White gun oil?

[Flying10uk]

I picked up this gun oil, at a show, earlier in the year from a box of odds and sods on a stall. When I came to actually use it today on a bayonet, I was surprised to find that the oil is white in colour, something that I haven't seen before in oil. I have seen and used white grease but not oil. I wondered if anyone knows if this is normal for this particular oil, please, or if there is something wrong with it or, perhaps, it is something else entirely? Thanks for any information.

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[Steve762]

USGI LSA lube. Has teflon in it so that is why you have to shake it. The military replaced it with CLP.

[BEAR]

Yep, good oil. When the M60 gets hot and carbons up and jams....a quick squirt on the bolt and you are up and running again. But it is strictly used as a lubricant.

[browningautorifle]

Called whale spunk by most of our troops...

[CINDERS]

[old tanker]

Called whale spunk by most of our troops...

Those of us who used it in the jungles back in the day called it "monkey ***." Still good stuff for keeping carbon fouling soft in automatic weapons. The older weapons oils like PL Special and PL medium, would quickly burn off and leave hard carbon deposits when used to lube an M16. LSA is denser than CLP and holds up better hotter temperatures and climates. The flashpoint of LSA is also 32˚F higher than CLP, making it less inclined to burn off and leave residue. As a cleaner, LSA is not so hot, we used RBC (Rifle BoreCleaner) when we could get it, diesel and mogas when we couldn't. CLP which came out in the Eighties was next big change in how we cleaned small arms.

[Flying10uk]

Thanks for the information chaps. I only purchased it, earlier in the year, because it was cheap from a box of odds and ends where you find the bargains on a stall. After I had finished off the last of the 3in1 oil that I often use when cleaning up bayonets, I thought that I would give this oil a go, expecting it to be a normal oil colour. I did wonder what the devil was in the container when it came out white.

[browningautorifle]

monkey ***

Monkey spunk...that too...

[22SqnRAE]

If I recall correctly, we knew it as "Camel C*m..." (apologies to those easily offended by soldier's vernacular)..

[Flying10uk]

I guess that the advantage of having the additives in it is that if the lubricant dries up, it still acts as a dry lubricant. I did wonder if one of the additives was PTFE, giving the white colour and the advice on the back not to let it come into contact with foodstuffs etc. I have used PTFE in solid sheet form before for making things such as sealing washers etc and I believe that the advice is to wash hands before eating but I don't think anyone gets over-concerned over it.