GATO FEO LUBE
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by weight, double boiler melted ...
1 part mutton tallow (dixie gun works - soon to be reoffered in 2019)
1 part paraffin canning wax (gulf)
1/2 part filtered PURE beeswax
"but isn't paraffin canning wax a petroleum product"?
a chemist provided what seems a plausible answer:
PURE canning paraffin lacks the hydrocarbons found in other petroleum products.
apparently, these hydrocarbons are the offenders with black powder guns.
Making GF#1 ...
https://imgur.com/a/wpRXPV6