Trying Ballistol lube treatment

glock30 · 08-21-2012, 09:33 PM

YEP, and get this, at times it smells like liqourice to me, but again, it is ONE darn GOOD cleaner. There was decades of grime on my Smith model 10 that nothing would have gotten it off like that Ballistoll. It really was impressive how it worked.The dirty feet thing, I thought i imagined it, until I Googled it, and there are people that think that. Laughing.

Sieger · 08-22-2012, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by glock30

YEP, and get this, at times it smells like liqourice to me, but again, it is ONE darn GOOD cleaner. There was decades of grime on my Smith model 10 that nothing would have gotten it off like that Ballistoll. It really was impressive how it worked.The dirty feet thing, I thought i imagined it, until I Googled it, and there are people that think that. Laughing.

Hi:

I recently bought two gallons of it on sale from an ad on e-bay!!

Hitler liked to drink it so much that he had to be treated for the side effects. It was sold, and still is in Europe, in "medical form" as a stomach cure.

This stuff is mineral oil. As far as smells go, give me Frank Hoppe's invention, old #9!!!

I've used better cleaners myself, but the history of this stuff is, indeed, interesting, and the black powder folks won't be found without it!

Sieger

Andyd · 08-31-2012, 06:47 AM

I grew up in Germany and used it on my air rifles since my childhood. I got used to the smell, just like the old Hoppe's No.9.

The manufacturer, Klever GmbH, makes also a special product for wood stock preservation and finishing, it comes in clear, red, and dark walnut. It' s called Scherell's Schaftol and works quite well, too.

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08-21-2012, 09:33 PM	#1
glock30 User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Obama LAND Posts: 206 Thanks: 18 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	YEP, and get this, at times it smells like liqourice to me, but again, it is ONE darn GOOD cleaner. There was decades of grime on my Smith model 10 that nothing would have gotten it off like that Ballistoll. It really was impressive how it worked.The dirty feet thing, I thought i imagined it, until I Googled it, and there are people that think that. Laughing.

08-31-2012, 06:47 AM	#3
Andyd User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Kaufman County, Texas Posts: 48 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I grew up in Germany and used it on my air rifles since my childhood. I got used to the smell, just like the old Hoppe's No.9. The manufacturer, Klever GmbH, makes also a special product for wood stock preservation and finishing, it comes in clear, red, and dark walnut. It' s called Scherell's Schaftol and works quite well, too.