Re: Best Gun Lube
no such thing as a generic "best," although cosmoline (sp?) is getting pretty close. Nasty but it works pretty darn well for very long-term storage.
How are you going to store the firearm, and for how long? If its in an environmentally controlled location with limited humidity like a basement in the Arizona desert, your needs are less demanding. If you are going to let it sit in a storage shed in Houston for 10 years, your needs are different.
For any kind of long term storage you'll want some type of VPI or similar product. They now sell a storage bag that you slide a rifle into and then seal it which will provide considerable protection all by itself. I would double it up with a coating on the metal parts, but I can attest to the validity of the VPI concept, having used it in Houston for years in my garage.
Jeffvn