Quote Originally Posted by mac2017 View Post
Anyone here know the story or history of this stuff?
Mac, I know exactly what that is. My Dad kept a bunch of cans in our garage. That my friend is SEABEE Oil.. LOL That stuff was used all the way up to the end of Korean War I dug in my Dads old manuals and you will find it referenced in section 4 Weapons, of The US Navy Advanced Base Equipment Catalog used on such weapons as the .30 Browning 1919A4, 1903 Springfield, 80MM Morter, M1icon Carbine, 1911, BAR, Thomson, yada-yada-yada... I suppose since it's a Navy Oil those Fella's in the Canoe Club used it as well.

I'm a 3rd Generation Seabee and I can tell you we were not using that stuff in the 70's. As a matter of fact, as a kid (12 to 14 years), the guys in MCB-17 used to have me clean their M16A1's and M60's when they would come back from quals or war games and they didn't use that stuff anymore. I suppose that's why my Dad had so much of it.

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Quote Originally Posted by usabaker View Post
US Navy Advanced Base Equipment Catalog
Mac, Found a copy of the US Navy Advanced Base Equipment Catalog on-line, I'm a member of the CEC/Seabee Historal Foundation and I found it in the Seabee Museum archives right here ---> https://www.history.navy.mil/content...01944_edit.pdf