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[Scott Chapman]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Modern lubricants may be far superior to the lubricants of the past but there’s little today that can beat the lubricating qualities and properties of pure sperm oil applied at regular intervals
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Do you use sperm oil on your guns? Where do you find it?

[Wyatt Neely]

Originally Posted by Scott Chapman

Do you use sperm oil on your guns? Where do you find it?

Whale harvesting is illegal now, so whatever sperm whale oil you find is going to be rather expensive, and possibly considered contraband (depending on when it was made.)

Sperm whale oil was a good lubricant back in it's day. Supposedly it was even recommended for use on the m1911 pistol, and also was an additive for early automatic transmission fluid.

[ArtS]

Originally Posted by Wyatt Neely

Whale harvesting is illegal now, so whatever sperm whale oil you find is going to be rather expensive, and possibly considered contraband (depending on when it was made.)

Sperm whale oil was a good lubricant back in it's day. Supposedly it was even recommended for use on the m1911 pistol, and also was an additive for early automatic transmission fluid.

The sales ban was a part of a modification to the Endangered Species act. Given the fungibility of the product, I doubt CITES rolled it into their loophole. I would not buy any without a detailed legal search. Attitudes are overboard in the whale arena. PETA is a sweetheart vs the actual assaults and damage done by some of the pro-whale groups performed on the open seas.