Marvel Mystery Oil

rhuff · 01-26-2018, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by luger.parabellum

Recently I can't find Hoppe's 9 either.

Now I would be in trouble if I couldn't find my old standby Hoppe's #9!!! I have used this stuff for decades with great success......and I love the smell. In fact, I used some this morning to clean my Colt LW commander that I took to the range yesterday. Everything is now clean and lubed....ready for the next trip.

gunbugs · 01-27-2018, 02:03 AM

I've got a gallon jug of marvel sitting on the floor of the shop. A friend who works at an auto parts store was told to throw out a load of discontinued/aged items. He threw them out into the back of his truck. Stopped by and let me take my pick. That was one of the items. The label was pretty sun faded, it had been on the shelf a long time.

Waveski · 01-27-2018, 10:36 AM

We are talking about many uses of MMO , some non-gunrelated , so here I go ---

I own a 54 year old sailboat which has a nice old flat head 4 cylinder gas auxiliary engine , it is an Atomic 4. Long out of production , thousands still in service. There is a company that exists for the sole purpose of servicing and perpetuating the Atomic 4 , that company is Moyer Marine. Moyer Marine lives and breaths Atomic 4. The experts at Moyer Marine swear by Marvel Mystery Oil. It is used as an oil additive , fuel additive , fogging medium for end of season engine "pickeling" , soaking and freeing stuck valves.

I am a MMO devotee , although I have not used the product on firearms to date. Now that the subject is up , I may consider it though.

Eugen · 01-27-2018, 01:26 PM

I found this on Wikipedia. An NTSB test in 2003 concluded that MMO is composed of 74% mineral oil, 25% Stoddard solvent and 1% lard.

There, so it is no longer a mystery.

I just want to know if the lard is Crisco brand or Sam's Choice.

01-27-2018, 01:26 PM	#4
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01-27-2018, 02:03 AM	#2
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 681 Thanks: 375 Thanked 1,227 Times in 414 Posts	I've got a gallon jug of marvel sitting on the floor of the shop. A friend who works at an auto parts store was told to throw out a load of discontinued/aged items. He threw them out into the back of his truck. Stopped by and let me take my pick. That was one of the items. The label was pretty sun faded, it had been on the shelf a long time.

01-27-2018, 10:36 AM	#3
Waveski User Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 66 Thanks: 4 Thanked 23 Times in 13 Posts	We are talking about many uses of MMO , some non-gunrelated , so here I go --- I own a 54 year old sailboat which has a nice old flat head 4 cylinder gas auxiliary engine , it is an Atomic 4. Long out of production , thousands still in service. There is a company that exists for the sole purpose of servicing and perpetuating the Atomic 4 , that company is Moyer Marine. Moyer Marine lives and breaths Atomic 4. The experts at Moyer Marine swear by Marvel Mystery Oil. It is used as an oil additive , fuel additive , fogging medium for end of season engine "pickeling" , soaking and freeing stuck valves. I am a MMO devotee , although I have not used the product on firearms to date. Now that the subject is up , I may consider it though.