Ben's Blue

[OLPDon]

I'm in the process of building a bench rifle to do more lube tests at very high velocity, got the gun put together and the mould, now I need a throating reamer for the final tweak. Be looking for reports in the high 2400fps range for 180-grain, .30 caliber boolits.

Gear

That would surly work for weeding out the good, bad, and The Almost There.

Don

[SSGOldfart]

Her you go! New Avatar

yep that fits for Ben

[Walstr]

True, .........catch is, when your primary component is beeswax and it turns out as a flop, it turns into some pretty expensive flux.

I got bee's wax "cast offs" from a local keeper. It's dirty wax that is normally discarded.

[w5pv]

It reminds me of that Poppa Smurf parody set to James Brown's music,I have enough Ben's Red to last a long time by the time I run out of it he will have all the kinks worked out.

[725]

I've been using Ben's Red for years now and have zero complaints. Flows well in the lubrisizer, leave the barrels clean. accuracy is good (when I do my part). Stores for a long time in the freezer. And, being the cheap 'ol guy that I am, it fits in the wallet, too.

[Ben]

Fellows,

I made one batch of Ben's Blue ( on a whim..... ) never to make anymore.

Ben's Red has far exceeded any of my expectations. There is no need for me to experiment and search for another lube.

Ben

[w5pv]

I have used Ben's Red for thousands of rifle and pistol rounds with no leading.In fact I just make sure that the chamber is clean and forget about the bore nothing to clean so why go through the motions.

[Ben]

I once read that excessive and improper cleaning of rifle barrels has ruined more barrels than shooting ever has.

Ben

[Oklahoma Rebel]

for the bens blue, is there a good substitute for johnsons paste wax in case I cant find any in my area?

[Ben]

Possible but I can't say.
So far, the Johnson's paste wax has been very plentiful.

I doubt that you'll have any problems at all finding it.

Ben

[Oklahoma Rebel]

cool, I have just heard a couple people on here mention that they couldn't find any. thanks, Travis

[tja6435]

Lowes, Home Depot and Walmart all should have JPW

[tradbear55]

Ace Hardware stocks JPW. Found some when I was out on a job and had to get some stuff from the local Ace hardware where I was at. I bought all they had, Got plenty now.

[rda72927]

cool, I have just heard a couple people on here mention that they couldn't find any. thanks, Travis

You might have been thinking of SC Johnson Liquid Floor Wax. It is no longer on the market.

[Whistler]

cool, I have just heard a couple people on here mention that they couldn't find any. thanks, Travis

For us europeans Ben's Red is Unobtanium since JPW is not exported to some countries. I have long been asking for someone to try to find how to duplicate the JPW using carnauba flakes and other hardware store items.