And yet another patch lube question

I have read a number of posts about concoctions for patch lube and they all sound very interesting. I have been considering mixing up some bees wax and thread cutting oil and maybe some Murphy's thrown in to add some "class". Does anyone have any expeience with this paricular brew?

 

[RussB]

I have read a number of posts about concoctions for patch lube and they all sound very interesting. I have been considering mixing up some bees wax and thread cutting oil and maybe some Murphy's thrown in to add some "class". Does anyone have any expeience with this paricular brew?

I personally think the "Cutting oil" should be let out. It's use is more for the "dry lube" often discussed here.
Replace that with some Olive Oil and you'll be on the right track. 60:30:10 comes to mind.

Cutting oil is most often used with just plain water with a ratio of 6:1 or 7:1...or whatever, you decide what is best in your application. :redthumb:
Russ

 

[buckknife]

Chet you never know,might come up with sumin that works well,experymenten can pay off good sum times.If you use the cutting oil in any patch lube it will break down the material in time.I wont keep a patch over a month if it has the cutting oil in the brew.
My favorite patch for the 54 gpr is two 15s,one over the powder the other around the ball.I soakem in a 1part cutting oil to 7 part water,the next day i soakem again with a 50/50 mix of 90% rubben alkey mixed with murphys oil soap,the third day i stack the patches togeather an squeeze em in a vice untill the juices flow out the sides.This patch combined in the bore will let me shoot 120gr of 2f goex consistanly into a 3inch dot at 50 yard.
The 36 likes my patten skwerl juice with 20gr of 3f
Skwerl juice-10 parts 70% rubben alkey,1 part pinsol,1 part olive oil.
These are my own brews and they work good for me,So maken your own brews can be rewarden,can also drive you nuts sumtimes :haha:

 

[montanadan]

Chet I just tried Stumkillers patch lube, works extremely well for me. I think Stump has a knack for this kind of stuff(besides a few college degrees?)Seems to work real well in cold weather,Thanks Stumpkiller . You might want to give his mix a try. Respectfully Montanadan

 

[Stumpkiller]

Last year we broke all local records by staying BELOW ZERO for something like 25 consecutive days (Not just below freezing, that's BELOW ZERO!). We were hitting straight temperatures of -25

 

[roundball]

Last year we broke all local records by staying BELOW ZERO for something like 25 consecutive days (Not just below freezing, that's BELOW ZERO!). We were hitting straight temperatures of -25

 

[buckknife]

well i figuared out a way to speed up my patch process for the 54,i mixed nappa cutting oil with murphys at 50/50.Smear sum on a patch then stack another patch,smear some on it.After 20 patches squeeze em an workem around a bit.Seperate em,cut the deck into 4 parts and squezem around some more.When im done there a soild plug.This patch used the same way i do the 3 step process will not freeze,can be loaded with out a short starter and is darn accurate.
Ive been deer hunten on an off,did a little target partice with the new patch at the end of the day and it held true to the same point of impact as the other patch.
Havnt cleaned the gun in a 5 days now,at the end of the day i run one of the 15s on my jag in an out of the bore,next time i hunt i run 2 flanel patches to get out the excess lube.When i do wash the 54 down it sould come out easy for both lubes are water soulable. :winking:

 

[strongarm]

After 8 years of screwin around I've come back to good old Bore butter. I've tried the cutting oil routine and it does work, however, it make an extremely dry hard to start patch, which is not what I see as better. Groups are good, but when you need a hammer to start her down the barrel, I think there has to be a better way. The same is true for olive oil and bees way. The better way here is to use Grape Seed oil with bees wax because it doesn't burn thru the patch with heavy loads.

Finally to use Bore Butter, lube them by hand and let a bunch sit for a day or so until soaked thru and thru. Then sandwhich between paper toweling and press with a rolling pin to remove the excess oil. ::