My gun smells like

[pale horse]

A few weeks ago I changed my cleaning solution and oil just because kerosin smells up the house something fierce. Well I went shooting and then straight to my brothers house and did a quick field strip to wipe the gunk off the rails, ramp, and barrel. Well at about this time I noticed a smell that was new. My pistol smells like cinnimon sp??. Hoppes 9 and I think break free are what I am using.

What does your cleaning mix smell like when you are done?

 

[Kruzr]

Sounds like you are using FP10 for your lube. It has a cinnamon scent added. FWIW, it supposedly won't be taken for a foreign scent by animals like a petroleum smell would.

 

[cslinger]

Depends on the gun.......

My mil-surps after shooting corrosive ammo always smell apple fresh, literally That is the type of dish washing detergent we use.

 

[Delmar]

like...............victory

 

[sm]

Hang on...drops mag, racks slide-all clear sniff, sniff--um this carry pc smells like blue steel and its been fired
....walks to sand bucket, inserts mag racks slide--one in the pipe, tops off mag --back on hip. OK checks other CCW [same drill as before] this one smell like stainless -and its been fired too

...walks across to kitchen bar, checks two more, yep unloaded sniff, sniff, Ok the model 10 smells like G96, and the 1911 smells like simple green/ivory soap/and Kleenbore Formula 3--depends on where I sniff.

whew!...don't ask about that holster tho'

 

[Ala Dan]

a sweet smelling woman!

NO, just kidding - it actually smells like an auto repair shop.

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

 

[JohnBT]

Day before yesterday I was sitting on the front porch talking to my 70-something-year-old neighbor. The talk turned to childhood experiences with guns (she'd gotten a Midway flier that day...everybody sends my fliers and catalogs to her house because I have all my orders sent to her house) and she mentioned that every gun in every corner and closet of every relative's house smelled the same to her as a child - a distinctive metallic smell of some sort.

(You know where this is going.)

I fetched a bottle of Hoppe's #9 and I could see all of the memories coming back at the first whiff.

Like seeing a varmint in the garden and shooting a hole in the bedroom floor while she tried to get the shotgun to the bedroom window. I think it traumatized her as a child, but she doesn't hate guns or anything.

John

 

[10-Ring]

I few months back I started using this cleaner from Bullfrog. Stuff smells like pancake syrup

 

[usnavymasterchief]

Always knew what Hoppes #9 smelled like, guess what I didn't know was what cinnimon smelled like. John

 

[Soap]

Mine smells like Kell Lube

 

[Schuey2002]

After shooting a few hundred rounds through my SL8, it smells like a piece of Tupperware that was left in the microwave way too long..

It smells the same after a good cleaning..

 

[Ky Larry]

It's been in the 90's and I've I've been carrying my Kimber in a leather mid back holster. I don't think I really want to smell it.

 

[9mm Parabellum]

*sniff* Mine smells like clove and citrus.
I use citrus scented degreaser to clean up the gunk and use G96 lubrication treatment.

Mike

 

[JJohnston015]

My Winchester '97 has a varnish smell like antique furniture. Reminds me of my grandmother's old upright piano.

 

[happy old sailor]

mine smell like my woman. dang her hide. hey, honey, you been messin' with my stuff again ? ?

 

[faustulus]

like...............victory

Beat me too it.

 

[Brian Williams]

Boiled linseed oil, cause I just did what C.R. Sam says fit and file till the grip fits you. then I put a light coat of boiled linseed oil on them andthey look great a nice matt finish.....

 

[Master Blaster]

A beautiful Woman's (my wife's) bussom on a warm spring day.



I use FP-10 and they all smell like cinnamon, with a hint of smoke.

 

[BerettaNut92]

Breakfree but I REALLY like the smell of powder blast. My guns love me for it.

My Wilson before I sold it smelled like crayons. My M1A smells like paint.

 

[RTFM]

re1973

 

[Deepdiver]

My wife learned a long time ago that she gets a lot more attention from me when she uses Rem Oil instead of Chanel #5...