i know this thread is old but i read this info in one of our hunting magazines in south africa and thought it might be of interest to you.
the story actually comes from australia about how to prevent rust when you are in the middle of no-where and some wise bush living guy found this trick out: its how to make an oil to prevent rust when living of the land.
1: kill a duck , as fat as possible(i cannot remember if there was a preffered type)
2: cut off all pieces of fat (just the fat,eat the meat)
3: put pieces of raw fat in a jar and put in the sun, dont close the lid
4: it will stink really bad and will make dogs walking by choke for a couple of days
5: after a couple of days the fat will break down and the liquid will seep from the 'flesh",the "flesh" will shrivel up
6: remove the "flesh" and leave the liquid in the jar, if it seems that nothing is coming out of the 'flesh" anymore
7: close the jar witht he lid and let is stand in the sun for a couple more days.
8: the oil left in the jar will turn from yellow/milkish to a clear/transluscent and the smell will dissapear.
9: this oil works very well on rifles and the guy who used this/made this used it on his damascus barreled hammer shotguns if memory serves me correctly
the story actually comes from australia about how to prevent rust when you are in the middle of no-where and some wise bush living guy found this trick out: its how to make an oil to prevent rust when living of the land.
1: kill a duck , as fat as possible(i cannot remember if there was a preffered type)
2: cut off all pieces of fat (just the fat,eat the meat)
3: put pieces of raw fat in a jar and put in the sun, dont close the lid
4: it will stink really bad and will make dogs walking by choke for a couple of days
5: after a couple of days the fat will break down and the liquid will seep from the 'flesh",the "flesh" will shrivel up
6: remove the "flesh" and leave the liquid in the jar, if it seems that nothing is coming out of the 'flesh" anymore
7: close the jar witht he lid and let is stand in the sun for a couple more days.
8: the oil left in the jar will turn from yellow/milkish to a clear/transluscent and the smell will dissapear.
9: this oil works very well on rifles and the guy who used this/made this used it on his damascus barreled hammer shotguns if memory serves me correctly
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