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From my experience, using lubed wads or lube over the balls keeps the fowling softer in both the cylinder and barrel. I don’t see a leading issue with BP guns either which becomes an issue at higher velocities in smokeless applications in unmentionables. I noticed that after two or 3 cylinders fired when no lube is used it takes more effort to ram the ball into the cylinder having a sort of grinding gummy feeling and the barrel looks extremely dirty. When using lube, the barrel looks to be less messy and loading the cylinder after several firings feels normal when ramming the ball down. I make my own lube out of a candle making brick sold at Hobby Lobby made from Beeswax and coconut oil. I melt chucks in a small jar on a hot plate to carry to the range. Once cooled I can scoop some with a flat wood popsicle stick and apply over the ball. It won’t melt and run or get blown off like bore butter. It’s cheap and works great. I have melted it as a dip for conical and wads. For wads I have used wool felt and brass or steel fired cases to punch them out over a wood board using a hammer.
From my experience, using lubed wads or lube over the balls keeps the fowling softer in both the cylinder and barrel. I don’t see a leading issue with BP guns either which becomes an issue at higher velocities in smokeless applications in unmentionables.
I noticed that after two or 3 cylinders fired when no lube is used it takes more effort to ram the ball into the cylinder having a sort of grinding gummy feeling and the barrel looks extremely dirty. When using lube, the barrel looks to be less messy and loading the cylinder after several firings feels normal when ramming the ball down. I make my own lube out of a candle making brick sold at Hobby Lobby made from Beeswax and coconut oil. I melt chucks in a small jar on a hot plate to carry to the range. Once cooled I can scoop some with a flat wood popsicle stick and apply over the ball. It won’t melt and run or get blown off like bore butter. It’s cheap and works great. I have melted it as a dip for conical and wads. For wads I have used wool felt and brass or steel fired cases to punch them out over a wood board using a hammer.
