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Folks,
Long ago a fellow in Alaska was selling sprue plate lube and a bullet lube called speed green. The sprue plate lube was incredibly effective and the boolit lube was great. Apparently he passed or something as the mail I sent came back undeliverable.
What can be used to substitute?
That was Bullshop. The item was 'bull plate'. Many have substituted 2-cycle oil. Check out the Elvis Ammo videos on youtube where he uses a wiping rag impregnated with either bull plate or 2-cycle oil. I've tried that technique and it's pretty slick (pun intended).
Many use the synthetic version of 2 stroke oil, myself included. It could be the synthetic stuff doesn't leave a build-up of residue over time?
For the shooting(boolit lube) part....
Bullshop's Speed Green
3 Parts Beeswax by weight
1 part Bullplate lube
Melt wax and thoroughly Mix in Bulplate
You can either look over some of these lube recipes to find something similar:
http://www.castpics.net/subsite/Lube/LubeFormulae.html
Or, you can try to find something to replace the "bullplate" in the recipe above recipe.
G'Luck!
:)
ETA - Bubbas Boat Lube on the link above looks to be similar & uses 2 cycle oil.
Bubba's Boat Lube
6 Lbs Beeswax
1 Qt 2 cycle Marine Oil
Melt wax and thoroughly Mix
I can't say how well it works, but it is similar anyway. There may be some others to look over. Up to you to do it & decide what ya want to do though, Not me.
;)
I found Speed Green to be a tacky mess when applying it, as well as when reloading. It would get on my fingers and then get on everything I touched, very messy.
When you contact Bullshop, ask him about Lotak, it's a very similar lube that works just as well as Speed Green, if not better, and isn't a tacky mess to deal with.
Synthetic two stroke oil ... the best one I've found (at walmat) was from Green Earth Technologies , 2 cycle Bio-Synthetic , no smoke , no smell . I've tried others and this one works best (I'm no tree hugger , the stuff really works best). It was the cheapest . The tiny bottle I bought will probably last me a lifetime .Quote:
Originally Posted by gutpile
It was about $1.99 at wally mart.
Gary
I made some, and still have most of it. I liked it but just haven't used it in quite a while. Mine is hard to the touch and wasn’t messy at all. It would need some heat to go through a lube sizer. I’m not sure why you had such a different result.Quote:
Originally Posted by JonB_in_Glencoe
Lotak is a great lube. Bullshop sent me some to test before he brought it out. If there is any drawback to using it, it is that you have to fire a few shots to condition the bore and get the best accuracy.
I did buy my first pound of Speed Green from Bullshop. Since I didn't make that pound, I wouldn't know for 100% sure that it was made precisely to the published recipe.Quote:
Originally Posted by garandsrus
Also, that Speed Green didn't need heat to go through a lubsizer.
I can say, after that experience, I did make a 'almost' clone recipe with a couple added ingredients (lanolin & reduced JPW)...when that recipe gave me purge fliers, I reduced the oil content to eliminate that issue...Also, that mostly eliminated the tackiness issue I had with it. Then that's about the time Bullshop came out with Lotak...So I set aside the Speed Green and the Clone. I bought some Lotak and really like it, and still use Lotak for 22 cal, even though I use SL68B in everything else.
Speed green is slightly lees than 1/3 oils to 16 ounces beeswax.... 5 ounces of added oils anymore and it with purge.
I am selling TAC1 bullet lube now in the VS section
The last I heard Bullshop was in Dell, Montana. A more recent search could tell you what he is still selling if anything.
https://bullshop.weebly.com/bullets.html
Bull plate is still available. It's not listed on the website but if you email them they still have it. In fact I sent them an email this morning looking for some myself.
I am selling a similar product if your interested in the VS section..As of today just PM me for prices and directions.
Mine is called "ZIP LUBE"
I use Randy's tac-1 and it is a great lube. As for the sprue plate lube, it really don't take much. I have been using what was left of the zip lube
in the making Tac-1. A little goes a long way.