The history of ballistol

The Eco Friendly way to give gun a quick clean and protection whilst out in the field. These Eco friendly Gun Oil Wipes are impregnated with Ballistol and when wiped on your gun will protect against damage from moisture until you get home to do your routine cleaning.

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Ballistol Oil 500ml

£10.86 / €13.68

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Ballistol Oil 50ml

£2.40 / €3.02

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Precision Oil Pen

£4.58 / €5.77

This Precision Oil Pen is ideal for lubricating and protecting those hard to access areas where you do not want or need to waste oil by applying a blanket coating.

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Pluvonin Waterstop 200ml

£3.59 / €4.52

Cares for and impregnates all textiles and suede, even in extreme weather conditions.
Tents, tarpaulins, canvas, blinds and parasols will become as well weather proofed as coats, anoraks, pullovers, ski wear, raincoats and sportswear, also shoes and rucksacks.

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Sucolin Silk Tow

£4.28 / €5.39

With Sucol and Sucolin you have got just the right tow at hand for any kind of gun barrel, any calibre and any surface. Due to its enormous absorptive strength, dirt will be taken up by the tow and thus removed from the barrel in an ideal gentle way.

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The History of Ballistol
In the early years of the twentieth centaury, Friedrich Wilhelm Klever began producing oils and greases. Thus began the story of the world's first multi purpose, bio degradable oil.
The oil was first produced using coal and a coal mine was purchased to ensure continuity of supply of the raw material.
The Imperial German Army were looking for an "All round oil" to enable soldiers to care for their rifle barrels and wood stocks and leather straps all from one bottle, they also asked if the oil could be used to treat minor cuts, abrasions, and sores.
By 1904 Friedrich's son, Dr. Helmut Klever, had developed the special oil required by the German Army and he called this oil Ballistol, the derivation of the name is a combination of the word ballistic and the Latin for oil 'oleum'. A year later the Army had completed full tests on the new wonder oil and endorsed it's qualities by specifying its use fro 1905 onwards.
Within ten years of this Ballistol was in use in many European countries by those groups of people who still use it today including; hunters, sailors, motorists, fishermen and many more.

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