Do you remember the first time you used Ballistol? I do and my first thought was "man this stuff stinks!". Like a dead carp under a chicken coop on a hot day stink. I've gradually become more and more tolerant and now I actually kinda like it. Oh, not to the point of putting a drop behind each ear (Use Hoppes #9 for that) but gun cleaning is no longer the barf bag ordeal that it once was. Uj