Driver man
10-30-2013, 04:32 AM
After reading all the threads on Bens Red i decided to make some up. I obtained all the ingredients exactly bar the johnsons paste wax. it turns out that it is no longer available in NZ. I sent Johnsons NZ an email and they replied that they no longer sell or make it here, I considered making it without the johnsons and a member here said he would send me some from the states if i wanted it but the cost was going to be prohibitive so i thought i would try and duplicate the wax. I succeded pretty close, tried it on the floor and even on the cars. I varied the amount of carnauba wax untill i got a really good hard finish and then i made my Bens Red. Well, my Bens Red looks like fudge and untill you smell it you would want to eat it. I will call this Bens Brown. Today i went to the range. I was testing a few loads and wanted to try the lube in a .308 rifle . I had 4 different loads 2 of which used my normal lube and two using the new lube. I only had the 50m range available so set up 4 targets and shot 4 groups. I am impressed . I am most impressed with an unchecked 210 grain boolit sized .309 driven by 10 grains of unique. With open sights i got a 3/4 inch group at 1340fps . no leading at all shiny bore ,happy shooter. Thanks Ben. I will switch over to this lube.