I see that a lot of the odorless gun oils on the market that are geared for deer hunters contain mineral oil. Is this the same "odorless and tasteless" mineral oil that is found in the pharmacy and used as a laxative? I am just wondering because it should be a lot cheaper to buy the laxative version rather than the small two to three ounce "hunter" formula. I realize that mineral oil may not be the best rust protective out there but I like to apply it to my guns every other hunting trip or so just to prevent them from rusting. I don't want to apply a better preventative such as Break Free CLP or Weapon Shield during hunting season because it will spook game. Thanks for any comments back.
Mineral Oil...question about
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I keep some mineral oil in a plastic squeeze bottle in the garage for general purpose lubrication. I do use it on guns and think it would work fine for you. For me, it seems a little thick, and what I've done is mix it 50:50 with ATF. That doesn't seem to have a strong odor, and that might work just as well. ATF has a lot of corrosion inhibitors, so that might solve all your problems.
moxie
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Way before I had $$ for such things as brand name oil, I used to liberate a bit of my mother's mineral oil. Worked great on guns, reels, and knives. No corrosion either.
moxie
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How does that work?
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Well, you see, it's very technical. But to put it succinctly, since mineral oil is also a laxative, too much of it can give you the shoots.
moxie
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Succinct...and pithy too.
rcmodel
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Our deer don't seem to mind.
They come up and scratch on the rope fly dope dealies in the pastures farmers put out to keep Bott flies off the cows.
Mostly soaked in diesel fuel & fly spray.
My very successful hunting pard uses a weed sprayer full of diesel to kill the tall weeds in front of his deer blind every year.
He already shot his landowner limit of whitetail from that blind this year, with a bow.
rc
They come up and scratch on the rope fly dope dealies in the pastures farmers put out to keep Bott flies off the cows.
Mostly soaked in diesel fuel & fly spray.
My very successful hunting pard uses a weed sprayer full of diesel to kill the tall weeds in front of his deer blind every year.
He already shot his landowner limit of whitetail from that blind this year, with a bow.
rc
earlthegoat2
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Many use 0-W20 Mobil 1.
That is pretty inexpensive compared to gun oil and also has less strong of a smell.
That is pretty inexpensive compared to gun oil and also has less strong of a smell.
tactikel
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Mineral oil comes in two versions: light (used to lubricate, as an emollient, and protectant). Light was tried as a laxative, but it's light viscosity caused undesirable side effects when taken orally. It was reformulated as heavy mineral oil USP, this is what is in your local Pharmacy. The version used in lubricants, and gun products is the light. In cold conditions the heavy may cloud and thicken. In a pinch both will work, but there are better products out there for use in firearms IMHO.
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Lots of things are more expensive in the "hunter" version. I noticed that "special SD cards for game camera" cost about twice as much as SD cards for regular cameras in the same store for the same card, just different packaging.
KevininPa
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I believe that......
.........Ballistol's main ingredient is mineral oil. I don't know for sure without checking the label, and at this hour, not ready to check. Ballistol has been my main gun cleaner and preservative for quite awhile now. I do use some better lubes for slides and pivot points and such.
.........Ballistol's main ingredient is mineral oil. I don't know for sure without checking the label, and at this hour, not ready to check. Ballistol has been my main gun cleaner and preservative for quite awhile now. I do use some better lubes for slides and pivot points and such.
Yep, sewing machine oil. Came in little bottles with long, thin syringe like applicator tips that applied just the right amount in all the tight places.
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FrogLube?.....
Did you try Froglube yet? It's non toxic has 0 peteriolium or oil, is FDA food grade & it was engineered by a US Navy veteran(special ops).
I think it smells like frogs too so white-tails will say; hey what's that? Oh that's just some frogs.
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Did you try Froglube yet? It's non toxic has 0 peteriolium or oil, is FDA food grade & it was engineered by a US Navy veteran(special ops).
I think it smells like frogs too so white-tails will say; hey what's that? Oh that's just some frogs.
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I've used "normal" gun cleaning products like Breakfree CLP, Hoppes 9, Rem Oil, etc on my deer rifles my entire life, and have never had problems putting venison on the table. Its not something I've ever even thought twice about, and I've been at it over 25 yrs successfully
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earlthegoat2
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I had never thought of sewing machine oil. That would probably work great.
Singer and Universal made guns too among other sewing machine manufacturers.
Singer and Universal made guns too among other sewing machine manufacturers.
jcwit
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Sewing machine oil will gum over time. At least the stuff I used does.
tnxdshooter
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It's food grade mineral oil mostly.
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Elkins45
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Yep, and that is a pretty complex little mechanism to troubleshoot when it goes on the fritz. I blue BreakFree (not CLP) on our sewing machine and I think it does a much better job than the stuff you are supposed to use.
I wonder if anybody remembers how to fix a sewing a machine these days?
berettaprofessor
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Gotta keep this one in my head for later use.
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