Caring for Swiss 1911 stock

[CanadianLanBoy]

Hello all,

I recently purchased myself a swiss G1911, and I love it. The gun is beautiful, and very accurate. However, I am concerned about how I can keep this rifle in original military fit & finish. I know in service Wood and metal was wiped with Waffenfett to protect from moisture/rust. I have looked far and wide for a Waffenfett recipe, but have only found Guisans recipe for the 1870s stuff (Tallow & Olive oil, to clean bore, not suitable for wood as you could imagine). Does anyone out there have a Recipe for the grease, or use other products that closely imitate its properties to keep their guns in original shape?

Appreciate any replies,
CanadianLanBoy

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[Pierre]

Go here, and in the upper right-hand side of the opening page is a link named "rifle info".
Scroll through the topic titles and click on the one that says "Waffenfett and Automattenfett".
Waffenfett was a vegetable based grease. The improvement came with the semi auto and automatic rifles in the form of Automattenfett. . The formula for that one is in that particular topic title.

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