshes and fields.Browning Auto 5 question. So I have an old 1950s sweet 16 that I picked up cheap a while ago. It's beat up, but shoots good and points great--so for a quail gun, that's all that matters. However, it has one little quirk (or possibly two) that have always eluded me--I think related problem. First, after firing, sometimes it would eject the spent ...In 2012, Browning brought the gun back. Today’s version is called the A5. Its inertia-driven operating system is different from John Browning’s original, and much simpler. The Browning A5 Wicked Wing has the same hump-back profile as the Auto-5. I’ve shot this gun on ducks in Canada, Kansas, and Texas, where a group of editors from Field ...The dimensions of A3 paper are 11.7 inches by 16.5 inches, or 297 millimeters by 420 millimeters. The dimensions of A4 paper are 8.3 inches by 11.7 inches, or 210 millimeters by 29...

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Browning A5 problems The Dave McCracken Memorial Shotgun Forum305 posts · Joined 2013. #17 · Feb 4, 2018. I have 3 new A5's and have zero problems with them. I completely stripped them and took all the factory grease out of them before I ever shot them. My buddies had a problem cycling at first but he just left the grease from the factory in it and started shooting it.Browning A-5 does not eject properly. 20 gauge Browning A-5 shotgun was recently serviced (cleaned) by gun shop, and since then does not eject spent shells (factory skeet/trap loads) regularly (30-50%). I have taken barrel, forearm, recoil spring, friction spring/bronze, and friction ring off and reassembled several times.Browning Auto 5 problems. I just picked up a 1950 Auto 5 that seems to have multiple problems. It won't eject fired shells and when you manually eject... the next shell feeds but the one in line afterwards dumps out the bottom. I was able to disassemble the gun and cleaned and oiled it well but it didn't help much.my hypothesis is that the bolt latch assembly is bent and causing the latch to not engage properly. if i put my hand on the inside of the receiver and apply pressure to the latch assembly, the latch will then engage and hold the bolt open. My plan was to replace the latch assembly to see if that fixes the issue.I talked to Art ages ago when I picked up a shooter grade 16 from the 30's. He said that to properly convert a 2 9/16" gun to 2 3/4" is more expensive than most of them are worth. If you had a high grade 2 9/16" gun, the conversion would wreck the value. Converting just the barrel is possible, but I wouldn't.Mar 17, 2015 · It needs adjustment or replacement. Look underneath your shotgun and push the carrier latch button. You'll see the part that should move to close off the magazine while the previous shell is loading. After the gun is back in battery it moves out of the way and the next shell partially emerges and comes to rest on the nose of the Locking Block ... Dec 10, 2018 · The A5 Sweet Sixteen is far more satisfying. The model of shotgun that never needs "fixing" or adjusting hasn't been made yet. But, since Browning did not have an opportunity to make things right, your question is unanswerable. I am not aware of any changes to the new A5 action at all. --Randy Guns & Shooting Online. If you’re a serious waterfowler looking to tote a light-recoiling yet plenty powerful shotgun that performs flawlessly and swings beautifully on even the fastest flying teal, the A5 Wicked Wing Sweet Sixteen is the shotgun for you. Technical Specifications. • Type: semi-auto shotgun. • Gauge/Chamber: 16/2¾". • Capacity: 4 rnds.My New Browning A5 Problem. Discussion in ' Browning Auto A-5 ' started by DJDAWG, May 29, 2017 . Page 3 of 3. < Prev 1 2 3. jONNYB .22LR. Purchased the gun - Feb. 2017. The last time out was the first time I had problems. I have read about issues with this gun - some of the guns mfg. early. Will try several different shells/loads and report back.Sep 18, 2021 ... This olden golden piece has issues. Let's get it back into working order! We discuss the issue and the problems we found inside.Browning can supply quality triggers on firearms, when they want to, whether it is an X-Bolt rifle or the 725 Citori shotgun. With their repeating shotguns, they apparently do not care. In the case of the 2016 A5 Sweet Sixteen, history repeats itself, for the same issues were present in the A5 12 gauge Hunter models. ….

