Sadly, with Bidenomics I feel your pain but you should look into highest flashpoint and lubricant ability. I have my own mix of food grade beeswax, lamb tallow and coconut oil. I feel like I am in the Caribbean every time I pull the triggah!! It makes awesome chapsticks too!!
A good friend recently sent me some bear oil. I mixed it with real beeswax. The consistency is just about like TOTW Mink Oil that I have been using. I haven't tried any of it yet, probably wait until spring. The friend that sent it to me stated that its about like mink oil.
I acquired a big chunk of fat from a hunter in colorado. I cut thin slices from the fat and rendered it down in a pan over low heat. I still have a chunk of that fat in the bottom of my freezer.
Your bears oil/beeswax mix makes a very good leather dressing for knife sheaths, shooting pouches, etc.
Rendering does NOT get rid of salt, and trying to filter it out doesnt work. You could certainly use pork fat trimmings off fresh pork roast, etc. (non processed/unseasoned, etc).
They all work. I've used or tried them all and had no bad luck. I now use bear lard only because I have a lot of it. Heard that it was the best, but my guns don't know the difference. They all work, just DO NOT USE BACCON GREASE due to the salt in it.
