Actually if i take my rifle it is without any lube or oil on it or in it. I have used grafite. I don't hunt in any moisture conditions, but after the season i do use oil and lube on it and put it up. Now in the past when i was younger i did use oil and lube during season. Most the the time i still hunted and shot my deer like that. Now i am old and fat and crippled and lose my balance to easy and don't still hunt anymore.[&o]