spray protectants for firearms and bayonets

[Patrick Chadwick]

I have heard that Ballistol can damage nickle plated guns

What is the evidence? To strip nickel off steel you need something like sulphuric or nitric acid. Definitely the kind of chemical that would ruin any kind of finish it touches, including your skin. And a Ballistol salesman at a machinery fair near here showed me that you can actually drink it - it tastes very odd, and I'm not sure what it's supposed to cure!

You can read all about it here;

http://www.ballistol.de/files/waffenpflege_brevier.pdf

I wonder if the stuff sold in the USA is different?

[Ben Cartwright]

Patrick
Ballistol probably tastes like some of the cheap beer here!

[Patrick Chadwick]

If that's what your beer tastes like, I'll stick to wine!

[Ben Cartwright]

Not good beers like Sam Adams or the dark German beers, but Pabst Blue Ribbon, well...

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Patrick
Ballistol probably tastes like some of the cheap beer here!

Or more likely, better.

[WarPig1976]

Yup, It's the same stuff Patrick just different packaging.

Never heard that Ben,,Nah, don't see it happening either.

[Brian Dick]

Try G96 silicone spray. It's also friendly to all surfaces including wood.

[villiers]

Germans of a certain generation fervently believe that Ballistol not only heals athlete´s foot but is also good for bullet wounds and maybe even cancer.
I personally prefer ACF-50 anti-corrosi0n formula as I work on aircraft.

[frogman]

I talked to one of the curators at the Cody Museum and he said they used a type of wax that at the present, I can't remember. SORRY I can't be of more help.

[Ben Cartwright]

I talked to one of the curators at the Cody Museum and he said they used a type of wax that at the present, I can't remember. SORRY I can't be of more help.

I wonder if it is Renaissance Wax, I have heard museums use it