Thread: Older timers..

When I was growing up, the gun oil seemed to be far different than what we get nowadays. It was thick, Dark, had a unique smell and you could soak a cloth in it and use it for months without it evaporating.

Is it just my faded memory of my youth, or was it actually a better product?

Probably 303 oil. Stank like hell and thick as tar

You are describing 'youngs 303' oil I'd say

Originally Posted by Skeetshooter

You are describing 'youngs 303' oil I'd say

yep, thats the stuff.

Young’s oil

Always reminds me of my dad, and the smell of old spice in the bottle, and tobacco smells, and night time speed runs in a throaty RX2 with a twin dizzy 12a

Look after your parents, you will miss them terribly when they’re gone

Yep you guys got it! Didn't want to name it as thought it would be interesting to see if others thought the same. It seemed to be a better product than the thin stuff we get on offer now. and yep the smell was something equivalent too being a kid and sniffing a fired paper shotgun cartridge.

Originally Posted by whanahuia

When I was growing up, the gun oil seemed to be far different than what we get nowadays. It was thick, Dark, had a unique smell and you could soak a cloth in it and use it for months without it evaporating.

Is it just my faded memory of my youth, or was it actually a better product?

probably the shark or whale oil in it lol todays products likely a lot better with modern research

That and Hoppes No 9 - and fired paper shotshells

Used to turn white in the rain.

Some of us still have got some and use it.

Hoppes No 9 , funny my young 38 yr old son was talking about it today , smelt some today at the gun shop and said its nothing like the old one .

Hoppes used to make, or still do "Copper Cutter", brilliant stuff, but they either don't make it any more or it's not brought in. A shame.

probably full of "bad" chemicals

Is that the one that smells like the yellow/gold rawleys man and beast? Reminds me of my grandfather the smell of my childhood lived in the top drawer between our beds in our bedroom their

and all the cleaning gear and the guns was kept in the hot water cupboard