Parker Hale Youngs 303 oil

[regi]

Dear members and victims of the current situation whereby not only humans are locked up but also the equipment:
By accident I have become a real fan of Parker hale Youngs 303 gun oil.
With the first lockdown, and the repetition in October , I did keep in mind to store the arms in the safe for a prolonged time.
During the first lock down, I used Ballistol and Remington Gun oil. But after some time, on some surfaces, I could see a slight colour on white cotton cloths. RUST !
Than we could use our equipment again.
With the second stop, I wanted to be sure. Everything that has been wiped with a cloth with some Youngs 303 out of the tin can ( NO SPRAY) doesn't show any colour even after 5 months ( checked all the last 3 days )
Your experiences?

 

[Stevie/P]

been using it for years no complaints.

 

[paul o']

Well done I like smell of Hoppe's #9 myself

 

[muddy42]

I find most gun oils work fine (the emphasis is on the word gun, this should mean it is the right PH and has anti-rust agents it it). WD40, 3 in one, engine oil etc. are nothing like as good. I apply with a toothbrush and rags.

 

[Fosbery Holster]

I think I’ve got a tin from the 1930’s, obviously given to me as I’m far to young to have bought it and other cans, l do love the smell of it and yes it’s definitely brilliant oil for my guns.

 

[Cranborne]

The smell of Youngs 303 was pretty much my aftershave in my late teens; with hindsight, better options were available.

 

[Heym SR20]

I do like Youngs 303 oil abd Rangoon Oil.

Youngs were one of the first mineral oil refiners. There was a whole industry to the West of Edinburgh with shale oils being dug up and then refined to produce all sorts of lamp oils, machine oils etc. These replaced Whale oils. Today the only visible signs of the industry are a few “Bings” - large - as in hill sized mounds - of shale that had had the oil removed. The Grangemouth Petro Chemical plant is on the site of the early refineries and that’s the reason why it is there. Nowadays its fed by a pipeline straight from the North Sea.

 

[Scandially]

ESSO>>> Scottish Oil. The first base was Grangemouth

 

[Rusty Gate]

Dear members and victims of the current situation whereby not only humans are locked up but also the equipment:
By accident I have become a real fan of Parker hale Youngs 303 gun oil.
With the first lockdown, and the repetition in October , I did keep in mind to store the arms in the safe for a prolonged time.
During the first lock down, I used Ballistol and Remington Gun oil. But after some time, on some surfaces, I could see a slight colour on white cotton cloths. RUST !
Than we could use our equipment again.
With the second stop, I wanted to be sure. Everything that has been wiped with a cloth with some Youngs 303 out of the tin can ( NO SPRAY) doesn't show any colour even after 5 months ( checked all the last 3 days )
Your experiences?

MPro7 I've always used there LPX Gun Oil great stuff.

 

[McKenzie]

I have used 303 oil & also Rangoon oil for 45 years but I don't consider myself a problem user & can sustain long gaps between use with no ill-effects.

 

[enfieldspares]

Edna Parker's "AC OIL" for me. Alas and alck it is now since her death hard to obtain if, indeed, at all.

 

[Klenchblaize]

There is no scent finer than that given off by PH Youngs 303 drizzled over 1oz of smouldering Old Shag tobacco.

If in doubt ask John Forsey of Gentrys Gun Shop.

K

 

[Rhodesianjess]

Youngs 303 takes me back to childhood every time I smell it. Off out before dawn,dad opening the gun store door and the waft of 303 oil coming out. The day had started! Good memories of far off good times.

 

[Heym SR20]

Youngs 303 takes me back to childhood every time I smell it. Off out before dawn,dad opening the gun store door and the waft of 303 oil coming out. The day had started! Good memories of far off good times.

Yup and mingled with the smell of paper cased cartridges after your pa has shot a brace of guinae fowl in the bush, the sound of the doves, the stingyness of the dry grass on your knees and hum of the Renault 4 as you headed home before ambush time curled up on the front bench seat with the black lab. And the smell of gun oil on the game rangers Elephant rifle as you helped him clean it and him promising to take you hunting when you were a bit bigger.

Happy days for a four year old

 

[Craigsaun]

303 is good oil BUT if we are talking about oil aroma you can't beat GT 85 . I would wear that out on a Saturday night if the misses would let me !

 

[GWP]

Used with boiling water to shift the residue from black powder in a 8b good scrub with a bronze brush dried out with paper towel and given a light coat with a patch quick push through before using