Lube Recipe

[ronnie_kennedy]

Recently i have decided to use a ketchup style picnic bottle with a spout on top to squirt lube into my revolvers chambers on top of my shot. However, the bore butter that i normally use is a little expensive for as much as i shoot my revolver, so i am looking for another recipe to use. I have heard that can use crisco, which is cheap, but too thick to pass through the spout. I was wondering if anyone has useded crisco before and your ideas of what i could use to "cut" the crisco with to make it flow better.

I thought of using some ballistol to cut the crisco with. Maybe melting the crisco to liquid, then adding some ballistol to it and letting it cool to see the consistency. Maybe 3 parts crisco to 1 part ballistol. Any ideas of a cheap mixture like this, with simple ingredients that are easy to find? Thanks!

 

[BrownBear]

Boy, a lot will depend on your ambient temps. I mix deer tallow with olive oil to adjust thickness, but while 2:1 tallow to oil is perfect for winter it gets pretty "drooly" at our summer temps above 60 degrees. By the time it tops 70 on a hot day, it's really soft. So for "warm" weather in our terms I use a 3:1 mix.

I've never tried blending olive oil with Crisco, but for you application I'd put it on the list of possibilities to check it out. A little goes a long ways in softening animal fats.

 

[necchi]

I'm with BB here, your gonna have a mess on a warm day.
Most guy's "thicken" crisco with bees wax.

Ever think of modifying the container into something like a caulking gun?
Ya know? Push the stuff out from the bottom?

 

[Bob E]

I like your idea of using a condiment bottle but I dont think it will realistically work . I think I would mix a lube that will withstand summertime temps. My formula for everything(BP cartridge, Patched RB and minnie rifles) is lard and beeswax starting around a 3-1 mixture. Toss in more beeswax when the temp goes up! Put the melted mix in a small tupperware or an old cap tin and let it cool. At the range I would apply the lube with the tip of a butter knife over the loaded chambers. Its not as slick(pun intended) as the ketchup bottle but it should work.

One cautionary note: when mixing or melting lubes use a doubleboiler. Exposing lube to an open flame will damage the lube and could cause a nasty grease fire. Bob

 

[ohio ramrod]

Crisco is simular to the lard I use in my lube mix. I use 80% lard and 20% beeswax. For revolvers you might want to increase the beeswax. :idunno:

 

[Rifleman1776]

A lot of people use Crisco but, IMHO and experience it is the worstest stuff possible for ml lube of any intended use.
When you ask about a lube formula here you are opening the doors for thousands, maybe even dozens, of responses. :wink:
A beeswax/oil blend is a very good way to make yer own special compound.
However, even though I was never a big time C&B shooter, I found wads much handier. A proper size punch can be found in most tool stores and any cardboard, felt, whatever will make good wads. Make a bunch, soak in yer beeswax/oil solution, let dry and use. Simple clean and you don't need a ketchup bottle.