Chris,And how is it that you are familiar with the smell of dirty hobo feet so as to make the comparison?
I wipe my airguns down after every use with a rag impregnated with Ballistol, wood and metal. Never any issue and that is my ENTIRE cleaning ritual for my air guns except for the VERY VERY RARE occasion I might do a ballistol patch barrel cleaning. I also tend to throw whatever silica packets I come across in my safes.