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[ithacaartist]

These medical claims make it sound like a "new age" offering---good for everything--a sign of quackery. Nonetheless, I sleep immersed in a vat of it. I plan to live forever...so far, so good.

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Originally Posted by ithacaartist

These medical claims make it sound like a "new age" offering---good for everything--a sign of quackery. Nonetheless, I sleep immersed in a vat of it. I plan to live forever...so far, so good.

Hi,

I really looked into this stuff before I bought five gallons of it off of e-bay about four years ago. I can remember studying the German language site with some interest.

There are two types currently produced, the "Sportsmans' Oil" and the Medical type.

This stuff was developed for the German Army prior to WWI and was used, religiously, through the end of WWII; the CLP of the day, so to speak. Please compare it to what our army issued for gun cleaning at the same time. Wow, it's even biodegradable!!!

If you can get hold of a new can of "Sportsmans' Oil", most of the claims Stoger Oil made above, in the 1920s and 1930s, are still listed in the instructions on the can!!! May be someone can post same.

Yes, the German Army issue stuff was, indeed, used, medically, as described above. Obviously, it had some good medical properties; as some of these poor devils actually lived through its use.

By the way, one of the listed medical uses of it is to calm nervous stomachs. Believe it or not, my web search turned up that Hitler used this stuff, for his various and numerous stomach ailments, through the late 1930s. Now, just try that with a bottle of Cleaner-Rifle Bore, LSA Oil or CLP and see what happens!!!

This stuff is great for cleaning corrosive primer salts and/or black powder residue. It mixes with water, ten to one is about right. The black powder boys call it Moose Milk because of its color.

For Luger lubrication, I still use good old Hoppes' Gun Oil!!!

I hope this helps!


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