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There is nothing like the smell of old metal, wooden stocks, cosmoline 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, 1943 K98 Mauser and a 1942 Webley markIV did the trick...3hrs of uninterrupted and blissfully quiet time...
Ah, the mind therapy. Nothing like doing something you enjoy to clear your mind and forget the worlds problems, Ray
The good old smell of hoppes#9 always does the trick for me!!!!!!
Semper Fi
Phil
For me it’s the perfume the Air France stewardesses wear. Ooh ah!
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; Steyr M95; Swiss K31; MAS 36; Enfield No4 & No5; Arisaka Type 99; M1 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!
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 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
Armourers overalls always used to smell of OIL, OX52. That plus a dob of PX11 and XG 279 and 340 you can smell 'em a mile off
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Originally Posted by AZPhil
they actually have Hoppes air freshener now.