Mink oil works for me too, just hard squeezing out the oil
Mink oil works for me too, just hard squeezing out the oil
real "gato feo" for me - easy to acquire all the ingredients, easy to make, pour into a milk carton to cool, cut off cakes, rub onto both sides of yer patch strip, use a heat gun or hair dryer to melt the lube into the cloth weave, allow to cool for a minute, roll up, ready to use today or next year, never goes bad, always ready in any temperature or climate, a Superior Lube for muzzleloaders and bpcr alike.
Olive Oil and Beeswax heated and Mixed to a Butter consistency.Just put a small piece between finger and thumb to grease the patch.There is no need to dip the patch that would be too much.The Butter should be about as soft as real butter when cold.
have any of you guys tried UDDERLY SMOOTH HAND CREAM as a patch lube and a bullet lube? we call it UDDER BUDDER. all of the guys up north in the big wood pile CANADA swear by it. they lube their patches with it and dip their cast bullet heads in it be fore shooting BP. cartridges. it rely keeps the fouling to a minimum and rely soft for more loads. go on the site BRITISH MUZZLE LOADERS and see them using it.
how do you remove the salt from bacon fat with water?? it must be fun trying to mix fat and water to remove salt. if you can please let me know how to do it?
As you see.. just about any animal and plant fat/wax works. find one you like.. go with it. I like beeswax thinned with whatever I have on hand ( I make soap, so I have lots of oil-fats laying around ).. just about anything that is not wet and liquid at room temp works as a good lube.
Just about anything can be used I like sheep tallow, mixed with beeswax,but for the cap and ball use Vaseline 30%tallow 20% Crisco 20%And 30% beeswax you can add a. Little more beeswax if you'd like a stiffer lube.I make it in a double boiler too. Any one of the above items mixed with beeswax will work alone. I won't keep muzzle loader loaded over night your asking for problems. Just my opinion be safe and have fun
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I had to make an order from Track of the Wolf anyways, so I went ahead and got some mink oil to try. If noting else, I can use it on my boots.
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I've been experimenting with Coconut oil as a patch lube. It's solid below about 75 degrees but liquid above that. Will melt in your hands. Jury is still out.
Coconut oil worked for me as well: Inexpensive, effective, no mixing of ingredients, easy to find. What's not to like? OTOH, I also like and use "Stumpy's Moose Snot," but use vegetable oil (canola, olive, peanut) instead of castor oil as per the recipe.
i'd believe the can over the add.
LOOB
Lanolin, olive oil and beeswax.
I'm gonna try this stuff too. As a freebie it's a pretty good adjunct ingredient for boolit lubes and except in the case of advanced olfactory failure you won't need to add a crayon to tell which batch it's in.
https://daxhaircare.com/product/super-lanolin/
I use Ballistol oil for patch lube.
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I've always used TC pine scented bore butter.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |