lubing a patch

[REX]

need to ask a question because I havn't seen the answer any place yet,and I'm ready to start shooting the new lyman LH plains cap lock and the just completed LH hawkens flint.

got my 4f and 3f goex powder, the #11 cap and all the patch making cloth I'll ever need (the wife is into quilting), after one comes up with there beeswax/olive oil or what ever mix for thier lube, what is the best way to put this on the patch?? ::does one simply wipe the patch on the lube or is there a better method? ::
this may seen like a dumb question and the answer may be as plain an the nose on my face, but this is still new to me and I I'm on a learning curve, and being a cartrige reloader
since the early 60's, old habbits dry hard. :snore:

rex (westcoastBPgramps)

bp can be fun

 

WestCoast....

We all had to start from the beginning and I firmly believe there is "no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid answers". Another of my favorite sayings is "some of the questions I ask may sound dumb but I won't learn near as much if I act smart". I could be the Poster Child for either quote.

I use Wonder Lube but any patch lube/grease will work the same unless it's something like Moose Milk. Lay your patching strips, or individual patches, however you choose to patch, out on something that you don't care if it gets soiled and rub the lube into the material. I usually do it in the palm of my hand. I always like to make sure it penetrates the full thickness of the patch. If you're cutting patches on the muzzle and do it in a strip you're home free same as you are if you're lubing individual patches. Just "grease 'em up good" and you'll be fine. Good shootin'!!!!

Vic

 

[jtmattison]

Gramps,
I like to melt my lube in the microwave and then dip my patches in it. Stacking pre-cut patches and then soaking them with lube works good. If you cut at the muzzle a strip of patch can be soaked with melted lube. After it is soaked I just squeeze out the extra and let the patches cool. Any left over lube can be simply poured back into it's original container. I use this method to lube large quantities of patches.
I use the same method to lube felt wads except I melt the lube and then put a few hundred wads into it. Once they are all soaked with lube I pour them out onto a few layers of paper towel and press the excess lube out. The paper towels soak it up.
I hope this helps.

Huntin

 

[Ohio Joe]

That's the way I do my patch lubing, "huntin"... Works real well. I like to store my lubed patches in my empty percussion cap tins. I put 20 to a tin and they keep real good. The lubed strips I keep in small plastic bags until needed. (I know, not traditional for someone who claims to be traditional, but hey, we all probably got a few skeltons in our closet,,, or shootin' bag)... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

 

[Stumpkiller]

I carry a shoe-polish size tin of lube and swipe the end of my tick strip through the grease, lay it on the block (or muzzle), push the ball down on the unlubed upper surface and press it in as far as I can by thumb. Then, press it in just below flush with the large end of my stub starter and cut the patch.

 

[TwoShadows]

SHARPS4590....Yew caint be tha National Frontal Lobotomy poster child, becuz i'm awready is ....

 

[sse]

Two Shad - That reminds me of a saying: I'd rather have a bottle in front 'a me than a frontal lobotomy. ::

Regards, sse

 

[REX]

thanks for the info guy's, now I think I'm ready to make some smoke.

rex (westcoastBPgramps)
bp can be fun