For more than a hundred years, consumers have trusted Ballistol to lubricate, penetrate, clean, protect, and preserve their firearms, leather gear, wood, metal surfaces, and more.

With an astonishingly wide range of applications, this environmentally friendly multi-purpose oil has become an essential tool for shooters, hunters, fishermen, and handymen all over the world.

Our mission: Develop an oil that can be used on EVERYTHING.

At the turn of the 20th century, the German Imperial Army began looking for a multipurpose oil that could be used to clean and maintain the metallic parts of a rifle, while also protecting its wooden stock and a soldier’s leather gear.  To develop this oil, the Army contracted with Friedrich Klever and his son Dr. Helmut Klever, a professor of chemistry at the Technical University of Karlsruhe.

In 1904, Dr. Helmut Klever succeeded in producing the special compound, which he named “Ballistol” (from the words “ballistic” and “oleum”, the Latin word for “oil”).  It soon became obvious that this new “ballistic oil” had truly amazing capabilities, and in 1905 the Imperial Army tested and adopted Ballistol, which stayed in use until 1945.  By then, however, word had spread and within a decade, hunters, boaters, hikers, and outdoorsmen in Germany, Austria and Switzerland had converted to using this new “miracle oil.”

The can isn’t the only thing that’s green.

Ballistol cares about our planet, and we are committed to producing an environmentally friendly product.  With Ballistol, you will lubricate, penetrate, clean, protect, and preserve your equipment without contaminating the environment.

Ballistol is biodegradable, and neither its use nor its disposal will pollute our air or water.  Its natural decomposition will not produce byproducts that are harmful to the environment.  The aerosol propellant is a propane/butane blend that does not contain CFCs.  In addition, Ballistol is non-carcinogenic and skin safe.

 

It works!

"The amount of lubricants, solvents and protective oils you can accumulate to take care of your firearms can be endless. Consumers have a way of culling from the market place companies who make useless stuff. Ballistol has been around for over 100 years because It Works! Some folks say it smells funky, I say it smells like you know what you’re doing." Richard Mann

Richard Mann

Gunwriter