balistol sucolin? anyone ever use it?

Longranger

Hey all, I was picking up some ammo this evening and the rfd gave me this to try. Its in a green box that reads "silk tow for small bore rifles". I've never used it, but it's supposed to be good for cleaning. Have any of you ever used it, and if so how do you use it and is it any good?

Grizzly 45

Balistol oil is pretty much a household name in any German hunters,shooters,fishermen, dog and horse owners equipment locker.
Think its their centinery year this year [1912/2012]??

Its a very light sterile oil that can be used to lube surgical equipment,its that clean.Germans use it as a kind of cure all for anything fieldsport related.
Lube the gun mechanism,oil the wood stock,treat light burns and sun and windburn,wasp stings,cuts on you or your critter,clean the dwags ears with it,clean your own too!:D,shine up your boots,shine up the hoss's hooves and coat,shine up the leather bits as well.Treat the dogs sore pads especially if they have been on salted roads in Winter,oil for the honing stone....Whatever,its been used for somthing that needed oiling or shining or sterilising.
If it is the same stuff I'm thinking,you use it on a cleaning jag or patch holder instead of the patches.The jag is like a blunt screw that you wrap this around to get to correct bore size and you dont throw away after running thru.You simply unwind it and you have a fresh side when you rewind it on the jag.If that is the same stuff I'm thinking of.
Anyway if it is Ballistol,it will be good.:cool:

Longranger

Cheers
Griz, don't know about the oil but this stuff looks like long lengths me soft white candy floss. Very soft feel to it. I'll try it out and see how things go.

deeksofdoom

Sounds a bit like vaseline.