It occurs to me, reading this thread, that lubricating a gun with butter would make a fine historical/political statement!
My Dad used a Banana based oil on his Browning Superposed.
Smell was incredible.
It occurs to me, reading this thread, that lubricating a gun with butter would make a fine historical/political statement!
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No. 8651. the Winchester gun grease is the best rust preventative manufactured. It was been in use in this factory for years. For any steel or polished iron surface, and for inside or outside of gun or rifle barrels, it has no equal. Put up in neat metalic tubes. Per tube, 11c. Per box of 10 tubes...$1.15. Postage, 12c. extra.
No. 8652. Paraffine Gun Oil, put up exclusively for guns, gun locks, and fine machinery and furniture; removes rust and will not gum. 2 oz. bottles. Price per dozen, 50c., 3 bottles for 15c. Postage 18c. per bottle.
No. 8653. Popular Lubricating Oil; best oil in the market for guns, locks, sewing machines, bicycles, and any small machines; will not freeze, gum, rust, or corrode or become rancid. Per bottle 8c. Per dozen, 80c. Unmailable.
In the Napoleonic War series of Sharpe's Rifles, one of the riflemen mentions keeping his rifle in good shape with "paraffin oil", which I believe is what we call "mineral oil" here in the US, as opposed to the paraffin oil used in lamps, which is kerosene.
This could sound a might gros, but. I remember my grandfather lubing many fishing pole ferrules and gun parts with nose oil. Yep, the oil off his nose.
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