HVD5677 Posted 18 November , 2010 Share Posted 18 November , 2010 The Machine Gunner's Handbook (5th ed.) mentions that 4 bars of "soap, yellow" and 8 pints of " Russian petroleum for lubricating" were allocated annually for cleaning and oiling the gun. Does anyone know what these two products were and if there are any modern equivalents ? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 19 November , 2010 Share Posted 19 November , 2010 Does anyone know what these two products were and if there are any modern equivalents ? Thanks You might find the following of interest: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Z-3T8xacuU8J:1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php%3Fshowtopic%3D115750+%22Russian+petroleum+%22+gun+oil&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVD5677 Posted 19 November , 2010 Author Share Posted 19 November , 2010 Thanks Andrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVD5677 Posted 19 November , 2010 Author Share Posted 19 November , 2010 Is anyone familiar with this product: Young's 303 Woolfat Jelly ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyE Posted 20 November , 2010 Share Posted 20 November , 2010 Youngs .303 was the standard oil used by target shooters throughout the period from the fifties to at least the late sixties. I do not know when it stopped being available. The Youngs woolfat jelly was one of a number of products like "Cunirid" that was used for scrubbing bores in those days, originally as the name suggests, to remove cupro-nickel metal fouling. Regards TonyE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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