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The Center of Camp => Camping Gear and Campfire Cooking => Topic started by: burch on February 20, 2011, 01:31:21 PM

Title: Something for oil
Post by: burch on February 20, 2011, 01:31:21 PM

So what are you guys using in your possible bags for oil, grease, bore cleaner etc. while on a trek. I have a tiny oil bottle with a brass rod in it for one drop at a time and it works pretty good. I need ideas for liquids and such so it won`t leak in my bag and not take up very much room.
 
                         Burch

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Post by: pathfinder on February 20, 2011, 02:24:33 PM

I use Bear grease in a "burnt" cap tin. I use a small twig to"oil"gun parts. Not fond of liquids in my shooting bag.

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Post by: burch on February 20, 2011, 03:33:22 PM

the grease I have is way too thin for a cap tin. It`s more like thick spagetti sauce than something like Crisco.

Title: oil
Post by: greyhunter on February 20, 2011, 08:40:20 PM

Carry a canteen with water fer drinkin and swabbin bore, spit patch when hunting, and carry a tin of beeswax in my bag. As for WD40, great for lawn mower cables, but not in my rifles. Good scrubbing with homemade solvent and after drying bore with patches I spray with rem oil or 3 in one oil if I have it. Heard all kind of reprimands on petroleum based lubes for the bore, inmho, I see no harm. And my barrels don't rust in storage. Then too, my rifles all get dry swabbed and reoiled every two mos. tops. I worry more about rust and pits than I do about some supposed malignant petroleum build up in the bore. Shoot me if I'm wrong.

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Post by: pathfinder on February 20, 2011, 09:56:07 PM

I agree about the petrolium products. Some guy's use alcohol to get rid of moisture,WD-40 is always on my bench and within easy reach and is NOT used for long term storage,guaranted to rust if ya do. At home,Rem oil is real good for storage. Greyhunter is right about swabbin' and oilin' every so often,dont trust the lube you use to replace good mantainence habit's.

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Post by: Spectre on February 20, 2011, 10:07:44 PM

I always like to carry a small bit of Crisco for grease. Usually carried in an empty snuff can.
 Agreed on the WD-40, its junk for black powder. A little soap and water goes a long ways for cleaning BP guns, and then like already said---Rem Oil.

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Post by: Trois Castors on February 20, 2011, 10:25:20 PM

I bought a "really old" oiling can from an antique dealer in town.....I think it turned out to be from an AK-47 cleaning kit :th dn