Cleaning firearms

[Old Rooster]

After cleaning one of my rifles the wife asked me,"How do you get that smell off that rifle"?
I didn't notice a smell but she has a great nose for smells.
So what do you use to clean the "smell" off your rifles after cleaning?

 

[Shane Lindsey]

Burnt gunpowder

 

[john k]

Reminds me of the distinct smell of Hoppes #9!

 

[L2land]

Fish like WD40, I figure land critters like G96. And so do I.

 

[Old Rooster]

Burnt gunpowder

Shane,I was thinking about solvent's and oils getting on the stock.
I swab out the barrels on my rifles so there should never be a smell there. I even swab stinky solvents like Montana Extreme bore solvent with alcohol to make sure the smell is gone.
The wife smelled bad odors on my stock!

 

[cohunt]

Nothing, it's not something I worry about

 

[memtb]

Red, I thought about that years ago, when living/hunting in a very wet environment…… but continued to clean and lube my firearms, hoping for the best. But that wasn't out west, it was in an area that 100 yards was Long Range Hunting!

Now, having SS firearms and living in a very dry climate…….they never get cleaned during hunting season.

In fact, they rarely get cleaned…..period! memtb