Keep a very light film of good gun oil on the magazine tube where these parts slide on. Make sure you fully compress the barrel into the action when tightening your magazine cap. It should be tight, if not you risk cracking the forearm. Last thing, don't try and take the gun any further apart.Bought a new Browning A5 in October 2013. I removed all of the factory lube prior to shooting. Shot remaining 7 boxes of dove loads through it prior to hunting with it. ... I don’t want to confuse the issue but I also have an issue with a new A5. No problems yet with 2 3/4 shells but Kent Silver Steel in 3 inch won’t eject from chamber or ...Allow proper distance (eye relief) between a scope and your eye when firing a scoped rifle, shotgun or pistol. Do not use unorthodox shooting methods that could cause the rearward travel of the slide or bolt of a firearm to contact your eyes, face or hands.Browning A5 cycling problems. I have an A5 that I bought used about 4 months ago that cycled fine when I got it. Now it will load and fire first shot but once second shot is loaded into chamber, I cant even pull the trigger without switching the saftey on and themn back off. So, I have to fire first shot, switch safety on, off and fire again.#1 · Mar 17, 2015. I have an old (1950's) Browning A5 chambered in 12 gauge that feeds one shell into the chamber and ejects another shell from the magazine out the bottom. …73 Trigger Plate Screw, Rear. 74 Trigger Spring. 75 Trigger Spring Retaining Pin. 76 Barrel Extension Assembly. NI Not Illustrated. Numrich Gun Parts Corporation. 226 Williams Ln. Kingston, NY 12401. 866.686.7424.Rice has been a popular ingredient in dishes around the world for centuries. But in recent years, a discussion over the health benefits of white and brown rice has begun. Many peop...For shooters having problems with post 2012 A5 ejecting,extracting. Browning has a new bolt head and extractor. This is a new design got it from Mid West Gun works the part # B1182200A7 and it's cheaper than original. Gun works now no problems. The original bolt extractor has been discontinued. Browning a5 problems, The darling of the Browning Auto-5 line was the Sweet Sixteen. Built on a sleek 20-ga. action, the Sweet Sixteen was made by Fabrique Nationale in Belgium from 1937 to 1975, although there was an ..., 2020. 34. ; . John Browning’s Auto-5 was the world’s first semiautomatic shotgun, a design he considered his crowning achievement. In my last two shotgun columns I wrote about John Browning’s first two shotgun designs: the lever-action Winchester 1887 and the Winchester pump-action 1897. This month we’ll take a look at his third — the ..., If I got the story right, it was used once and traded in on a Berretta because the original owner didn't like the A5 hump in his sight picture. Heavy loads work fine. Winchester AA heavy target loads are getting jammed. Browning said lubing it should solve the problem. Cabelas said that the gun was barely fired and needs to be broke-in with …, One of the biggest differences between the A5 and the old Auto 5 is weight. My “Light 12” Belgian Auto 5 weighed 8 pounds. The 3 ½-inch A5 has an alloy receiver and weighs just 6 ¾ pounds., First, you need to understand how the Auto 5 works. When the gun is fired, the barrel and bolt recoil, locked together. At the rear of the stroke, the barrel unlocks and comes forward, driven by its spring, the one under the barrel. The fired shell is held by the bolt extractor. As the barrel moves forward, it pulls away from the fired shell ..., Review: Browning A5 Wicked Wings - After Hunting it for a seasonI hunted with this gun for a full season pretty hard as well as shooting hundred's of clays. ..., A recoil spring for a browning auto-5 "light-12" is only about $16, and would likely solve your problems, although a mag-12 like you own is one of the worst you could get for shooting skeet or sporting clays anyway. I find mine useful only for the duckblind, and intend on selling it first chance I get., Keep a very light film of good gun oil on the magazine tube where these parts slide on. Make sure you fully compress the barrel into the action when tightening your magazine cap. It should be tight, if not you risk cracking the forearm. Last thing, don't try and take the gun any further apart., When the gun fires, the bolt and barrel recoil aft and the white and blue shells follow. They don't go far because when the barrel moved out of battery the Cartridge Stop moved into White's path. The returning barrel moves the Cartridge Stop back flush with the receiver and White and Blue continue aft until White's rim hits the Carrier Latch., Though Browning hasn't done much with their A5 “Sweet Sixteen” beyond the one initial model, I do like it more than the 12s. Browning has ignored the 20 gauge with the A5 thus far. BANG FOR THE BUCK. I confess to feeling a bit sorry for generic inertia-gun makers, for most do the same thing with no benefit over the other., Don't do it. I may catch a lot of flak for this but the Browning A5's made in the last 10-12 years have been horrible. Multiple cases of them being sent back to the factory for not cycling, Browning shipping people extractors, etc. If I'm paying damn near $2000 for a gun, it better damn well work out of the box., A5 Ultimate. View Hi-Res Image. Upgraded autoloading hunting shotgun. Beautiful walnut stock with satin finish. Engraved alloy receiver with satin silver finish. Fiber-optic sight, humpback receiver, recoil operated kinematic drive. FIND A DEALER TO PURCHASE., For shooters having problems with post 2012 A5 ejecting,extracting. Browning has a new bolt head and extractor. This is a new design got it from Mid West Gun works the part # B1182200A7 and it's cheaper than original. Gun works now no problems. The original bolt extractor has been discontinued., Jun 12, 2013 ... Just a quick video on some of the unique features of a vintage Browning Auto 5 and how you can utilize them in the field., The Browning A-5, the most important semi-automatic shotgun ever made, is likely also one of the most misunderstood shotguns, despite its 110 year history. There is an amazing amount of misinformation and misunderstanding about what it was, what it is and what it does. Although at its best in the field, the A-5 won its fair share of National ..., bri1590 Discussion starter. 