Marnel Mystery Oil

[david50]

can this stuff be used in some kind of patch lube formula or are the petrolium distillants a no-no. works pretty good as a bore cleaner.

 

[Johnny Tremain]

Clean with soap and water

Lube with bore butter

Saw a guy today using a ballpeen hammer to get his ramrod to seat his rounds. Swears by gun oil in his barrel.

Tis, tis, nay a drop of petrolium based anything has ever touched my rifle, never will.

One handed loads all day long.

 

[Blizzard of '93]

save the MMO fer yer vehicle, there's plenty stuff jest fer yer gonne.

 

[david50]

well i usually use a combination of Murrphys oil soap, olive oil and casor oil as a patch lube,but i been gettin this rough spot after two or three shots making it hard to load,am i just not useing enough patch lube,i use them fairly dry so as not to soak into the powder too much

 

[brubincam]

can murphys be used straight???

 

[paulvallandigham]

The rough spot occurs because the petroleum oil burns down to tars, and sticks to the barrel. Don't use oil for cleaning. You can use it for storage, but I don't even use it for that anymore. I use Wonderlube, altho I have ballistoil to try. Either way, you have to use alcohol to clean the oil out completely before loading and firing. Then use a vegetable based lube or spit on your patches. Olive oil works very well. So does Wonderlube, ( Bore Butter, NL 1000- they are all the same product.) If you are worried about contaminating the powder charge, then use an OP wad, a filler( wasp or hornet's nest) another patch folded and run down on the powder, Corn meal, or some other fine grain, synthetic fillers like Puff-Lon, etc. to protect the powder from contamination. Skimping on the liquid patch lube is why the crud is not being dissolved and taken out.

HINT: There are no short cuts. Take your time and do it right. If there was a faster way to reload or clean a barrel, we would have heard about it more than 100 years ago, when No one shot smokeless powder: it hadn't been invented, yet!

 

[Old40Rod]

I used windex or 409 for patch lube, just enough to dampen the patch with no drips. If the patch I pull out is too wet, I just wipe if off quickly before loading. I can shoot trailwalks all day without a loading problem. These liquids seem to work well, but my gun never stays loaded for more than a few minutes between shots. If you were hunting, a wonderlube type lube would probably work better to avoid any worries about powder contamination.

 

[david50]

the rough spot started before i ever used the Mystery oil,i used it for the first time yesterday after a shooting secion,i was useing the murrphys,olive oil,caster oil mix when the rough spot accured,this is a new rifle with only 20 or 30 shots through her could this have something to do with it

 

[Stumpkiller]

I buy Marvel by the gallon and add an oz. to the fuel tank and oil reservior of my '56 Ford tractor each fill-up; it's good for the rings and "splash-oil" lube system. I use it in my flintlock mechanism (tiny amounts applied with a toothpick). But I've never used a petroleum based oil in a lube.

 

[bpbrs]

I do not recomend any "wonder lubes" for storage or lay up. Oil, synthetics are the ticket.
I have one barrel ruined because of the evil real oil myth and the wonder of it all.

As far as turing to tars, I clean out my oil/lubricant before shooting. These natural lubes are made of what? How much more natural can you get than oil out of the ground.