MML " Mike's Micro Lithi "
MML Mike's Micro Lithi
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cut and paste from another thread...thought it should be posted in the cookbook, been meaning to post it for awhile now, and a thread about lithium grease reminded me. It is a tweaked variation of the old lithi-bee recipe.
I get my microcrystalline wax frome here:
http://www.blendedwaxes.com/blendedw...ne/default.asp
I have used a few grades and find the BW-430 to work the best. The company is excellent when it comes to customer service also.
I use the following lube for all my loftier goals in singlehot HV pistols and rifles. It does slow loads well also but is not neccessarry.
3 lbs Beeswax
1-14oz tube of cheap MAG1 multipurpose lithium grease (Wal of china mart)
1/2 lb of the micro 430 (blendedwaxes.com)
1 lb of canning/candle parraffin (craft or grocery store)
1 block of Yaley solid candle dye (do not use the flourescent colors, they just settle to the bottom...ask BaBore bout that )(craft store candle aisle)
I have made lubes that were real soft by excluding some or all of the parraffin...but I took a good idea too far and accuracy suffered...the lube needs some body to it.
It takes alot of steady heat to mix and you are getting real close to the poof point of the waxes...so do it with a well fitting lid handy just in case. Cook on med-high for 1/2 hour minimum after all the gooey lumps go away. Do not use a lithium COMPLEX grease too much of a good thing and the lube star will drip off the muzzle like a leaky faucet and accuracy gets iffy in hot weather.
And for domestic harmonies sake ...do it outside. it smells like an engine fire while being made. I pour it into pint jelly jars or blocks...then melt and pour into the sizer...............lube sticks are a royal pain in my .
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