how to choose a lube "newbie"

[John Boy]

When you get into magnum handgun loads you need something with alox/beeswax or even better Lithium / beeswax or one of the lubes designed for heavy handgun / rifle boolits .

Interesting ... I use the same lube: mutton tallow - paraffin - bees wax for all the calibers I shoot, pistol & rifle including 30-30, 220 Swift, 308 and have never had bore leading or lube starvation with smokeless and black powders

[wc870]

Gwpercle, I have some beeswax coming from a friend and alway have lithium grease in the shop, I’ll have to give that one a go once the few tubes I have a re gone, thanks Wc

[Outpost75]

Outpost75, at first I didn't plan to make any home brewed lubes but thats just to simple! I have three buddies that are into bee keeping so I'm sure I can get my hands on bees wax pretty easy. I can see how y'all get in deep, once the wheels start rolling its hard to stop in this hobby !

Yup! That's how I get my beeswax. Furthermore, if you have a source for mutton tallow that works great and was the British Army lube prior to smokeless powder. Or you can buy Goya Manteca at the grocery, manteca is a refined and filtered hog lard based product used in Mexican cooking which is unsalted and makes a great base for a traditional black powder lube, aka "Confederate Army Lube."

You can also use Crisco, but do not use the butter flavored Crisco, as that is salted.

The beeswax-olive oil lube was used in the Italian Army during the black powder era and is still the lube of choice for cowboy action shooters over there.