Lube for cap & ball revolvers?

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Originally Posted by GunSlingerNM

I make/use a 50-50 mix of beeswax and lard. When weather turn cooler I thin out with Vegetable or Olive Oil. Works fine for me.

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Ah, Confederate Army Lube! I use 50-50 beeswax and Goya manteca (filtered, unsalted lard).

Oh, I keep a couple of shop towels in my shooting box that I use to wipe down my revolvers with.

Lube in the groove on my boolits or lube in a felt wad under the ball works quite well and doesn't end up all over my gun or collect crud as the old outside lubricated bullets of the late 1800's were known to do, which is why they don't do it that way anymore.

I'm making beeswax and olive oil now in the microwave.

I always use .454" or even .457" to make a nice lead ring seal.

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