2nd range day and a question for you

[Turtle Creek]

Well, with your flint advice I had 21 consecutive shots with no ignition issues.
Didn't have to mess with the flint either.
Worked up some loads to 50 yards benched today and she shot dead center 100 grains, .526 ball patched .015...10 was too thin and tore/.018 too thick and did the same.
I've never dry balled since I started shooting BP back in '64...not once.
Did it twice today!
First time I realized it going down so left some room and worked some 4f behind her and pooped her out. Laughed, well now I have that fk up out of the way.
Was going to try a dif charge and got distracted (next range over female cop doing her move and shoot in very tight jeans)..
Bang, bottomed this one out and had to come home to pull it.
Twice in one day...
Question for ya'll.
I'm using some wonder lube pre lubed patches and I understand they can contribute to fouling as they don't like oil...I have to oil a bore after cleaning...I have to.
What is the best low fouling combo you shoot (lube and bore preservative) and how many shots between wipes?

 

[jamesthomas]

The best low fouling load for my .40 cal. is a .395 rb. a .018 pillow ticking patch wet with Hoppe's No.9 Blackpowder Patch lube an Solvent. I can shoot around 20 times without having to run a cleaning patch down. To clean I run a nylon brush down an up 2 or 3 times an dump any loose fouling, then it only takes about 6 patches to clean an dry. I follow up with a Barricade patch for short term storage an use Rig for long term storage (over a month). This is with a rifle that has .012 grooves. This rifle does NOT have a patent breech.

 

[matt denison]

I use spit to lube. Real live human saliva. I use enough powder to "shoot 'er clean" and tight enough patch to clean the bore every time I load. I have shot all day (20 - 40 shots?) using this combo without gumming up the bore and maintain good accuracy.

(oh, yeah (cough, ahem..coughcough,) I blow down the barrel between shots) :nono: :shocked2: :redface: :slap:

:surrender:

 

[Kapow]

You should have collected a couple of gallons of saliva while that lady in the tight jeans was shooting next to you, you'd be set for lube! :rotf:

 

[Turtle Creek]

Thanks....school me please
What is a Barricade patch and Rig

 

[Turtle Creek]

Well yes and no...pretty damn dry in these parts and if they'd been anything but jeans she'd a bust loose.

 

[bpd303]

RIG (Rust Initiative Grease) is a good grease for long term storage. Must be thoroughly cleaned out of the bore prior to loading. https://www.birchwoodcasey.com/Cleaning-and-Maintenance/RIG/RIG®-Universal-Gun-Grease.aspx

Barricade is a thin rust preventative lube. https://www.birchwoodcasey.com/Manage/literature/gun-care-guide-2013.aspx

 

[jamesthomas]

Thanks....school me please
What is a Barricade patch and Rig

It's Birchwood Casey Barricade, its a rust protectant and moisture displacement liquid that you soak a patch with and I use it for short term (less than 2 weeks). The other is Birchwood Casey Rig Gun Grease for long term storage. To remove I just use a alcohol patch.

 

[azmntman]

How in darnation you get such a good group in this WIND!?? 59 mile per hour up here (and there's a new fire in Sedona right next to last one, started by downed electrical lines I hear, they evacuating again).

Nice day and don't sweat dry ballin twice in a day, very understandable considering the gawd awful distraction you had to suffer through! :blah:

 

[Alden]

Pictures or it didn't happen. Some stills and a video would be nice. Of the police lady I mean... OK, I'm a dirty getting-old man.

 

[Turtle Creek]

Well I ain't up there am I?
Our range is pretty well protected as it's down in a holler...still breezy today but we don't get that kind of wind down here.
Damned unthoughtful of her to wear those kind of shooting pants.

 

[Turtle Creek]

Thanks,

 

[azmntman]

If your wonder lube patchs are working that well dont change em. Just run an alcohol patch down before shootin and it should remove enough of the oil to make it a non issue!

Bet that lil occifer shoots better than her male comrades at qualification, she not dumb, might even have a "qualifying outfit" :shocked2: to help her along!!

 

[Turtle Creek]

that's a good idea...should work til I burn the patches up.
I don't think that was her plan, she looked pretty comfortable in those jeans.

 

[Flash Pan Dan]

Your questions presuppose that the conditions you are shooting in as well as the condition of your barrel are the same as everyone who responds. That is not the case. You are in Arizona, armakiller is in Alabama, laffindog is in Montana, etc. Has your barrel been shot as much as the ones being used by the responders?
Go ahead and try new combinations but don’t expect to find the magic bullet answer. You have to break in your barrel by shooting it at least a couple of hundred times before things settle down. Fouling in your area might be tougher to deal with depending on the humidity, which I am assuming is going to be different in Arizona as opposed to Alabama. Don’t get discouraged but you will have to find the combo your rifle likes where you shoot the most.

 

[Turtle Creek]

All good points.
The barrel is well seasoned as it is a 2nd hand purchase.
Once I get some .015 material I'll experiment with dif lubes.
I suspect that fowling will harden here right quick due to the heat and lack of moisture...so maybe some Hoppes cleaner lube would work.
I'm going to try that next as a patch lube.

 

[azmntman]

I found it on amazon pretty cheap. Used to sell in gallons cant find that these days.

 

[Turtle Creek]

Yeah, I just bought a bunch of it there.
I'm enjoying the process of dialing everything in.
Working the flinter has rejuvenated my shooting desire....that coppette rejuvenated something else but it was range related.

 

[Pete G]

I use a lube of a mix of Ballistol and water, about a 5:1 mixture or there abouts. Sort of an artificial spit.

 

[Turtle Creek]

That's interesting...looked the stuff up. Might give that a try too...never know what'll work best until you try it out.