Ballistol

[Billy Boy]

Ballistol smells really bad. Everyone buys it once. Tries it once, finds it stinks up the house so bad that Ballistol is never opened again. Soiled cleaning patches must be bagged and removed from the house. 3 days later you throughly clean the gun again to remove that foul smelling oil to stop the house from stinking of Ballistol.
If your nose blind go for it.

When you get past 75, Ballistol is pretty much masked out by, well, other odors, not a problem…

 

[bigstick6017555]

If you come across Hoppes No 9 black powder solvent and patch lube give it a try, a lot like Ballistol. Who knows maybe the same.

 

[Marshhawk]

Our local gun shop has a whole shelf of it. Wife has gotten used to the smell (which she associated with roadkill), but I've never had a problem with it. I use it on the black powder gun as between-shot wipe. But also use it on my leather jackets and other leather items. Works well.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Not everywhere, I looked locally here in Vermont, Nono on the shelf. I ended up ordering from Amazon.

I have never seen it in a gun shop. I ordered from Midway. No matter, wish I hadn't. Worstest stuff ever to put in or on a good gun. Money wasted.

 

[Buffalorunner]

I use it, doesn't smell bad. Use it keeps rust off. If you don't like it don't use it. Quit whining about it just get rid of it.

 

[matt48]

According to the german Wikipedia page about Ballistol there is an odorless variant call H1:

https://ballistol.de/en/products/al...rated-no-143097-euro-label-flasche-65-ml.html

 

[SPQR70AD]

Ballistol smells really bad. Everyone buys it once. Tries it once, finds it stinks up the house so bad that Ballistol is never opened again. Soiled cleaning patches must be bagged and removed from the house. 3 days later you throughly clean the gun again to remove that foul smelling oil to stop the house from stinking of Ballistol.
If your nose blind go for it.

I used ballistol once in the house and I had to have a hazardous waste crew come over then they covered the house with a giant plastic cover inflated it and went to work in their space suits. after 4 months of cleanup I was given the OK to move back in

 

[SPQR70AD]

You can use it to make Moose Milk (T/C no. 13) My local gun store has it on the shelf, but I can't find a percussion cap within 600 miles.

I used moose milk a few times but the female moose got tired of me milking her

 

[rickpa]

If you don't like it, don't use it. I worked a job one time next to a rendering plant. That cured me forever of whining about smells.
I like it, been using it for over 30 years. I also put it on mosquito bites to relieve the itch.

 

[Mad Yeti]

I'm new to the BP game, but so far I really like Ballistol and will continue to use it unless I find something better. My wife doesn't even notice the slight milky baby puke smell after the house smells like egg farts

 

[Mad L]

Just a quick question. WHY does it seem you can’ buy Ballistol in the West? I’m in Nevada and everywhere I’ve been looks at me like I’m crazy when I ask for it. That includes sporting goods stores and automotive parts retailers.

I live in Nevada and don't have any trouble at all finding Ballistol, Butche's Bore Cleaner, or Barricade Oil; I just ask for it and give my Scheels CC # (I love those $25 gift cards) and it shows up at my door in about a week, or less, with a label on it that says:
From: Track of the Wolf

Only once in a great while is it out of stock.

 

[Flintleather]

Just a quick question. WHY does it seem you can’ buy Ballistol in the West? I’m in Nevada and everywhere I’ve been looks at me like I’m crazy when I ask for it. That includes sporting goods stores and automotive parts retailers.

I get mine from Track of the Wolf.

 

[Jaegermeister]

Best stuff ever. All I use. Very versatile.

 

[Rendezvous Valley Trading]

Ballistol cures fits, warts , freckles, coughs, colds, runny nose. Guaranteed not to rip, run or snag. Makes conception a wonder and child birth a pleasure. Yup that’s ballistol!!

Out west there’s a farm and ranch store called Bomgaars. They carry it but I don’t know how large their relm is. I like it. But I also like other products as well..

 

[Powder Flask Collector]

Ballistol doesn´t smell bad.

It is the perfume of real men

 

[Flint n Steel]

Ballistol was created in 1904 as an all-purpose cleaner, disinfectant, paint thinner, enema-assister, coffee creamer, sexual lubricant, salad dressing, chemical deicer, and potential substitute for blood. However, when it was realized through numerous deaths, injuries and accidents that it did none of these things well, it was eventually altered slightly to become the mineral oil based chemical that is known and loved today.

 

[30coupe]

It smells like puke, but it works good so I use it. Once it dries, it doesn't seem to have the odor anyway. I've tried it as a patch lube, but I prefer Hoppe's BP Cleaner and Lube. I use a 5:1 water:Ballistol mix for swabbing between shots and cleaning. I don't think it's particularly effective as a rust preventive. Barricade works, so I apply that after cleaning. Like others, I generally get it on Amazon, but since it's usually mixed with water at a ratio of 5:1 to 8:1, a can of it lasts a long time.

I grew up on a farm, spent 14 years in law enforcement, and then 28 years as a 7-12 teacher. Believe me, there are things that smell much worse than Ballistol!

 

[smoothshooter]

Got no use for oil in my flintlock. I do see it at gun shows.
Would never buy it or use it.

What do you use for rust prevention?

 

[david w]

What do you use for rust prevention?

I use Ballistol, and never had a rusty barrel. I use 5:1 to clean the barrel, and follow up with one patch of 100%.

 

[Muley Gil]

I buy mine from sutlers at the N-SSA Nationals in Winchester VA. I use it 50/50, cut with water. The smell doesn't bother me at all. It only takes me a few wet patches to clean my muzzleloaders. I then run a patch with Bore Butter down the barrel and wipe down the exterior metal with BB. I store my MLs barrel down in the safe.

Haven't had any problem with my flinter. No rust either