Gun Room Aromas -- Hoppes #9 etc.

[Bocephus]

Predawn squirrel woods and the early morning fragrance of an empty Remington Golden Bullet case being flipped out of a single shot Winchester that had been lovingly swabbed with 3-in-1 the night before.
Memories that dementia can’t touch!

 

[FNSafari]

A whole firing line of shooters burning n133 in the heavy dew first thing in the morn

Since we shoot IBS score here, its largely H4198 in 30BR's or some variation of it. Still, the effect is the same! Good stuff!!

Interesting if true...I learned something today

Col. Townsend Whelen Tells How Hoppe's No. 9 Came to Be

Col. Townsend Whelen was an iconic American rifleman, soldier, experimenter, and leader who lived through the introduction of smokeles...

gunwatch.blogspot.com

 

[Fuj]

Not gun related but being Christmas, I always look forward to,
and enjoy, the kitchen odors of roasters full of Halupki being
slow cooked. Next and coming up for New Years will be that
wonderous aroma of Pork and Sour Kraut in the oven. And the
following day is the aroma, we'll shall not discuss !!

 

[hpshooter]

I'm only 35 years old but dark cutting oil on the lathe, and bam I'm a freshman in highschool all over again

I am 74 and remember how our whole house would smell like Rigid Dark Cutting oil when Dad was turning or threading on the lathe in our basement.

Also the smell of Eley and Lapua powder and priming mixture on the line during small bore week at Camp Perry.

 

[FNSafari]

I am 74 and remember how our whole house would smell like Rigid Dark Cutting oil when Dad was turning or threading on the lathe in our basement.

Also the smell of Eley and Lapua powder and priming mixture on the line during small bore week at Camp Perry.

How about GX 90 when filling the timken two speed axel on my 41 Chevy YS

 

[Cloudrepair]

I am 74 and remember how our whole house would smell like Rigid Dark Cutting oil when Dad was turning or threading on the lathe in our basement.

Also the smell of Eley and Lapua powder and priming mixture on the line during small bore week at Camp Perry.

That made me laugh
It's probably my fault my daughter tells me she like the smell of my cutting oil and other stuff like that

 

[LeoHuhta]

Speaks volumes

 

[Fuj]

The first generation of Tap-Magic.

 

[KMart]

The smell of that old canvas RedHead hunting vest on opening day of squirrel season. It had carried out countless number of fuzz tails, swamp rabbits and wood ducks in days past.
The smell of that heated up can of Huberd's shoe grease when you treated your hunting boots before hunting season.

 

[Mittry]

Gota be Hoppe's #9 or the smell of Unique and Alox lube from a freshly fired 1911.

Non gun related- When I was working as a saturation diver we lived in a chamber under pressure, on the dive vessel and went to work in a diving bell with another diver for 10-12 hour shifts. You would lock out of the bell and work for 4-5 hours then swap out with the other diver for another 4-5 hours.
What I have always remembered was coming back to the bell, standing in the trunk and taking my helmet off and smelling the delightful odor of fresh oranges. We always took a "bell lunch" to eat when we were alone in the bell and it almost always contained an orange.
It didn't matter when your bell partner ate that orange, or even it was still in the bell, that smell stayed in the bell atmosphere and after breathing a pristine HeO2 dive mix for 5 hours that orange zest sure did smell good.
For a short time it felt like you were on the surface in a citrus orchard instead of that sewer pipe you were living in for a month at a time.
Marc Mittry

 

[Fuj]

The smell of that old canvas RedHead hunting vest on opening day of squirrel season. It had carried out countless number of fuzz tails, swamp rabbits and wood ducks in days past.
The smell of that heated up can of Huberd's shoe grease when you treated your hunting boots before hunting season.

The not so fond smell of a wet Woolrich game coat.

 

[Lucky Shooter]

How about the smell of a sack of quail ?

Or, the smell of the dogs ?

Some supposedly smart fellow once wrote that horse racing
was the sport of kings-----all I can say is that this fellow
never quail hunted of a pair of good dogs.

A. Weldy

 

[hpshooter]

"Or, the smell of the dogs ?"

3 soaking wet Beagles in the cab of a conventional pickup with two adults and a teenager and the heater running full tilt.

 

[ronsatspokane]

Gota be Hoppe's #9 or the smell of Unique and Alox lube from a freshly fired 1911.

Non gun related- When I was working as a saturation diver we lived in a chamber under pressure, on the dive vessel and went to work in a diving bell with another diver for 10-12 hour shifts. You would lock out of the bell and work for 4-5 hours then swap out with the other diver for another 4-5 hours.
What I have always remembered was coming back to the bell, standing in the trunk and taking my helmet off and smelling the delightful odor of fresh oranges. We always took a "bell lunch" to eat when we were alone in the bell and it almost always contained an orange.
It didn't matter when your bell partner ate that orange, or even it was still in the bell, that smell stayed in the bell atmosphere and after breathing a pristine HeO2 dive mix for 5 hours that orange zest sure did smell good.
For a short time it felt like you were on the surface in a citrus orchard instead of that sewer pipe you were living in for a month at a time.
Marc Mittry

Wow, some people sure have had some interesting jobs. As a former advanced SCUBA diver saturation diving seemed like the pinnacle when I was younger.

 

[rebel]

Waking up early, smell of perked coffee strong in the October woods, camp slowly coming to life, grits, taters , eggs , livermush, bacon and sausage. Taking the setter out to pee after she rolled out of your bunk. The murmur of conversations beginning, the smell of Appalachia at 4000 feet. The first laughter of the day, and finally the smell of gun oil and cleaners and the clicks and pops of the hunt getting ready to roll out. Hope I can experience that again in my life. My mentors aren't able and now I am the older guy. No one wants to do that camp anymore, to much work.

 

[Fuj]

Burning the leaves in the fall. And the smell of a freshly oiled
baseball glove.

 

[Gun Nut 1]

As much as I like Hoppes #9, Ed's red is just down right terrible.

 

[perazziguy]

I always liked opening a new fiber drum of Red Dot and then the smell of Federal Papers shot with same Red Dot.
Jonathan Taylor

 

[SEM]

I liked "gun smells"

 

[CT10ring]

I like the smell of fired RL-15, some .22 ammo. Can't say it smells like roses, but I like it. Hoppes #9 takes me back to family farm in eastern NC, cleaning Win Model 67 with a shoestring dropped down the bore. - 12 years old.