LeHigh Valley Patch Lube

[akapennypincher]

Anyone ever figure out how to make you own ?

 

[Rebel]

Seems to be about the same as Murphys oil soap and Pine Sol.

 

[Walks with fire]

I have half a bottle you can have. I gave it a good honest tryout and didn't make the cut for me.

 

[reddog]

I'll take it if no one else does!

 

[akapennypincher]

Let the man have it.

 

[Birddog6]

The first stuff was great. Then Oxjoke bought it & cut the working ingredients in half & screwed it all up. If your bottle says on the Rear label Oxyoke anywhere on it, toss it in the trash as it is real close to worthless. If it has Lestom Labs on it, then it is the good stuff. Like anything else, you have to find what works for ya. You normally have to reowrk your loads to find a load with it, same as you would with any other new lube.

And No you cannot make it at home. You can make liquid lubes that work & I have done it, but you cannot duplicate the Lehigh from home.

 

[n.h.schmidt]

HI
bird dog is right about the changes to the formula by ox yoke. Is is now being sold, featuring the old original formula by several places. n.h.schmidt

 

[Sharp Shooter]

I tried it and it was all right but I like Mink Oil a lot better. It just did not do it for me either.

 

[doulos]

I tried some. I like it for a cleaner and a target shooting patch lube. I can shoot an awful lot of shots without cleaning using it. For hunting in cold weather though Ive been using mink oil. It is supposed to be good for a preservative too but I dont trust anything but petroleum based products when I put a gun away so I cant comment on its effectiveness in that regard. The "original" formula is made in Oswego NY.

 

[Stumpkiller]

The first stuff was great. Then Oxjoke bought it & cut the working ingredients in half & screwed it all up. If your bottle says on the Rear label Oxyoke anywhere on it, toss it in the trash as it is real close to worthless. If it has Lestom Labs on it, then it is the good stuff. Like anything else, you have to find what works for ya. You normally have to reowrk your loads to find a load with it, same as you would with any other new lube.

And No you cannot make it at home. You can make liquid lubes that work & I have done it, but you cannot duplicate the Lehigh from home.

I agree 100%. I used to use it and loved it. Then OxYoke got it and did something that spoiled the rust-resistance and lube qualities. I got off the habit and played around with my own lubes. Since then it is back to the original formulation (I am assured).

If you're looking for a wet lube it is a good one.

 

[Christiaan]

:cursing: :cursing:
Now I understand what happened to me. I read about the anti rusting quality of Lehigh Valley lube. So I put some on a custom steel mold. Two to four weeks later I took the mold out of the box and it was terribly rusted. :youcrazy: Never happened to me before.
I just checked, ... lo and behold!!! it is the Ox Yoke version. I'm really cheesed off :bull:

 

[mmorgan1730]

Just bought two bottles from Thunder Ridge Enterprises and they were both Lexicon Labs.

 

[Taz]

If anyone is still trying to find the original formula of this product, I recently bought three bottles of Leigh Valley patch lube from The Gun Works and they all have the Lestrom Laboratories Inc. label on the inside of the bottle.

 

[riverrat43]

Birddog6 is absolutely right. You can't just switch over to the new (old) stuff and expect the same performance from the rifle you've been using mink oil or wonder lube or spit with. You've changed a major component and now need to work up a new load. In most rifles anyway. I first tried the new old stuff and my groups opened up and I thought the lehigh was bad stuff. I worked up a new load and now really like it. 'Course I haven't tried Birddogs stuff yet but I intend to.