Bodine
01-16-2006, 01:02 AM
Has anyone attempted to make a synthetic lube yet?
I am a MTL Fan and I guess they have stopped making lube (Drats!)
From speaking to them I hear their formula is for sale, but 5 Grand is a ton of moohla! I can experiement a whole lot for 5 Grand.
I was thinking of trying the following:
Amsoil Synthetic Series 2000 Bearing grease
Loctite Krylox RFE PFPE
Sodium Sterate
Lanoline
I am at a loss whether to use a little beeswax (which burns) or there is a grainular synthetic wax additive that candle makers use to "stiffen up" their wax mixtures (mostly soy candle wax).
I need the lube to be sticky, but stay on the bullet in hot weather with little bleed. The lube needs to be soft enough to "spin off" upon muzzle exit.
I have tried Tom Grays #24 and it is too soft and comes off when I bump my bullets.
LBT Blue is too hard and I have lube splatter on my 100 yard targets.
Any suggestions?
I am a MTL Fan and I guess they have stopped making lube (Drats!)
From speaking to them I hear their formula is for sale, but 5 Grand is a ton of moohla! I can experiement a whole lot for 5 Grand.
I was thinking of trying the following:
Amsoil Synthetic Series 2000 Bearing grease
Loctite Krylox RFE PFPE
Sodium Sterate
Lanoline
I am at a loss whether to use a little beeswax (which burns) or there is a grainular synthetic wax additive that candle makers use to "stiffen up" their wax mixtures (mostly soy candle wax).
I need the lube to be sticky, but stay on the bullet in hot weather with little bleed. The lube needs to be soft enough to "spin off" upon muzzle exit.
I have tried Tom Grays #24 and it is too soft and comes off when I bump my bullets.
LBT Blue is too hard and I have lube splatter on my 100 yard targets.
Any suggestions?