Subdeacon Joe Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 https://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/receipt/receipt.html CONFEDERATE RECEIPT BOOK. A COMPILATION OF OVER ONE HUNDRED RECEIPTS, ADAPTED TO THE TIMES. WEST & JOHNSTON, RICHMOND. 1863. G. W. GARY, Printer, 21 Pearl Street. TO KEEP ARMS AND POLISHED METAL FROM RUST.-- Dissolve one ounce of camphor in two pounds of hog's lard, observing to take off the scum, then mix as much black lead as will give the mixture an iron color. Fire arms, &c., rubbed over with this mixture, left twenty-four hours, and then dried with a linen cloth, will keep clean for many months. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 or I just use Rem-Oil on a rag 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawdog Dago Dom Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 James Country Mercantile in Liberty, MO has been doing period clothing for several centuries before the Wild West era. Plus they are SASS merchants. We stopped by there a week or so ago to check on some clothing. One shade of green on a scarf was described to us as “poison green.” To get that shade dye makers used a fair amount of arsenic back then. It was common then to use other toxic chemicals to get various colors and shades. Confederate soldiers in southwest Missouri who could not get chemical dyes for the grey color, would boil wool uniforms with walnut hills for varying shades of brown/beige. Better than sitting in the woods with a white wool jacket I reckon! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 42 minutes ago, Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L said: or I just use Rem-Oil on a rag Eezox works great too and no greasy film. A little on a patch and wipe the metal. Works excellent on my muzzleloader bore too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 1 hour ago, Subdeacon Joe said: https://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/receipt/receipt.html CONFEDERATE RECEIPT BOOK. A COMPILATION OF OVER ONE HUNDRED RECEIPTS, ADAPTED TO THE TIMES. WEST & JOHNSTON, RICHMOND. 1863. G. W. GARY, Printer, 21 Pearl Street. TO KEEP ARMS AND POLISHED METAL FROM RUST.-- Dissolve one ounce of camphor in two pounds of hog's lard, observing to take off the scum, then mix as much black lead as will give the mixture an iron color. Fire arms, &c., rubbed over with this mixture, left twenty-four hours, and then dried with a linen cloth, will keep clean for many months. I wonder what that smelled like when the gun got hot? I’ll bet it would keep your sinuses clear. Can you even buy camphor any more? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 52 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: I wonder what that smelled like when the gun got hot? I’ll bet it would keep your sinuses clear. Can you even buy camphor any more? https://www.amazon.com/Deer-Camphor-Guaranteed-Refined-Blocks/dp/B08VGVHRBM?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=A3027TSHWJCH96&th=1 https://global.microless.com/product/awafi-medicinal-camphor-pure-indian-origin-first-grade-a-pacha-karpooram-original-kapoor-for-multipurpose-pack-of2-oz-58-gm/?currency=usd 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 47 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: https://www.amazon.com/Deer-Camphor-Guaranteed-Refined-Blocks/dp/B08VGVHRBM?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=A3027TSHWJCH96&th=1 https://global.microless.com/product/awafi-medicinal-camphor-pure-indian-origin-first-grade-a-pacha-karpooram-original-kapoor-for-multipurpose-pack-of2-oz-58-gm/?currency=usd Well, I’ll be darned! Thanks Joe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 (edited) I wipe everything down with very light coating of Frog Lube and there simply is no rust...and it smelsl like bubblegum. Edited July 4 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 3 Author Share Posted July 3 6 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: Well, I’ll be darned! Thanks Joe. My pleasure! Let us know how it works on your ARs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 I was trying to figure out what black lead was. I thought it might be graphite it turns out it probably is. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklead 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 Now that's surprising. Red lead is a lead-based primer. White lead is also a lead-based primer. I assumed that black lead was going to be a lead-based primer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracos Kid Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 18 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said: Eezox works great too and no greasy film. A little on a patch and wipe the metal. Works excellent on my muzzleloader bore too. +1 for Eezox......For those that are not familiar, Google the test video of coated metal under the various weather conditions..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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