A controversial topic...

[springfield art]

Hoppe's=all time best aroma.

 

[BadDaditood]

I’m a fan of ballistol aroma. But I also love the smell of skunk . Not the strong smell of a skunk just the faint smell.

That’s no skunk, it’s the neighbor smoking pot

 

[7of7]

Not fond of Balistol, but I love the smell from a just fired shotgun shell. Reminds me of pheasant hunting with my father when I was a little kid, too young to carry a gun.

Dragged out of bed at 4am, meeting a couple of his friends at a little diner for breakfast. Frosty morning, waiting for the dog to flush a bird....

Magical memories.

Yes, now that you mention that,.. but we didn’t go to a diner… my cousins would arrive and we’d go out back and down our field for pheasant and then over to the ponds for ducks.. I was the retriever…
And I don’t mind the smell of ballistol.

 

[45man]

WD40 NEVER, EVER goes near my fire arms----PERIOD. Worst junk ever made but it will flush off water. Make sure to remove it before a real lube.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Controversial! Nothing controversial here!
I was expecting the op to be confessing to using 4f.....now that would get them flapping!

 

[sturmkatze]

By now everyone knows WD-40 is not suitable for guns as it leaves a residue which builds up and over time jams things up. Long-time gunsmiths will tell you that shotguns in particular get sticky and jam because of use of the WD. One of the major gun magazines recently had a column on this, I think it was Shooting Times, stating that WD should be no where near guns. It displaces water; it's not a lube like Ballistol.

Whatev. My dad used it all his life. Works fine. Use what works for YOU and don’t listen to experten.

 

[Old Sparky]

Ballistol is a great product I use it frequently. It is great for any piece that needs cleaning. It protects well also.
I was weaned on Hoppe’s #9 though. That smell takes me back. Lots of memories.
I have a quart of it right next to ballitol.
Can’t stop using my Hoppes #9. It still works.

And there should be a man’s cologne of Hoppe’s #9

Oh yes the smell of number nine takes me straight back to my grand Pappy's Workshop

 

[yellowhammer]

not me it smells awful

+1 orina de gato

 

[deerstalkert]

+1 orina de gato

now there is a smell i can't stand!!!

 

[ord sgt]

I just want to publically say... I LOVE the smell of Ballistol. There, I said it. How many are with me?

I have never used Ballistol in my 40 years of BP shooting.

 

[TDM]

now there is a smell i can't stand!!!

I help my Wife with all the housekeeping chores except one, emptying and cleaning the litter box.

 

[Rob M.]

Never used it ...dont think ive ever seen it

 

[Muddly]

Gimme the bad, old, Hoppes any day.
Ballistol. Use it. Like it, but forgive me it does smell like licorice and sweaty balls.
Not lead. The other ones...