That smell..

**softscrubb** · 02-08-2015 09:41 PM

There is nothing like the smell of old metal, wooden stocks, cosmoline icon

and gun oil... After being cooped up all weekend caring for a sick wife and kids (flu).. the wife felt well enough to give me a few hours in the garage....

What better way to spend the little time I got..field stripping, cleaning and oiling some guns..my 1945 Garand icon

, 1943 K98 icon

Mauser and a 1942 Webley markIV did the trick...3hrs of uninterrupted and blissfully quiet time...

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**Highly Recommended** · 02-08-2015 09:41 PM

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**rayg** · 02-09-2015 04:53 AM

Ah, the mind therapy. Nothing like doing something you enjoy to clear your mind and forget the worlds problems, Ray

**AZPhil** · 02-09-2015 05:06 PM

The good old smell of hoppes#9 always does the trick for me!!!!!!
Semper Fi
Phil

**Vincent** · 02-09-2015 05:51 PM

For me it’s the perfume the Air France icon

stewardesses wear. Ooh ah!

**Rhpd201** · 02-09-2015 10:37 PM

We had a welcome warm trend this weekend. Got up to 70 with no wind. The kids and I went out and took a trip around the world - WWII style. Mosin M44 & 91/30; K98 icon

; Steyr M95; Swiss icon

K31; MAS 36; Enfield No4 & No5; Arisaka icon

Type 99; M1 icon

Garand, M1 Carbine; Carcano FAT 42; Tokarev & P38. Tons of fun. If you love the smell of rem oil our basement is the place to be!

**Salt Flat** · 02-09-2015 11:55 PM

I have a Mauser 98k that smells like a horse! I wonder if it was used by a horse mounted calvary unit? Also I remember when I was a kid, which was prior to the gun control act of 1968, I mail ordered a P14 Enfield (29.95) --- when I unpacked it had that great smell of cosmoline icon

that is burned into my memory. The absolute worst smelling thing ever was an L1A1 buttstock that I picked up. I'm not sure if it was some chemical it was preserved in or a caustic cleaning material that caused the funk. Salt Flat

**Peter Laidler** · 02-11-2015 02:01 PM

Armourers overalls always used to smell of OIL, OX52 icon

. That plus a dob of PX11 and XG 279 and 340 you can smell 'em a mile off

**kar98k** · 02-12-2015 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by AZPhil

The good old smell of hoppes#9 always does the trick for me!!!!!!
Semper Fi
Phil

Amazon.com: Hoppe Outdoors

they actually have Hoppes air freshener now.

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