Looking for a patch lube????

[mattorschell]

I was wondering what everybody on here is using for a patch lube or what works the best.

 

[jtmattison]

For long sessions at the range without swabbing between shots I swear by Hoppes BP solvent/patch lube. Equally effective and cheaper overall is Stumpy's Moose Juice. Of course you make the Moose Juice yourself so it's up to you whether you want a do-it-yourself product or a commercial product.

I also like my homemade beeswax/olive oil lube which is like the commercial Bore Butter. Stumpy's Moose Snot is also great.

I guess you can see just from my input there are a lot of good lubes out there. You have to try some to see what YOU like.

:thumbsup:

HD

 

[Blizzard of '93]

you'll get lots of different answers. myself I use Go-Jo white hand cleaner.

 

[mattorschell]

I have used the moose juice before. I quit shooting about 3 years ago and lost the recipe for moose juice, does anyone have it?

 

[jtmattison]

I have used the moose juice before. I quit shooting about 3 years ago and lost the recipe for moose juice, does anyone have it?

Yes, the recipe's are right here in the forum resources section.

HD

 

[Trench]

I'm currently using TC's Bore Butter. I'm looking forward to trying to make my own in the future.

 

[Many Klatch]

I like spit. It is always handy and the price is right.

Many Klatch

 

[RC]

I like spit. It is always handy and the price is right.

Many Klatch

yup, ditto, for the range..fer hunting beargrease/deertallow mix... :thumbsup:

 

[MikeChapin]

I like spit. It is always handy and the price is right.

Many Klatch

Me too. I tried a bunch of stuff early on, Hoppe's, Ballistol and water, and a bunch of homemade stuff. Spit worked just as well as any of them and kept me from hauling along one more thing.

 

[boar]

My favorite is deer tallow. And bear, Groundhog oil. Dilly

 

[Enfield1]

Dixie Gun Works sells a lube called "Old Zip". It is a concoction of mutten tallow and beeswax. It comes in convenient sized tins that incidentally are great for making charcloth in later on. I have used this lube exclusively for the past five years. It does not run in the summer nor does it freeze in the Winter. It holds up well being carried on patched balls in your loading block. I would encourage anyone interested to give it a try.

 

[Sully]

During long range sessions I use Lehigh Valley lube. Works great and I can shoot all day long. Hunting I use mink oil.

 

[Dphar]

Dixie Gun Works sells a lube called "Old Zip". It is a concoction of mutten tallow and beeswax. It comes in convenient sized tins that incidentally are great for making charcloth in later on. I have used this lube exclusively for the past five years. It does not run in the summer nor does it freeze in the Winter. It holds up well being carried on patched balls in your loading block. I would encourage anyone interested to give it a try.

Its also an excellent mosquito repellent.
I bought a can decades ago but I mostly used spit as a kid.
Dan

 

[oldfrank]

I buy the prelubed patches for hunting but at the range I just use spit.
I have a routine where I shoot, stick a patch in my mouth,run it down the bore once, turn it over and run it once more. Load and shoot.
A few weeks ago at my shooting club range I noticed a younger guy eyeing me pretty good when he saw me chewing on a patch. He walked a little closer and I explained I wa just trying to maintain a routine and liked to run a spit patch down the bore between shots.
He ended up looking all through my shooting box asking me "what is this for" for every black powder item he picked up.

I loaded my Cabela's Hawken twice and let him shoot it and he said it was really cool. I thought that was funny when he showed me the sniper style rifle he was shooting and told me just the scope cost $1400. Fun doesn't have to be expensive(but it can be too)

 

[BrownBear]

I gotta say that I've never had what I can document as a lube failure. Sure I've put on too little and had problems, and it's easy to guess that too much of a liquid might foul a charge, or freeze up in the cold if water based or too stiff of a grease. Long as I followed directions or did a little experimenting with applications, anything I've tried could be made to work.

I get a kick out of making my own and experimenting, so I'm not likely to use anything commercial for the time being. I'm currently using deer tallow/olive oil blends, but only because I haven't run down any bear, seal or whale oil from local sources. Only reason I'm going to all that trouble is chasing the "spirit" by using local materials.

The question of lubes grows large when you factor in convenience, or what techniques of carry and application best fit your needs at the time. Lots of techniques work on the range that are a royal PITA on hunts, especially small game hunts with lots of shooting and reloading in the field, especially in the cold.

I have vacilated between prelubes, both patches and strips, and lubing at the muzzle. Best of all for my convenience has turned out to be lubing at the "muzzle" of loading blocks. I carry my patch material and lube separately, then lube the patching as I load my block. I even use loading blocks at the range now, reloading them during breaks in the shooting.

 

[Irish13]

I don't have near the experience that most of these gentlemen have, but I use bore butter, and spit. I have some old stuff that is no longer made called White Feather that works great for running a patch down the barrel for quick cleaning, but would be a pain in the field.

YMHS,
Irish

 

[bingo1952]

Spit for the range and 60/40 beeswax & pig fat for hunting. This won't do for Jews and Muslims nor will beef tallow in the mix work for Hindu's. Just had to throw that in. :v