Patch lube, spit or lube?

[HighUintas]

I used spit patch for years with complete satisfaction. Later on I dabbled with my own mixes until I finally discovered Hoppes BP Patch Lube and TOW mink oil. WW fluid works well as do a number of other liquids.

I am quite dry now so spit patch isn't an option. Hoppes at the range and mink oil in the bush works.

Hanshi, I use mink oil and the newer version of that hoppes BP cleaner. I have found that after a couple of shots with mink patches the ball will end up getting stuck trying to load it, whereas the hoppes seems to wet the fouling enough that it actually cleans it as I load the ball as I'm intending to. I can shoot all day without swabbing using the hoppes... Only a few shots with mink. My ball/patch combo is very tight.

Thoughts? I'd like to be able to do the same with the mink oil as the hoppes lube

 

[Grenadier1758]

When we talk of lubing a patch with mink oil, we are talking about hunting. With a rifle, by the time of the third shot, the game should be on the ground and more shots are not needed or it's time to return to camp to clean the rifle for the next day. So, three shots before experiencing a stuck ball is the day's worth of shooting. The Hoppe's Black Powder gun solvent is a thin oil and when used, the wet a patch for shooting round ball will dampen the fouling and push the fouling down on the powder charge. Doing so at a consistent rate of fire will give reasonably accurate results on target and wiping between shots may not be necessary.

 

[HighUintas]

When we talk of lubing a patch with mink oil, we are talking about hunting. With a rifle, by the time of the third shot, the game should be on the ground and more shots are not needed or it's time to return to camp to clean the rifle for the next day. So, three shots before experiencing a stuck ball is the day's worth of shooting. The Hoppe's Black Powder gun solvent is a thin oil and when used, the wet a patch for shooting round ball will dampen the fouling and push the fouling down on the powder charge. Doing so at a consistent rate of fire will give reasonably accurate results on target and wiping between shots may not be necessary.

I know that some only use mink oil for hunting and shooting very little in practice, but I also know that some are able to shoot many many shots with it without wiping. I'd like to be able to do that so I can practice a lot with my hunting load

 

[Grenadier1758]

Try a smaller ball and thicker patch to up the number of shots you can fire consecutively.

 

[bldtrailer]

Mutton tallow like the brits used for 100s of yrs because it works! double boiler dip patching squeeze out extra wrap tight store in old pill bottles

getz barrel

green mtn barrel

Hoyt barrels tallow works keeps fouling soft (all above done with no wipe between shots using a jag one caliper below rifle (45 for 50)(50 for 54)