[fireinahorn]

What is your favorite recipe for lubing pillow ticking strips to be cut at the muzzle?
Favorite recipe for plinking?
Favorite recipe for hunting?

 

[brubincam]

patch lube

white crisco

 

[410-er]

Any thing NON Petroleum based!
Olive oil,Bear oil,Crisco,lard (no salt),etc.

 

[blackpowder]

olive oil and bee's wax for everything.

 

[fireinahorn]

I guess the bees wax would allow thickening to a point it would not foul the powder?

 

[Blue Bird]

I'm just lazy. Been using T/C bore butter from day one. It works, and doesn't have to be made, just go buy it.

 

[sparkchaser]

I heat a tablespoon of bore butter in a ziplock baggie in the microwave. when it's melted I put the ticking strip in the baggie and massage the melted bore butter into it. I wipe the excess of with a paper towel.

 

[171farm]

I'm just lazy. Been using T/C bore butter from day one. It works, and doesn't have to be made, just go buy it.

I go a step further and get prelubed patches

 

[ROOSTER COGBURN]

napa 765-1526 cutting grinding oil 4oz
8oz of 91%Isopropul alcohal
1oz of murphys soap
16 oz of water

mix alcohal/oil first before adding water/soap

dip in your pillow tick and let dry ..

cut at muzzle ...

best i have used no messy bore butter and I shoot a dry bore cloverleaf at 50 yards with my hawkins 50cal ...if ball/patch is little hard to push down just spray a mist of this in small spray bottle on patching

 

[blackpowder]

I guess the bees wax would allow thickening to a point it would not foul the powder?

imo, all that the bees wax does is make the olive oil more of a paste, so it isn't a liquid and can be carried in a small tin. I have NO fouling issues or clean up issues at all, can shoot all day without cleaning or swabbing. I make my own so I don't have to depend on finding what I want, when I want it at the store.

 

[Six-Gun]

I'm just lazy. Been using T/C bore butter from day one. It works, and doesn't have to be made, just go buy it.

Yup. Same here.

 

[tdd]

I use precut patches, but for plinking, I use spit.

When I did the HHA woods walk last weekend, I kept a patch in my mouth. I'd shoot, use the patch in my mouth to load, then put a new patch in my mouth and keep it there till needed to for the next reload.

Loads fine, shoots fine.

For hunting, I use a bear fat/beeswax mix I was given, but I bought some beeswax and have a line on a source for some bear fat (I'm not a bear hunter, lol), so I should be able to mix up a bunch and...as was mentioned, not have to be concerned with store inventories.

I have yards of fabric I use to cut patches as needed. Probably have enough on hand for years of shooting. I found for my 62 that the cap from a gallon jug of spring water is the right size template, so I just trace that, then cut them. A buddy made me a cutter from a length of capped pipe. Then I moved. It's in my house...somewhere. lol

 

[USAF_SP]

Been using bore butter for over 25 yrs with no problems. Just started using Lehigh Valley lube. So far I like it in my radius grooved rifles for range/target use. I don't need to run a patch down the bore between shots with it and accuracy is good. Still experimenting with it on my square grooved rifle.

 

[Blue Bird]

Dumb question but, where are you guys getting the bees wax?

 

[blackpowder]

Dumb question but, where are you guys getting the bees wax?

bee's seriously though, any bee keeper or honey seller should have it. they also will have different grades and colors also.

 

[Six-Gun]

Dumb question but, where are you guys getting the bees wax?

Amazon.com last time I bought some:

 

[tdd]

Yep, Amazon has it for cheap and in multiple forms. I bought some to flux lead for casting, and it's in small pellet form, but you you can get blocks, too.

 

[USAF_SP]

I picked up a 1lb block pretty cheap 2 yrs ago at the PA farm show. Still sitting on my shelf waiting for "whatever"

 

[blackpowder]

I just looked and I have around 7 pounds in the fridge, I think i'm good for a while.