Mr. Griffith, I got my 1858 Remington in 1977 and bought a small tub of Crisco to shoot it like I read how at the time. I got out of shooting for a while, and got back into it a few years ago. Anyway, I'm still using that 1977 Crisco and it works just fine. I guess I forgot what fresh Crisco smells like, because I never noticed that this batch smells particularly "bad".