First batch of "Moose Snot"

[melsdad]

I made my first batch of stumpys Moose Snot tonight. I believe it turned out correct, I have never seen it before so I have no way of judging what I was cooking up in the kitchen. My wife was extremely curious about what I was doing. :hmm:

The mixture I ended up with is a creamy white color, Is that correct? And the consistency reminds me of minwax paste wax, is that correct?

 

[jtmattison]

Sounds like you got it just right. :thumbsup:

I think you'll like the way it performs.

Stumpy spent weeks in the laboratory concocting the formula.

:applause:

HD

 

[melsdad]

Thanks Huntin Dawg, My wife jokingly was calling me Dr. Jeckel while I was cookin up the snot :rotf:.

I also made a batch of the Moose Juice. So far I have soaked about fifty patches in it. Will these patches stay lubricated in a small tin, or should I store them in a ziplok bag?

 

[Rat Trapper]

Can you tell us a little more about how you made it and what you put into it?? What's the advantage of it over what can be bought?

 

[melsdad]

Rat Trapper, HERE is the link to the recipe.

I cannot tell you the advantages yet, I have not had a chance to use it yet. What I can tell you is that it seems to be a pretty popular lube. I have seen it mentioned on several other websites.

To me the main advantage may just be a personnal preference. It something I made myself instead of bought at the store, which is something that was a way of life back in the day. I guess the bottom line is I enjoy making things for myself, even if they can be readily bought at the store. To me that is the alure of this sport.

 

[cowpoke1955]

Amen to that, Melsdad. Like casting your own balls. The satisfaction of a good score at the range or taking a deer with a ball that you made yourself. Say you get a chance of a life time to go hunting....tomorrow morning! You run to the store for supplies. They have the wrong caliber balls, too small of patch and no lube, or the store is closed. What do you do? Go home and make your own! Not only is it the satisfaction, but it's also fun. Give it a try :thumbsup: .

 

[nchawkeye]

Mels...I made my first batch this summer...For about 25 years, I had used mainly SnoSeal..I had also tried Bore Butter...For some reason about a year ago, I started burning patches...I went away from store bought, pre-cut patches to pillow ticking and the Moose Snot, my problem was corrected...

I also did a little test...I prepared 3 patches with SnoSeal, Bore Butter and Moose Snot and held them over a lighter...The one with Moose Snot seemed more resistant to the flame...

 

[melsdad]

:hatsoff: Hey!!!.....Happy Birthday cowpoke1955

 

[romeoh]

Well friends, give me a little help.

I didn´t pay much attention so far to most recipes here - exept ballistol/water-mixes. Because unfortunatly I simply don´t get many brands here in germany which are easy to buy for you.

I googled for castor oil. Well, I always thought that´s some kind of brand-name.
But hey, do I get that right? We´re talking about ricinus? :shocked2: :haha:
Didn´t have that in my vocabulary so far... :grin:

Edit: Happy Birthday cowpoke!!!

 

[melsdad]

I had the most trouble finding the castor oil. It is in some drug stores in the laxative section.

 

[romeoh]

:grin: Laxative, huh?

Yep, we´re talking about ricinus... :haha:

 

[melsdad]

What is ricinus?

 

[jtmattison]

Thanks Huntin Dawg, My wife jokingly was calling me Dr. Jeckel while I was cookin up the snot :rotf:.

I also made a batch of the Moose Juice. So far I have soaked about fifty patches in it. Will these patches stay lubricated in a small tin, or should I store them in a ziplok bag?

I "dry lube" my Moose Juice patches. I soak them, lay them flat to dry, soak and dry again. I am left with lightly oiled patches that work great.

HD

 

[cowpoke1955]

Thank you to all :v .

 

[Claude Mathis]

What is ricinus?

The castor oil plant, Ricinus communis, is a plant species of the Euphorbiaceae and the sole member of the genus Ricinus and of the subtribe Ricininae. Its seed is the castor bean which, despite its name, is not a true bean.

 

[melsdad]

That is the process I used, as per the instructions. But it doesn't tell you how to store the patches.

 

[melsdad]

Thanks for the explanation Claude,I didn't realize they were one in the same.

 

[Maynerd62411]

A spoonful will keep you on the run for days. :rotf:

 

[jtmattison]

That is the process I used, as per the instructions. But it doesn't tell you how to store the patches.

I store rolled strips of patching in tins.

HD

 

[ramblin man]

When I was a kid my grandmother only had two kinds of medicine at her house. Any ailment on the inside, you got a 'dose' of castor oil. Cuts, scratches, sprains, anything on the outside was treated with coal oil (turpentine). I was never ill or hurt at her house!