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Geraldo
05-11-2009, 12:08 PM
I've been casting up some Maxis in a couple of calibers but I have a lube problem. Here in Florida it's already running 90 degrees and TC's Bore Butter runs like syrup. Anybody got a hot weather lube recipe they like?

cwskirmisher
05-11-2009, 12:47 PM
Use your bore butter as the base, and add beeswax in small amounts until you get the consitency you want for the hot weather.

Larry Gibson
05-11-2009, 01:01 PM
I use 5/4 mixture of Beeswax/olive oil for both my BP cartridges and MLs including my .50 cal Maxis. I only lube the botton groove in the Maxi and push them to 1525 fps out of my TC Blk Mtn Magnum. The lube works great in hot or cold weather.

Larry Gibson

docone31
05-11-2009, 02:59 PM
Being in Floriduh, I experience the same thing.
I mix my lube 50/50. 50% beeswax, 50% Olive Oil. I then add Crisco a little at a time untill it is stiff enough to not run down the barrel when I am loading.
Sometimes, it gets some serious slippery when I try to pull out the ramrod.
It is an issue here.