Vintage rifle cleaning

Fire_Moose · June 18, 2013, 01:10 AM

I just picked this up off a internet auction site, just for shins and grins.

The brand is outers. The slotted tip and jag are plastic.

Does anyone have a guess as to the date these were made?

Do oils or solvents for bad?

The silver tube is anhydrous graphite, is this grease?

Scorch · June 18, 2013, 11:03 AM

That kit is from the late 1970s-early 1980s. In the 1960s, Outers cleaning kits came in folded and spot welded metal boxes with a snap-fit lid. Hoppes kits had a hinged top. In the late 1960s, Outers switched to a stamped metal box with a stamped metal tray inside. In the late 1970s, they switched from stamped metal boxes to injection molded plastic boxes with a metal tray inside. In the mid 1980s, they switched to trays molded in as part of the cleaning kit box.

Pahoo · June 18, 2013, 11:22 AM

What do you mean, Vintage !! ....

I'm using this same stuff, every day. Now then I could not identify, by your description, anhydrous graphite. Then looking at the tube, you have a tube of Good-Old, Gunslick. This was not part of the original kit but a bonus for you. Yes, it's grease and more. It's the older version of what some folk today, use; Moly Coat. Use this sparingly on contact points like sears. ......

Be Safe !!!

Fire_Moose · June 18, 2013, 01:12 PM

Great! Thanks for the info!

kilimanjaro · June 18, 2013, 03:11 PM

Still have parts of one of these. Good find. I'd put that in the vintage ammo cabinet here, looks pretty good.

June 18, 2013, 01:10 AM	#1
Fire_Moose Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2013 Posts: 211	Vintage rifle cleaning I just picked this up off a internet auction site, just for shins and grins. The brand is outers. The slotted tip and jag are plastic. Does anyone have a guess as to the date these were made? Do oils or solvents for bad? The silver tube is anhydrous graphite, is this grease?

June 18, 2013, 11:03 AM	#2
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	That kit is from the late 1970s-early 1980s. In the 1960s, Outers cleaning kits came in folded and spot welded metal boxes with a snap-fit lid. Hoppes kits had a hinged top. In the late 1960s, Outers switched to a stamped metal box with a stamped metal tray inside. In the late 1970s, they switched from stamped metal boxes to injection molded plastic boxes with a metal tray inside. In the mid 1980s, they switched to trays molded in as part of the cleaning kit box. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

June 18, 2013, 11:22 AM	#3
Pahoo Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2006 Location: IOWA Posts: 8,783	Good old GunSlick What do you mean, Vintage !! .... I'm using this same stuff, every day. Now then I could not identify, by your description, anhydrous graphite. Then looking at the tube, you have a tube of Good-Old, Gunslick. This was not part of the original kit but a bonus for you. Yes, it's grease and more. It's the older version of what some folk today, use; Moly Coat. Use this sparingly on contact points like sears. ...... Be Safe !!! __________________ 'Fundamental truths' are easy to recognize because they are verified daily through simple observation and thus, require no testing.

June 18, 2013, 01:12 PM	#4
Fire_Moose Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2013 Posts: 211	Re: Vintage rifle cleaning Great! Thanks for the info!

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June 18, 2013, 03:11 PM	#5
kilimanjaro Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2009 Posts: 3,963	Still have parts of one of these. Good find. I'd put that in the vintage ammo cabinet here, looks pretty good.