17 posts · Joined 2007. #1 · Dec 21, 2009. Need help!!!!! I have a Browning A-5 "Sweet Sixteen" made in Belgium, with a fixed modified choke. At least it has two stars on the barrel. I have patterned this gun with lead #6 and #7 1/2 at 40 yds. from a bench. The patterns run about 38% or cylinder bore., The Browning Auto 5 is legendary. Holding the title as the first semi automatic shotgun, it was designed by none other than John Moses Browning. Hitting the market in 1902, the Auto 5 or A-5 took the market by storm. John Browning declared that it was his "greatest achievement," which says a lot coming from a man who.., To print two A5 pages in Microsoft Word, open the Print window, and choose two in the Pages per Sheet drop-down menu. Choose two copies per page. Click the File menu and then the P..., #1 · Mar 17, 2015. I have an old (1950's) Browning A5 chambered in 12 gauge that feeds one shell into the chamber and ejects another shell from the magazine out the bottom. …, Set the single ring down by your reciever on the mag tube. keep the wide one with the bronze bushing up by your mag tube cap. That is how you set up for light loads. Both rings up front for heavy Slug/buck loads with the 2 piece on top and the single on bottom. Aug 3, 2009. #4., My New Browning A5 Problem. Discussion in ' Browning Auto A-5 ' started by DJDAWG, May 29, 2017 . Page 3 of 3. < Prev 1 2 3. jONNYB .22LR. …, My older Belgium Magnum Browning A5 no longer ejects all shell as it did for years. During the past two years, it has ejected fewer types (lead and steel), manufactures, length (2 3/4" and 3"), and power loads of shells. It must be that one or more action parts have worn to the extent that they or it is causing this ejection problem., Take out the firing pin retaining pin by punching it out right to left. Slide the firing pin out the back and the locking block through the top of the bolt. Remove the extractor (right side of the bolt) and shell support (left side of the bolt). They are both held in by a pin and a spring. Use a 16th inch pin punch., Then jam city. Shells wouldn’t load easily using speed load and after I emptied it I stopped using it due to the difficulties getting it to load. Once home I tried to release the bolt while taking it apart and the carrier release button wouldn’t budge. Broke out the screwdrivers and took it apart from the bottom., As others have told you, the gun may be dirty, need lubrication, or have the friction pieces adjusted. Usually an Auto-5 with those problems will still cycle stout hunting loads. I have a gun that was only reliable with Federal ammunition-- until a friend noticed that the left extractor was broken. Rudolph31, Jan 1, 2017., Browning A5 cycling problems. I have an A5 that I bought used about 4 months ago that cycled fine when I got it. Now it will load and fire first shot but once second shot is loaded into chamber, I cant even pull the trigger without switching the saftey on and themn back off. So, I have to fire first shot, switch safety on, off and fire again., The biggest problem I have is that it's busted two extractors, which turns my nice semi auto gun into a single shot in the middle of a hunt! Browning has taken care of them under warranty, I'm lucky to have an authorized repair shop pretty close so the turnaround time isn't too long, but I told them if it happens again I'm done with it and want ... , A few months ago I purchased a new Browning A5 in 16ga. I shot probably about 300 shells through it with no issues whatsoever, but the last two times I took it to the sporting clays course it has been having feed issues. Last week, several times the bolt would not lock open after firing the last shell, and about 3 or 4 times it had an issue ..., Dec 31, 2013 · The gun has 100 00 round / 5 years warranty that it will cycle send it back to Browning . thinking the issue may be with the recoil spring/tube inside the stock .a friend of mine had similar issues with his Benelli M2 . when the gun was taken apart there was some dirt and sticky lube inside the tube once cleaned and lubed with a light oil the gun cycled as it should . my A5 has been flawless ... , Posted: 7/6/2015 5:53:28 PM EDT. I am working on an older Browning A5 light 12, I think around 1970ish, and the trigger is not resetting. I know it has been shot quite a bit. In taking the gun apart, none of the springs are broken and upon replacing the trigger spring, it still will not reset. I have narrowed it down to either the trigger or ..., I own an Browning A5 Ultimate. It is my go-to pheasant and goose gun. With its 26 inch barrel it is responsive, balanced, and smooth. The lumber draws attention to itself, fun to glower over. At the same time of owning the A5, I had a Browning Maxus with a 30 inch pipe, using it primarily for skeet., Dec 6, 2018 · One of the biggest differences between the A5 and the old Auto 5 is weight. My “Light 12” Belgian Auto 5 weighed 8 pounds. The 3 ½-inch A5 has an alloy receiver and weighs just 6 ¾ pounds. , Remove the forearm by pushing the barrel down with the butt of the gun resting on the floor or a solid object and unscrewing the magazine cap. After removing, notice the spring assembly so that you put back the pieces properly. Remove the spring assembly and clean. I like Rem Oil to clean and lubricate.