Went to the range today and had a great day. 'Course any day shooting your flintlock can't be bad! Tried a some lubes I'd read about here, and had some questions. First up was my concoction of beeswax and olive oil, shot great groups, but left hard crusty stuff in barrel, making reloads hard, but cleaned out easy enough. In fact all the lubes I tried shot great groups.
Then tried some Young Country Lube 103, some say this is nothing but chap stick, less fouling, but my son-in-law was trying it, so I'm not sure, but he said it cleaned up easy.
Then came Goop hand cleaner, easy loading, with almost no fouling left in the barrel and easy clean-up. But patches dried out fast, almost faster than I could use them. I'm wondering if they still had some lube quality even dry, but this seems to be a lube you want to use one patch at a time.
Now my question is, should you wipe between every shot with concoctions like beeswax/oo, so as to avoid the crust?
I want to try staight olive oil to see how it does. The Goop sure keeps things clean, including your hands.
Ok, any suggestions would be appreciated, new ideas, anything. I know this has been beat to death, but I'm still trying to learn.
Then tried some Young Country Lube 103, some say this is nothing but chap stick, less fouling, but my son-in-law was trying it, so I'm not sure, but he said it cleaned up easy.
Then came Goop hand cleaner, easy loading, with almost no fouling left in the barrel and easy clean-up. But patches dried out fast, almost faster than I could use them. I'm wondering if they still had some lube quality even dry, but this seems to be a lube you want to use one patch at a time.
Now my question is, should you wipe between every shot with concoctions like beeswax/oo, so as to avoid the crust?
I want to try staight olive oil to see how it does. The Goop sure keeps things clean, including your hands.
Ok, any suggestions would be appreciated, new ideas, anything. I know this has been beat to death, but I'm still trying to learn.