There was a discussion once about purposely using motor oil or other non gun oil for firearms so as not to alert people and trained dogs.
I do not recall the details.
There was a discussion once about purposely using motor oil or other non gun oil for firearms so as not to alert people and trained dogs.
I do not recall the details.
Is this true for all formulations? The latest MSDS I found was for 2019, which still lists ammonia as an ingredient....along with a bunch of other shit that looks scary as hell to my layman self.
Thankfully, the only smelly gun care product I have is Ballistol, which is specifically kept on hand for corrosive ammo. Otherwise my guns generally get Slip 2000. I haven't bought Hoppes No.9 solvent since 2010, though I still have a few orange bottles of their lubricant floating around. Those things seem to accumulate out of nowhere, I can't remember buying all but two of them.
"Are you ready? Okay. Let's roll."- Last words of Todd Beamer
Finally! A legit reason to lube with FireClean! The subterfuge of cooking oil as gun oil may actually have a bona fide use.
Honest Mister, I swear by all the bacon in Iowa that Hoppes #9 still has a distinctive smell even though they changed the formula years ago. It still cleans bores well also!
Talking about bacon I read there's a gun lube available called "Pig Lube" that is partially made from and smells like bacon. Maybe I'll get some of that so my gun will smell like breakfast.
“Safety is nice, but it’s not first. Life is first and it’s not safe.”— Jeff Cooper
Um, is there any gun cleaner that smells like sage(gets rid of evil spirits) and lavender(calming)?
--Jason--
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I made my own lube as per this video from School of the American Rifle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTpWfjVFfEU
For those who don't want to watch a 22 min video, it's synthetic grease mixed with synthetic motor oil thinned down to the consistency of honey. It works great on my ARs and Glocks, I'm waiting for a real cold day (30 degrees) to try it out under harsh conditions.
So not much aromatics detectable around my guns, just a little auto mechanical smell.
But at least I'm sticking it to the man by not buying high priced gun lubes! (looks at 3 half filled bottles of Slip2K that have been sitting around for a few years.)
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