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    Is it just me or.....?

    Am I the only person on the planet that thinks LLA smells good? I mean it smells real good!

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    Yup, ol Alox lube and the 'old' Hoppes #9. The two best smells in all my shooting years!!!!!!!

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    I have a Hoppes air freshener in my truck I love that smell

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    The smell of Winchester 748 when you take the cap off the tin....Beautiful.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cummins05 View Post
    I have a Hoppes air freshener in my truck I love that smell
    Oh, good idea. I used to throw my dirty patches on the floor of my pickup, but the smell don't last long............

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    Yea # 9
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    your sick!

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    umm i'd like to say it's just you but ... it surely aint me lolz , i do like the hoppes tho ... and beeswax and lanolin ....
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    I can't stomach Alox at all. I don't shoot it much because of the odor.

    Now a freshly fired shot shell, that is nice

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    Alox smells like granny's laundry basket! IMR4895! Ahhhh
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    I can't smell alox at all and barely get a whiff of anything from the hoppes.

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    Alox reminds me of a job I had at a metal forming factory. All the metal was coated in it.

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    Personally, I'd rather smell fresh baked bread out of the oven.
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    Yes, I too like the smell of Alox! I associate the smell to boolits ready to be introduced to a brass case which is ready to be introduced to a steel barrel. Now, when that aloxed boolit inside that steel barrel gets introduced to a steel firing pin....now that is magic, which produces another favorite smell. But, ain't it cool how so many of the ingredients we use have good smells? I just can't get the wifey to replace the Chanel #5 with Hoppes #9.
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    when reloading and when the bottom of the bullets, the only smell that I do not like is when I throw the wax in molten lead, alox is delicious smell for me.



    quando ricarico e quando fondo i proiettili , l'unico odore che non mi piace è quello quando butto la cera nel piombo fuso , alox è buonissimo odore per me .

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    Me, I just love the smell of burnt powder on a rifle range in the morning. Preferably during a match.

    My girlfriend, well, we're getting hitched next year, she wants to have the wedding at a range. We've got a plan for that. Guys, when she's like that, you just know you've got a keeper. Down side is, she likes her guns too. Last acquisition was a Winchester Model 70 Varmint in 243. 65 vintage, when the barrel wears out, going to replace it with a Hart barrel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bzcraig View Post
    I just can't get the wifey to replace the Chanel #5 with Hoppes #9.
    You use it as a lube
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    I like the smell of alox, love the smell of Hoppes #9, and nothing but nothing beats the combination of smells of freshly fired .22LR and then being swabbed with Hoppes #9. Brings back powerful memories of my Dad and me on cold winter days cleaning our guns at the kitchen table.


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    I used to love hoppes until I got a whif of eezox. Now that's some good smelling stuff...

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    Anyone else smelled Frog Lube? Finally a cleaner and lube that she won't kick me out of the house from the smell.

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