cold weather lube

[Mr Hawken]

what to you guys use when the temp falls below 0 ? the other day when i was shooting and it was about -20 c or about just below 0f. i usually use t/c bore butter but it was a pain to keep it soft.

 

[Brik847]

Mink oil from Track of the Wolf

 

[Keppy]

I use olive oil most of the time. But this year I tried goop and it works.It was 10 below F. I put a few diffrent lubes on metal plate and put them in the frezer. That will give you a good idea of what works and what don't.

 

[Thunderchild]

What are you trying to lube? Mini balls, maxi balls, REAL bullets or Patched round balls.

 

[sniper68]

Hacksaw summed it up. Test in the freezer. Most freezers are around -5 to +5 degrees.
I use a concoction of Beeswax, peanut oil and DuraLube(patched balls)...

 

[boar]

Back when I was using groundhog&beeswax, now use deer tallow, was at a shoot, this in the 90's, my buddy's ball froze to barrel and he had to drive it down with his tomahawk, he was using a patch wet with TC no 13, I gave him some of my lube to finish the shoot. It had been-30F that nite. This was at a renvou. We went down to see how many camped out and shoot. It was minius zero when we shot. I still have the stick they gaves us and it is marked on the stick. I keep my grhog in freezer, as soon as it is in room temp it starts to go back to oil. Your hands will make go soft. I put the beeswax in it so it didn't run out of tin in warm temptures. Bear is a good one as is skunk. I have all of them. Dilly

 

[djnye]

when under zero,yu will find the tings that are animal rather than vegetable will work much better. peanuts and olives=vegetable---mink, bear, deer,etc.=animal. one other thing, when wiping and cleaning in the 'real' cold weather, use alcohol rather than water(buy it in the paint dept. of the department store as denatured alcohol or shellac thinner).

take care, daniel

 

[Alberta Black]

Hi folks

It is 9:15 Calgary time and -15 below. I just put out three patches on my deck railing with different lubes. One with Hoppes No9, one with Olive Oil and one with a moosemilk mixture that I use in my smoothbore (water, Hoppes No9 and ISP)

I'll check these patches again in two hours and let you know how they made out.

With the windchil it is -23. I would not normally hunt in these temperatures but cabin fever can do funny things to a man.

r

 

[sniper68]

Hi folks

It is 9:15 Calgary time and -15 below. I just put out three patches on my deck railing with different lubes. One with Hoppes No9, one with Olive Oil and one with a moosemilk mixture that I use in my smoothbore (water, Hoppes No9 and ISP)

I'll check these patches again in two hours and let you know how they made out.

With the windchil it is -23. I would not normally hunt in these temperatures but cabin fever can do funny things to a man.

r

:shocked2: Appreciate your helping answer questions on this post.
However, please don't do it an my account. :nono: :youcrazy: At -23 degrees I just don't care!!! :snore: But if ya don't mind, would ya peek out and check them when its about +23 dergees? :grin: :rotf:

 

[Alberta Black]

-23 is a little ugly and below my personal level of comfort.

I checked all three patches at 10:15 and the were still pliable and had not frozen up.

at 11:15 it had warmed up a little and all three patches were still doing their job so I left them out for another hour.

At 12:15 it had warmed up to -10 (this is Alberta) and the patches were still moist but not frozen.

That was good enough for me.

r

 

Don't let Popeye find out your using Olive Oil!

:rotf: :rotf: Time to eat something I think my sugar is low... :rotf:

I was hunting in below freezing this year and Bumbling Bear Grease worked fine, also 103 or 104, I forget the correct name of the last one.

Billy

 

[djnye]

first off, temperature is temperature--wind-chill is an abstraction that does not apply.
second, are you taking F. or C. at -10 C. it is a balmy 14 F. i don't even freeze up in 14 F.

take care, daniel

 

[Blacksmith]

Folks, I'd like to thank you for your posts. I've not burnt a lot of powder recently but I DO use olive oil for finish work on forged items. Cheap Dollar General store olive oil ( my Popeye finish :wink: ) will freeze in the bottle, yes. My expereince has been with spit patch and perhaps moose milk ( Ballistol and water ) or beeswax and turpentine with a pinch of wintergreen. The Ballistol mix doesn't finish too well but the beeswax will finish fairly well ( got to watch for the turps in the mix though ). Thanks for the patch reports. Perhaps I can contribute more to muzzleloading in the future.

 

[Stumpkiller]

Homebrewed Moose Snot or patch strips dipped in Moose Juice and allowed to dry flat. They NEVER freeze up. I've hunted out in 15º below zero F (Don't know what that is in Canada-temps, like a hunnert-n-turdy below?) with the latter in a ball block out in the elements and it loaded up fine as a pre-walk-up-on-a-felled-buck reload.

I left a tin of Moose Snot in my freezer as a test for a week and was able to wipe it onto dry patching easily. (Setting the patch strip under my thumb and rubbing it across the surface).

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Hmmmmmmmm, we have some freezers at work that go to -80 and -150 degrees C, which is like ~230 degrees below zero Farhenheit.

I wonder if I could stick some lubes in there without getting fired :surrender: !

 

[Stumpkiller]

Never mind. I'd stay home when it gets to be anything over 100ºF below zero. Even with a doe tag!

 

[sniper68]

Just turn one UP to about -10 for a day, they'll probably never know, so long as ya remember ta turn it back down before ya go home. :rotf:

 

[Stumpkiller]

How come the bull semen is all slushy? MOWERY! GET IN HERE!

 

[Mr Hawken]

thanks guys i guess i should give more to the story.i gave up using pre cut patches a long time ago i found some material that works good so i just do the cut off at the barrel trick.i just pit some lube on the material start the ball and cut off. so i guess i was looking for a lube that would work this way.i guess i could be 2 steps ahead and cut strips and lube them inside :hmm: anyway t/c lube seems to be a little hard at this temp.i have heard alot about moose snot but i can never get that close to get it into the jar no i tried to find this ballistol but cant find it anywhere.im pretty sure thats whats in it right?

 

[Flintleather]

You can order Ballistol from Track Of The Wolf just picked up a aerosol can and now i use it to coat my barrels after cleaning. Great Stuff!