So I have been highly satisfied with Emmert's and variations on the original to satisfy all manner of BP lubrication needs. It's about time to fill the Lyman 45 and I no longer have any 50/50 on hand. Dangerous as it is, I got to thinking: what if I swapped the Crisco for Bag Balm (soft paraffin and lanolin) and the veg oil for 2-stroke and aimed for around the original 50/40/10, would I reasonably be able to expect any improvement for smokeless applications?
My particular concern would be running the 8mm KAR at the ~2000 fps mark and the .30-40 in the 1800 fps range with a 311041 clone, otherwise I'm predominantly shooting rifles sub-1800 and handguns would not exceed 1300 fps. I'd expect from what I have read that I could just stick with the Emmert's if I weren't feeding the Mauser heavy hunting rounds...
If folks are seeing reasonable results with 2-stroke oil blends in that velocity range, I'd be curious to hear feedback, otherwise I'll get to experimenting and if the temps ever stay above 20 and I can dodge snow for a day, I'll post some results.
Cheers!