What are you guys using for lube on your bullets, round balls? I am planning to run conical sand round ball bullets in my 1860 along with possibly 45 colt cartridges in the future.
What are you guys using for lube on your bullets, round balls? I am planning to run conical sand round ball bullets in my 1860 along with possibly 45 colt cartridges in the future.
Every one has the best recipe ever made. I like Gato Feo # 1, an old but resurrected recipe from Winchester and republished in an NRA magazine some 80 years ago. Easy to make and works well with cartridges, patches, and wads. By weight; paraffin, mutton tallow, and bees wax in a 2:2:1 proportion. Mutton tallow has the advantage of not prone to going rancid as well as working well to keep the fouling soft. Contrary to what someone is apt to spout out; paraffin, although being a petroleum derivative, does not contribute to concrete in your bore. In my 45-70, I’ve shot 60 consecutive rounds using only a blow-tube and fouling was not an issue. I’ve done it in hot/humid central Florida and the hot/ dry prairie in Montana leading up to the Quigley. For a cap and ball, I’ve never had a cylinder foul out.
Last edited by Castaway; 05-31-2023 at 06:03 PM.
50-50 olive oil and beeswax. Simple, cheap and works.
Good enough for the Royal Italian Army over the entire black powder era.
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or 50/50 beeswax and crisco low sodium. adjust mix for temps if needed
Both beeswax/olive oil & beeswax/crisco have worked for me.
I prefer the crisco mix at 60/40 during the summer in SoCal. A bit stiff but it doesn't melt in 100 degree heat in SoCal.
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