Cold weather patch lube.

[hanshi]

I used Bore Butter for a spell at one point in the dim past and consider it to be the dregs. I used TOW mink oil from Georgia to Va. and WV. But here in Maine I've only been out once for a deer hunt and that was a few years ago. Now, no one, and I mean NO ONE, has ever accused Maine of not being cold. But I have been to the range in hip deep snow with no lube problems with mink oil.

 

[N.Y. Yankee]

You guys have a lot more ambition than me I'll tell ya's. 15 (!) degrees out? I'm not going hunting, I'm going to the supermarket and get some Angus steaks! I'm not quite that tough anymore.

 

[Mtman725]

NY last season left the truck @ -3, we're high and cold,windy the other side of the divide, you don't do it in the cold you don't do it. Last winter plowing @ -28

 

[Des52]

TOTW mink oil for me year round here in Wisconsin. Never failed me yet.

 

[fillwa]

Took my flintlock rifle to the range today with below freezing temperatures, used straight winter windshield washer fluid as patch lube. It worked great! Worked for clean up too. I used the cheap blue stuff.

 

[Nor'Easter]

NY last season left the truck @ -3, we're high and cold,windy the other side of the divide, you don't do it in the cold you don't do it. Last winter plowing @ -28View attachment 110494

Cold is good! Kills germs - and stuff.

 

[Omahkapi'si]

Bore butter works fine for me.

 

[Johnny Tremain]

Only thing Ive used is Thompson Center's 1000+ bore butter. Patches are wet form number 13 bore cleaner by T/C.

 

[jackpine54]

In winter I use mink oil. Cheap from TOW. I mostly shoot in winter, but looks like summer is on a weekend this year so ......
Seriously, mink oil handles Michigan cold.

 

[sdhunter]

I ran a test on cold weather patch lubes about 8 years ago. I would lube a patch and let it sit on the dash of my pick up overnight in the driveway in well below zero weather. Bore butter was the first to freeze, followed by olive oil second.this year was my first year using TOTW mink oil. From what I have noticed it does get a little stiffer in below zero temps but still remains very slippery.

 

[Art Caputo]

I use Mink Oil(TOTW) year round. Never had any issues hunting in sub-freezing temperatures.

 

[Flintlock]

Plain old olive oil for me, I can hold the patch in the palm of my hand or between my lips for a second while pouring powder or reaching for a ball. I also started wearing my bag and horn under my coat or matchcoat. Here in Minnesota half my hunting is done in cold weather 40 tp minus 15 below. I'm staying in the cabin any colder than that if possible. I try to use only primitive, time period gear, otherwise a small tin containing patches and a few ball carried in a inside shiert pocket would be dandy.

 

[Rodd Boyer]

Why canning wax?

My guess is for a more stable texture in hot weather???? It's the recipe that I followed.

 

[Flintlock]

My guess is for a more stable texture in hot weather???? It's the recipe that I followed.

But why would you want to use it in the winter. Makes cleaning a gun twice as hard when in the field as well.

 

[Mtman725]

What s TOT or TOTW Mike oil?????Brand name?

 

[pwbsmokey]

What s TOT or TOTW Mike oil?????Brand name?

Track of the Wolf mink oil, purchased from Track of the Wolf. Just google Track of the Wolf

 

[sdhunter]

https://www.trackofthewolf.com/Categories/PartDetail.aspx/131/1/MINK-OIL here is the link.

 

[Stony Broke]

Frontier mink oil patch lube has worked well for me in cold weather too.

 

[Ben Meyer]

I use 7:1 Ballistol and water dry patching exclusively. The caveat is, you gotta swab between shots. While I've never needed a 2nd shot hunting, I do carry some dry cleaning patches which I'd use spit on to swab if need be. My #2 choice is Mr. Flintlocks lube, if I was shooting where swabbing between shots was Impractical. I read somewhere that it doesn't freeze.

I use patches soaked in 1:7 ballistol:water. I let em dry out for a couple days and they are ready.