Acording to this, maybe we shouldn't use moly at all?

This article seems to address the history of MSO2 and reports of corrosion from back in the day

https://books.google.com/books?id=9TRg1pkOkTsC&pg=PA306#v=onepage&q&f=false

ooh, good info. So it seems like more recent improvements to moly manufacture, and using  anti-corrosion carriers fixed the issue.

Did you see the mention of "burnished films" compared to bonded films?

Yeah I saw that.  I understand burnishing but I don't know much about bonded films.  I assumed it involves an industrial application process of some kind...not something that's practical in my little world of airguns.

It's not good as a bearing type lube, but on parts that would tend to cold weld, when fitted together, it prevents cold welding.

That’s bad news. I use moly on all my airguns! Maybe we can send a copy of this to a manufacturer and ask for comment?

The army tests are focused on rotational bearing loads, which can be millions of cycles.

For a springer, we're talking a few thousand cycles. Very different animal.

When mixed with a corrosion-inhibiting grease base, moly fortified lubes have done the job for springers for decades. Honda doesn't sell junk.

But if you really don't want any worries -- go Krytox.

I have some Krytox. I should start using it more. More expensive than moly. I hope they don’t find anything “wrong” with it!