Review of Champion’s Brand Reloading Products
Toilz Extremed HD™ Firearms Grease
By
B.T. Davis
November 2007
Gil Brown of Champion’s Brand Reloading Products
in Mount Holly, NC sent me a sample of his Toilz
Extremed HD Firearms Grease for testing
recently. The grease, which is Gil’s
proprietary formula, is a 100% synthetic
lubricant and designed for metal-to-metal
applications over a wide temperature range.
According to my conversations with Gil it has a
PAO, or poly-alpha-olefin, base. PAO is a class
of super-slick synthetic polymer which readily
maintains its viscosity and lubricating
properties throughout a range of high to low
temperatures. It is a key ingredient in most
all of the modern, high tech synthetic motor
oils in use today. Extemed HD grease comes
packaged in handy syringe applicator so that you
can conveniently put just the right amount of
grease in just the right spot on your firearms.
The grease is on the thinner end of the
spectrum, and when combined with the syringe
applicator it is just the ticket to lightly
lubricate slide/frame rails or a reciprocating
bolt assembly.
I tried the grease on my 1911 which I routinely
use for both practice and IDPA competition.
Traditionally I’ve been a CLP-type gun oil user
on my 1911 so using grease on my .45 was a
first. Following Gil’s instructions I applied a
couple of modest dots of grease to the
slide/frame rails, and then lightly rubbed them
in with a Q-tip until the color went away,
becoming clear. I also applied more grease in
the same manner to the outside muzzle end of the
barrel, the barrel lugs and hood, the
disconnector, and the slide stop pin. Off the
bat the first thing that I noticed is that you
don’t need to apply but a dot or so to
adequately lubricate the intended area.
Secondly, I noticed that as you rub it with the
Q-tip (or your fingers in a pinch) it becomes a
very thin, relatively dry film that is not
tacky. As I was to discover later at the range
these attributes allow the grease to stay put,
provide proper lubrication, and do not
inordinately attract/trap burnt powder fouling.
After reassembly and function checking the
action my initial perception was that the
slide’s movement back and forth on the frame was
nice and smooth. There were no signs of
lubricant collecting at the rear frame/slide
rail intersection, as sometimes happens with CLP
oil as you rack the slide a few times after
reassembly. This lack of excess lubricant
combined with the product’s dry film properties
does not attract dirt.
During the course of two subsequent range
sessions, firing a total of 400 rounds, the
gun’s action did not appear to require
additional lubrication, nor was it inordinately
dirty around the frame rails and feed ramp with
fouling from my standard 200 gr. lead semi-wadcutter
reloads. Don’t get me wrong, the gun was
obviously not squeaky clean and it did have
powder fouling on its external surfaces, however
it only had a minor amount of fouling around the
feed ramp area. Overall, this was not enough to
cause any failures to feed or extract/eject.
Often 1911 shooters will sparingly put a couple
of drops of gun oil at the gun’s critical
lubrication points after a couple hundred rounds
to keep things running smoothly during extended
shooting sessions. I found I did not need to do
this during the range sessions as the grease
film was still evident where I had originally
applied the lube. The added bonus was that the
gun’s feed ramp and top of the frame were not
gunked up with the powder fouling typically
trapped by my CLP oil. If anything I would say
that when applying a dry film of this grease I’m
not “sandpapering” my gun’s moving parts to the
degree I normally would when using traditional
gun oil which has trapped lead particles and
unburnt powder in the gun’s action.
I intend to continue using Toilz Extremed HD
Firearms Grease on all my semi-auto pistols
based on my experience with this product.
Also, I enthusiastically recommend this product
for those shooters needing a high performance,
modern gun lubricant which offers both superior
wear protection and operating mechanism
cleanliness benefits in a handy, convenient
package. 10cc’s of this
product sparingly applied via the syringe
applicator should last the average user quite
awhile. Champion’s Brand also offers a 16 ounce
container for higher volume users such as armorer’s or gunsmiths. For more information
you can go online to:
www.championsbrand.com to check out Extremed
HD, as well as the rest of the Toilz family of
gun care products. Additionally, Gil Brown at
Champion’s Brand can be reached at (704)
822-6633. |