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For those that have used the venerable �Young�s 303� over the decades....what have you noticed about the two formulas? The first thing I noticed is the trademark �smell� is quite different. The new formula doesn�t have that old vintage gun case/ gun shop smell like the old stuff. I haven�t noticed if it works any different or not.

Well I did when they changed the formula. As usual the Health and safety Joy Police insisted that the products used in its manufacture Phenol and Creosote where removed also the couple of lines on the rear of the tin indicating that it could be used as an Antiseptic went in to history. Changing its smell and deficiency to the point I put my tin in the waste collection and started to use "Ed's Red". Besides the previous mentioned products I will add a few more that the Joy Police have had a down on. Household Bleach so watered down it is useless, Carbon Tetrachloride solvent this did not turn into a raging inferno at the slightest spark like the solvents we use toddy. Mercuric Chloride, Lead Salts, useful for so many things. Now on the hard to obtain list here, Potassium Nitrate, Concentrated Nitric and Sulphuric Acid, Industrial Alcohol, just to name a few. And what is more annoying we have stood around and let these faceless people get away with doing it. My thoughts on life is this, when you where born no one put a life guarantee certificate in your hand it is up yo your good self to take charge and make your own decisions on what is safe and what is not for YOU!

Damascus,
I hear you loud and clear. I bought my latest tin of Young�s more out of nostalgia than anything else. I like the way it looks on my gun cleaners shelf in the man cave. The formula is definitely different, no doubt. . I think it�s the creosote that�s lacking that changed the tell tale smell of the �good stuff �. That�s a shame. One of my good gun making pals has a old oiler on the work bench and I always grab it and jam it in my nostrils and take a wiff. It�s the old formula and I absolutely love the way it smells. The oiler and the youngs inside are probably 50 years old.