Hunting patch lubes?????

[Skychief]

That's a great post Dutch, and a reason that one should be cautious, if not hesitant, to use such patching while hunting in a dry woods.

Best regards, Skychief

 

[Skychief]

Chief, Have you tried bacon fryings for a patch lube? It might not help your scores but it would surely drive everyone close to you crazy trying to figure out who had the bacon sandwiches, LOL......robin :hmm:

You may be onto something Robin. I'm going to give your devious idea some thought! :haha:

Best regards, Skychief

 

[Billnpatti]

If you actually do plan to give bacon drippings a try as a patch lube, you had better be sure to de-salt the drippings before using them. Of course, once you get all of the salt out, you have plain old lard that you can buy at any grocery store and it is already nice and clean. While lard will make a pretty good patch lube, it won't have the nice bacony smell of bacon drippings. But once you go through the process of removing all of the salt from bacon drippings, they won't have that nice odor either. They will just smell like lard.

I once was trying using cornmeal as a filler on top of my powder. It works. But as I was loading between shots, one of my fellow shooters came up to me and asked what the heck I was shooting. I told him about my brand, granulation and number of grains of powder and then told him that I was using cornmeal over my powder. He said "Hmmm, I was wondering why I was getting hungry for cornbread." Truly, each shot had a very noticeable smell of toasted cornmeal.

 

[Onojutta]

Bill, to your earlier post about wool wads, have you found that they affect your load's accuracy or shot placement?

 

[Newtire]

You may want to give this stuff a try. I haven't thoroughly tested it myself yet but others like it. It may be just what your gun likes.
http://www.frontiermuzzleloading.com/t8567-frontier-s-anti-rust-patch-lube

Your link took me to a Chinese page? Was hoping to get a real recipe but it continues to elude. I was looking to make a homemade version of mink oil.

 

[Patocazador]

Your link took me to a Chinese page? Was hoping to get a real recipe but it continues to elude. I was looking to make a homemade version of mink oil.

That link is 4 1/2 years old. I guess the website is kaput.

 

[Frontier's]

That's my old site. I still sell the lube which can be found on here in the sponsors market area.