3in1 oil

THE BLACKBIRD wrote: I cant imagine why anyone would want a gun !!!

Well, as a one time member of Her Majesty's Armed Forces, I can!
Mike

Have you ever shot anyone?

I'm ex R.N. too, Mike!
O.F. asks if we've ever shot anybody - in my case, only cardboard cut-outs on the range, with a SMLE .303!
BUT - I have been shot AT, with real ammo, when we were chasing Icelandic gun-boats in the Second Cod War that nobody seems to have heard of! I don't know what calibre it was, but the 1/8 steel plate I was mostly standing behind stopped it, All I had to shoot back with was an Aldis lamp - which doesn't have the same effect when you send BANG in morse code!

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Just look at the state of America and their guns, being in the forces is a totally different thing to guns in civilian life

Anyway we dont do politics on this forum, i pleased to say so we end it here

Talking of guns i think i need shooting
Yesterday i booked a flight to the uk for next Sunday i was just looking through my mails and saw i had booked it for TODAY it left at 9-40 this morning OMG :S

Oh dear! Any chance of getting your money back?
Mike

Well thanks folks. That was a slow starter but took off in the end didn't it. Thanks for all comments. It could explain the state of my piston . But only where the air got to it or is that rust? Via the ports.

No chance Mike i rang them

Maybe in the past 3in1 referred to three types of oil blended into one, including castor, but now the logo has changed to penetration/ lubrication/ protection? Only speculating.
Agree don't use WD40 on engines - sticks better than old castor very quickly. Has wax in it AFAIK, which at least gives way to heat like old castor.

Reading old ads 3 in 1 always claimed those things. I just recalled that my dad swore by Sweet Almond oil for clocks. As bit of fun I had a few drops of Olbas oil left and tried it on my Cox ,020 which was solidly locked.Result? Freed in 5 or 6 mins. No bother . Now if it is good for skin will it harm metal? OK I will rinse it out but an interesting thought.
Uh yup it is good for scars it shifted mine.

Does anyone know what after-run oil actually is and what it's made from?

I'm guessing it's a synthetic, some guys swear by ATF (automatic transmission fluid)