Moly in BP

[carbine]

Fella called me last night and asked if anyone had tried Moly in a Black Powder firearm. I didn't think it was a good idea. Any first hand knowledge?

[runfiverun]

I don't think it's a good idea either, so I won't be giving it a try to find out.

[rhbrink]

There was a guy who made and sold some black powder lube with moly in it a while back I bought some it wasn't a good idea!

[Outpost75]

Moly is a solid, and by using it in BP lube you are adding to the volume of solid particulates which must be swept out the bore.

BP lubricants do not function by the same boundary layer principle which conventional bullet lubes do, but by their "wetting" capacity to keep fouling soft and to eject as much of it as possible by a sweeping motion of the bullet with each shot, so as to maintain a steady-state soft, ablative coating in the bore.